Launching Place
in Yarra Ranges of Victoria, Australia
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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)
- Latrobe Valley Airport (9.045 mi)
- Shepparton Airport (9.083 mi)
- Benalla Airport (9.103 mi)
- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (Unesco heritage, 9.076 mi)
- Healesville Sanctuary (zoo, (9.032 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: 02:50 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:53 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 Launching Place
The district Launching Place of in Yarra Ranges (Victoria) with it's 2,492 habitants Launching Place is a subburb in Australia about 262 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Melbourne, Currie, Hay, Canberra and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 59 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 50% |
| Air Pressure | 1029 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Wednesday, 22nd of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Thursday, 23rd of May 2024
14°C (58 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 24th of May 2024
17°C (63 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
3 Kings Bed and Breakfast
Deville at Healesville
Hill 'N' Dale Farm Cottages
Videos from this area
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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.
Yarra Valley
The Yarra Valley is the name given to the region surrounding the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia. The river originates approximately 90 kilometres east of the City of Melbourne and flows towards it and out into Port Phillip Bay.
Don Valley, Victoria
Don Valley is a town in Victoria, Australia, approximately 70 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Don Valley had a population of 924. A well known farm on Don Valley is Haining Farm, a 65-hectare cattle and dairy farm with Jersey and Friesian cows and other farm animals, located at the entrance of Don River into the Yarra River. It is managed by Parks Victoria.
Launching Place, Victoria
Launching Place is a town in Victoria, Australia, 54 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census Launching Place had a population of 2599. Launching Place is located along the Warburton Highway between Woori Yallock and Yarra Junction. The Post Office opened on 12 July 1865, replaced by Hoddle's Creek in 1869, reopened on 1 September 1880, finally closing in 1994.
Millgrove, Victoria
Millgrove is a small town in Victoria, Australia, 63 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Millgrove had a population of 1576. Millgrove is located along the Warburton Highway, between Wesburn and Warburton. The Post Office opened on 7 November 1906, four years after the opening of the town's railway station on 13 November 1901 on the Warburton line.
Seville East, Victoria
Seville East is a town in Victoria, Australia, 46 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Seville East had a population of 621. Its Post Office opened on 5 July 1954 and closed in 1969.
Wesburn, Victoria
Wesburn is a town in Victoria, Australia, 62 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Wesburn had a population of 619. Predominantly rural in nature, the township has a narrow ribbon of residential dwellings along and branching off the Warburton Highway. The name Wesburn is derived from its original name of West Warburton.
Woori Yallock
Woori Yallock is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area, 56 kilometres east of the central business district of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, Woori Yallock had a population of 2810. The Post Office opened on 1 July 1886 as Woori Yalloak, changing its name to the current spelling in around 1911. It contains a primary school, a football oval, a shopping area and a radio stationhttp://www. yarravalleyfm.
Yarra Junction, Victoria
Yarra Junction is a town in Victoria, Australia, 55 km east from Melbourne's central business district. It sits at the junction of the Yarra and Little Yarra Rivers. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Yarra Junction had a population of 1740. The Post Office opened on 20 November 1901, a week after the railway arrived. Yarra Junction was the junction station for the Powelltown Tramway, a three foot gauge line, between 1913 and 1945.
Yellingbo, Victoria
Yellingbo is a town in Victoria, Australia, 48 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Yellingbo had a population of 210.
Warburton railway station
Warburton railway station was an outer suburban station in Melbourne, Australia. It opened on 13 November 1901 as the terminus of the Warburton line, and closed with the line on 1 August 1965. The site is now the conclusion of the Lilydale – Warburton walking trail, which follows the line of the old railway. The track after Warburton station extended a short distance along the "La La extension" which was opened on 3 May 1909, later closing with the line in 1965.
Hoddles Creek, Victoria
Hoddles Creek is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 72 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 census, Hoddles Creek had a population of 1,061. It is situated on the banks of Hoddle's Creek, which is, in turn, named after Robert Hoddle. It has a school, Hoddles Creek Primary School. The Post Office opened as Hoddle's Creek (sic) on 24 May 1862 and closed 1865.
