Matlock
in Mansfield of Victoria, Australia
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Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (9.001 mi) - Melbourne Essendon Airport (9.004 mi)
- Melbourne International Airport (9.004 mi)
- Latrobe Valley Airport (9.045 mi)
- RAAF Base East Sale (9.077 mi)
- Benalla Airport (9.103 mi)
- Wangaratta Airport (9.122 mi)
- Mount Hotham Airport (9.135 mi)
- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (Unesco heritage, 9.076 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: 04:58 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:52 am and 8:00 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 39.393 and -31.248 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Lajedo - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Delve into Matlock
The district Matlock of in Mansfield (Victoria) is a district located in Australia about 228 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital town.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Melbourne, Currie, Hay, Canberra and Katoomba. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 58% |
| Air Pressure | 1024 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 8% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 18th of May 2024
13°C (56 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
11°C (51 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 20th of May 2024
12°C (54 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Videos from this area
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Woods Point, Matlock through to Jericho, Toyota 200 Series Land Cruiser 4x4
Trip through to Jericho in the Victorian High Country, 200 Series Land Cruiser, before I had the 4x4 kitted out. This is on BF Goodrich All Terrain Tyres. Steep shale incline.
★ Jericho March 2012 ★
A day trip in an area that is not frequented by a lot of 4WDers. This is on the Melbourne side of the Thomson Dam and some fantastic little tracks. One in particular caught us out and spent...
4x4 Adventure - Wicked Woods Point (October 2013)
Wicked Woods Point = a full day of river crossings. Didn't have any problems that day but Luke's CV giving way again at the start of the day. Before it started. It was a good easy day.
Woods Point
I drive through the quiet village of Woods Point on the way to Knockwood and Jamieson. I drop by Mt Matlock and check the view from the tower. Also I stop by the quaint alpine village of Matlock...
Woods Point Motorcycle Trip
Naomi and I went to Woods Point in Victoria, Australia to explore the town and get some cool photos with the camera. We had a 45km ride on a dirt road through the mountains on our Suzuki...
Camping at Woods Point
A1 Gold Mine - Approaching the mine site
Turning off the Mansfield - Woods Point Road onto the A1 Gold Mine access road. Driving past the administration office to the visitors car park. The town of Woods Point is a further 15 kilometres...
Farm ute on the rocks
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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.
Baw Baw National Park
Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 111 km east of Melbourne. It contains the Baw-Baw Plateau and Mount Baw Baw, a small ski resort, including nearby town, technically outside the national park. Geographically, Baw-Baw plateau is a plateau of several peaks (Mount Baw Baw, Mount St Gwinear, Mount St Phillack, Mount Erica and Mount Whitelaw) of largely subalpine terrane outcrops of weathered granite boulders dot the plateau with alpine meadows punctuated by stands of snow-gum.
Woods Point, Victoria
Woods Point is a small town in Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Woods Point and the surrounding area had a population of 94. The town began as a general store built by Henry Wood, to service the gold diggings around the recently discovered Morning Star Reef. Wood's Point Post Office opened on 1 December 1862. By 1864, only three years after the discovery of the gold reef, the area had become a thriving town with 36 hotels.
Aberfeldy, Victoria
Not to be confused with Aberfeldie, Victoria, a suburb 9km north-west of Melbourne Aberfeldy is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on Mount Lookout, north east of Lake Thomson, 125 kilometres east of Melbourne. The area was settled in 1871 following the discovery of gold, a Post Office opening on 1 January 1872 (closed 1967). The town was surveyed and proclaimed in 1885. It was initially known as Mount Lookout, but was eventually renamed after the Scottish town of Aberfeldy.
A1 Mine Settlement
A1 Mine Settlement is a town in Victoria, Australia, located north of Woods Point on the Mansfield - Woods Point Road, in the Shire of Mansfield. The town has also been known as Castle Reef, Castle Point, and Raspberry Creek. The town began after gold was discovered at Raspberry Creek in 1862. The name "A1" indicated that the quality of the gold mined here was 'First Class'.
Matlock, Victoria
Matlock is a town in Victoria, Australia on the Warburton–Woods Point Road, in the Shire of Mansfield. The town began after gold was discovered in 1863. The Post Office opened on 21 July 1864, closed in 1934, reopened in 1956 (when a sawmill was established) and closed in 1970. Prior to 1864 the town was known as Emerald Hill, but was changed to avoid confusion with the Melbourne suburb of the same name (this second locality later underwent a name change to South Melbourne).
Thomson River (Victoria)
The Thomson River is a river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It starts below Newlands at the north western end of the Baw Baw Plateau at an elevation of 972 m, where it shares a watershed with the Yarra River and Tanjil River, and ends at an elevation of 1.55 m merging with the Latrobe River near Sale. The Thomson River drops around 970 m over its 170 km length. The Thomson Valley was intensively mined for gold during the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gaffneys Creek, Victoria
Gaffneys Creek is a former mining locality situated between Jamieson and Woods Point in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of Gaffney and Raspberry Creeks in a steep valley in mountainous terrain. It is situated in the Shire of Mansfield. A prospector from the Big River area to the east, Terence “Red” Gaffney, was the first to actively search the area for gold, followed by two others who discovered alluvial gold at Raspberry Creek in 1859.
Jordan River Diversion Tunnel
The Jordan River Diversion Tunnel - a relic of the Victorian gold rush - is on the Jordan River near the locality of Jericho, about 7 km south of Woods Point in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The tunnel is about 30 m long x 4 m high x 3 m wide, cut through rock. The river still runs through it. No record has been found of the tunnel's construction and use.
Jordan River (Victoria)
The Jordan River is a small river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is a tributary of the Thomson River. It rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range south of Woods Point and flows into northern end of the Thomson Reservoir. According to the Victorian Department of Primary Industries: A small (5 m wide) clear, fast-flowing stream running through steep forested country, rock and gravel bottom. Access limited to road crossings and forestry tracks.
