Lara
in Greater Geelong of Victoria, Australia
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Colac Airport (8.928 mi) - Ararat Airport (8.942 mi)
- Geelong Airport (8.958 mi)
- Avalon Airport (8.972 mi)
- Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (9.001 mi)
- Melbourne Essendon Airport (9.004 mi)
- Melbourne International Airport (9.004 mi)
- Shepparton Airport (9.083 mi)
- Werribee Open Range Zoo (zoo, (8.986 mi)
- London Bridge Lookout (observation point, (8.968 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 09:00 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:52 am and 7:59 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 39.393 and -31.248 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Lajedo - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Explore Lara
The district Lara of in Greater Geelong (Victoria) with it's 15,520 inhabitants Lara is located in Australia about 323 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 65 °F
| Morning Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 58% |
| Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Monday, 13th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Tuesday, 14th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 15th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Corio Bay Motel
Gateway Hotel
Videos from this area
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Tom from Lara Lake-Ping Pong Tricks
Lara, Victoria, Australia, Station Lake Road MAR 2104
Changes to the Lara, Victoria town Centre, with the new Station Lake road opened 7th March 2014. Compiled by The Lara, Victoria Facebook Page.
Caught On DashCam - Lara, Vic
Highlighting the idiot drivers who we must share our roads with! This stupid woman didn't want to have to ram in committed to the LEFT TURN ONLY lane to go to the supermarket so she just cut...
Caught On DashCam - Lara, Victoria
Highlighting the idiot drivers who we must share our roads with! This old girl, whom I believe may have been under the influence of something was crawling the streets at around 30km/h in a...
Lara Skate Park bites the dust
Lara skate park being demolished.
Level Crossing at Night - Vline Vlocity Passenger Train at a Railroad Crossing - PoathTV
Late at night a Vlocity passenger railcar operated by V/line passes through a railway level crossing (aka "railroad crossing") near Lara, located on the Melbourne to Geelong line. The V/Locity...
2013-01-21-1 Melbourne Serendip Sanctuary
Melbourne Serendip Santuary - visiting kangaroos and emus in their natural habitat.
Through a dirty windscreen : Australian trains
The view through the windscreen of T357 as we pass Y168 with a new Xtrapolis delivery and then a pair of Vlocity DMU's near Werribee.
Railways in Australia; V/Line trains at Corio
It's very nearly dark o clock as an up Vlocity set rushes by and another load of commuters comes up the rise towards Geelong.
NR75 - NR119 with Sadliers loading through Corio
In the afternooon of the 23/2/2012 Ghan liveried NR75 leads Pacific National liveried NR119 slowly past my camera in Corio. This service is also carrying some Sadliers transport louvered vans...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Avalon, Victoria
Avalon is a locality situated north east of Geelong, Victoria. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Geelong and its Ward is Windermere. It is located on the northern shore of Corio Bay to the southwest of the state's capital city of Melbourne.
Division of Corio
The Division of Corio is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Corio Bay. It has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it has also included parts of the western suburbs of Melbourne. For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently traded hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties.
HM Prison Barwon
HM Prison Barwon or informally Barwon Prison, an Australian high risk and maximum security prison for males, is located 6 kilometres from the township of Lara, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The facility is operated by Corrections Victoria, an agency of the Department of Justice of the Government of Victoria. The prison provides accommodation and services for remand and sentenced felons detained under Victorian and/or Commonwealth legislation]].
Corio, Victoria
Corio is a residential, industrial and one of the largest suburbs of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located approximately 9 km north of the Geelong central business district. The area was formerly known as Cowie's Creek after James Cowie, an early land owner active in Local and State Government.
Lovely Banks, Victoria
Lovely Banks is a northern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Once an agricultural and rural area, the suburb is quickly developing into a residential area adjoining the Geelong suburbs of Bell Park, Corio and Norlane. The origin of the name is thought to be descriptive of the area. The land to the west rises quite quickly from 30 to 100 metres above sea level. It provides an expansive view of Geelong and Corio Bay.
Lara, Victoria
Lara is a residential Town, 18 km north-east of Geelong, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne.
North Shore, Victoria
North Shore is an industrial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb overlooks Corio Bay. A small residential area is east of the North Shore railway station with a few neighbourhood shops. The suburb is bounded by the Geelong to Melbourne railway line to the west, St Georges Road to the north, Corio Bay to the east, and Cowies Creek to the south.
Norlane, Victoria
Norlane is a northern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Norlane is located approximately 7 km from the Geelong central business district and approximately 70 km from the state capital, Melbourne. Situated 1 km from the Port Phillip Bay, Corio Bay, North Shore Beach.
North Geelong, Victoria
North Geelong is a suburb of Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria. The suburb will be bypassed by traffic from Melbourne coming from the Princes Freeway by the creation of the Geelong Ring Road, which was complete in 2009. From 1860 to 1970 a gasworks was operated by the Geelong Gas Company on a site between Victoria Street and the Geelong railway line. The current Post Office opened in 1987. An earlier office dating from 1886 was replaced by Rippleside in 1986.