Killara railway station, Melbourne
Killara was a railway station on the Warburton line in Melbourne, Australia. The station operated until the line closed in 1965. All that remains of this station is a well preserved retaining wall for the stations platform, as well as the goods platform.
Woori Yallock railway station
Woori Yallock was a railway station on the Warburton line in Melbourne, Australia. The station operated until the line closed in 1965. Today, only a retaining wall for the station platform remains.
Yarra Junction railway station
Yarra Junction was a railway station on the Warburton east of Melbourne, Australia. The station operated until the line closed in 1965. The building was constructed in 1882 as the Lilydale railway station but was relocated to Yarra Junction in 1914 following the construction of a new station at Lilydale. The building now houses the Upper Yarra Museum. Yarra Junction was the junction station for the Powelltown Tramway, a three foot gauge line, between 1913 and 1945.
Wesburn railway station
Wesburn was a railway station on the Warburton line in Melbourne, Australia. Originally called West Warburton, the station operated until the line's closure in 1965. The only remnant of the station is the crumbling retaining wall of the platform.
Yarra Valley FM
Yarra Valley FM is the local community radio station broadcasting to the Yarra Valley area of Victoria, Australia. It can be heard throughout the Shires of Yarra Ranges, Cardinia and Murrindindi, as well as many eastern Melbourne metropolitan municipalities. Its format includes a variety of music programs, community information, and support for emergency services.
Nangana, Victoria
Nangana is a bounded rural locality 55 kilometres from Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The town has no post office or official town centre. Like Mount Burnett, Nangana shares its postcode (3781) with Cockatoo and is located in the Shire of Cardinia.
Moora Moora
Moora Moora is a co-operative residential community made up of a diverse group of about 50 adults and 20 children. They deliberately choose to live together in six small hamlets located on a co-operatively owned 245 hectare (600 acre) property situated at an altitude of 700 meters (2400 ft) on Mount Toolebewong. The community is situated near the township of Healesville (Victoria, Australia), approximately 67 km (90 minutes by car) to the East of the city of Melbourne.
Britannia railway station, Melbourne
Britannia (aka Britannia Siding) was not strictly a railway station as such, but a named siding on the Warburton line in Melbourne, Australia, approximately 1 km east of Yarra Junction. Originally named Richards's Siding, it was built for the use of the nearby Britannia Creek Wood Distillation Plant. It was mainly used for goods but occasionally also served passengers.
County of Evelyn, Victoria
The County of Evelyn is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the east of Melbourne, on both sides of the upper reaches of the Yarra River in the Yarra Valley. The Great Dividing Range is the boundary to the north.
Shire of Upper Yarra
The Shire of Upper Yarra was a local government area centred on the upper reaches of the Yarra Valley about 60 kilometres east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, and extending eastwards into Victoria's interior. The shire covered an area of 1,732 square kilometres, and existed from 1888 until 1994.
Gladysdale, Victoria
Gladysdale is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, on the Yarra Junction Noojee Road. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Gladysdale had a population of 548.
Mount Toolebewong, Victoria
Mount Toolebewong is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia 65 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, Australia and south of Healesville. The summit of the mountain is 750m above sea level. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Mount Toolebewong had a population of 325. The locality is home to one of Australia's oldest intentional communities, Moora Moora Community Cooperative.
Woori Yallock Creek
Woori Yallock Creek is a tributary of the Yarra River. It rises on the eastern slopes of the Dandenong Ranges, then flows north to join the Yarra River near Woori Yallock. Tributaries of Woori Yallock Creek include Cockatoo, Shepherd, McCrae and Wandin Yallock creeks.
Yarra Valley (wine)
The Yarra Valley is an Australian wine region located east of Melbourne, Victoria. It is a cool climate region that is best known for producing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Its proximity to the urban centre and high profile wineries have made it an important destination for enotourism, receiving over 3.1 million visitors in 2011.