Geelong Grammar School
Geelong Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, boarding and day school. The school's main campus is located at Corio, on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners Bay. Established in 1855 under the auspices of the Church of England, Geelong Grammar School has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,500 students from Pre-school to Year 12, including 800 boarders from Years 5 to 12.
North Shore railway station
North Shore railway station is a station on the Melbourne - Geelong railway line, and is located in North Shore, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. There are two broad gauge passenger tracks at the station, and trains can travel in either direction on either line. In addition, the Western standard gauge line runs on the west side of the station.
Corio railway station
Corio railway station is located in Corio, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. There are two broad gauge passenger tracks at this station, and trains can travel in either direction on either line. The Western standard gauge line runs immediately west of the station, and is used by interstate freight trains and The Overland passenger service to Adelaide, but no passenger platform has been provided.
Lara railway station
Lara railway station is located in Lara, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. There are two broad gauge passenger tracks at this station, and trains can travel in either direction on either line. The Western standard gauge line runs just to the west of the station, and is used by interstate freight trains and The Overland passenger service to Adelaide, but no passenger platform has been provided.
Avalon Raceway
Avalon Raceway is a Dirt track racing venue located in Lara, Victoria, Australia. The track is based a Clay Sand Mix, is oval shaped and is 390 metres in length.
Limeburners Bay
Limeburners Bay, one of numerous bays in Port Phillip lies in the southwest and adjoins Corio Bay, which abuts Geelong, the second largest city in Victoria, Australia. The bay was named after lime kilns, located on the east side of Corio Bay, used to burn limestone for making cement. In the 1820s, explorers Hume and Hovell ended their journey in the area of Limeburners Bay before returning to Sydney. It is a tide-dominated estuary that runs off Hovells Creek.
Marngoneet Correctional Centre
Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison in Lara, Victoria, Australia, located adjacent to maximum security HM Prison Barwon. Marngoneet Correctional Centre officially opened on 3 March 2006.
Australian International Airshow
The Australian International Airshow, also called the Avalon Airshow, is a large air show held biennially at Avalon Airport, between Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria. It regularly features planes from the Royal Australian Air Force, United States Navy and the United States Air Force. It has been said by air show organisers to be the largest air show in the southern hemisphere.
Pirra Homestead
Pirra Homestead, a former inebriates home for girls known as the Pirra Girls’ Home was an Australian Government run Children's Home located in Lara, Victoria, Australia. The facility was opened in 1960 and was run by the Family Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Department. Pirra accommodated female wards of the state aged from 10 – 14 years who had come under State wardship for being "in moral danger" or for "lapsing nor (being) likely to lapse into a life of vice and crime".
Chanel College (Geelong)
Chanel College was a Roman Catholic school for boys in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1958, it closed in 1999. The site was later purchased by the Geelong Baptist College.
Geelong Baptist College
Geelong Baptist College is a co-educational college located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 2002, and provides education for students from years Prep to 12. Located in Lovely Banks, the school has a view over Corio Bay and the northern suburbs of Geelong. The current principal is Trudy Knol, who took over from Stuart Kerdell at the end of 2007. It currently has around 240 students.
Serendip Sanctuary
Serendip Sanctuary is a 227 ha protected area in Victoria, Australia, near the You Yangs and the town of Lara, some 22 km north of Geelong and 60 km south-west of Melbourne. Originally used for farming and other purposes, it was purchased in 1959 by the state government of Victoria for wildlife research and the captive management and breeding of species threatened in Victoria, such as the Brolga, Magpie Goose, Australian Bustard, and Bush Stone-curlew.
Shire of Corio
The Shire of Corio was a local government area located between Geelong and Werribee about 60 kilometres southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire, which included all of Geelong's northern suburbs, covered an area of 704.66 square kilometres, and existed from 1861 until 1993.
Cowies Creek
Cowies Creek is a creek in the northern suburbs of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It flows from wetlands in Moorabool to Corio Quay, Corio Bay in Port Phillip. The mouth of Cowies Creek was excavated to become Corio Quay from 1909, with the creation of Lascelles Wharf to the north in later years.
Lara Secondary College
Lara Secondary College is a public co-educational secondary school located in Lara, Australia, which shares fences with the local primary school Lara Primary School. Lara secondary college accommodates approximately 900 students from years 7–12. The school officially opened, taking just year 7 students, on the current site in 2003.
Point Lillias
Point Lillias is a narrow peninsula jutting southwards from the northern coast of Corio Bay, near the city of Geelong, in Victoria, Australia. It was formed by a southward trending tongue of lava from the volcanic flows of the Werribee Plains. The seaward end of the peninsula forms a low cliff fringed by shelly beach ridges. Forming the end of the same lava tongue 500 m to the south is a small basalt island known as Bird Rock, connected by a submerged shoal to the peninsula.
