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The district Gembrook of in Cardinia (Victoria) with it's 2,149 inhabitants Gembrook is located in Australia about 271 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 35°C / 95 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
Evening Temperature | 28°C / 82 °F |
Night Temperature | 19°C / 65 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 15% |
Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
36°C (97 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
24°C (76 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
19°C (65 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Videos from this area
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puffing billy lake-side to belgrave
here i'am on one of the most knowen tourist railways in australia This narrrow gauge line in the dandenong rangers we start at lake-side to belgrave we stop at emraled and menzies creek we...
Puffing Billy - 12A departing Emerald for Lakeside. Australian trains. 5 November 2013.
12A departs Emerald station bound for Lakeside in the Dandenong ranges. Melbourne Cup Public Holiday. Tuesday 5 November 2013.
Puffing Billy - 7A arriving at Emerald station. Australian Trains.
7A arrives at Emerald station bound for Belgrave on Melbourne Cup day with a load of tourists. Tuesday 5 November 2013.
25Ton Class B CLIMAX No 1694
Here's Puffing Billy 2'6" guage railway's (Victoria Australia) restored Class B Climax as running in the early 1990's. This loco was originally ordered by the Forests Commission of Victoria...
GEMBROOK RIDE
it was forecast 30 degrees so me and my mate got out early to beat the heat we arrived to some mist and provided us with some spectacular views.
Gembrook 2010 Part I
Went out to Gembrook for the first time. Had a nice time of it with some challenging tracks. Went with Ancient leftie (patrol), and Mongrel Lux (Hilux) from the 4wdaction forum Vic hard core...
AgentX Real Estate Berwick - Presents - 49 Williamson Road Gembrook - Property Tour
AgentX Real Estate Berwick - AgentX Real Estate Berwick are real estate agents in Berwick. We are happy to share with you a lovely property in Gembrook that we are proud to market. 49 Williamson...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Emerald, Victoria
Emerald is a town and semi-rural locality in the Greater Melbourne area, Victoria, Australia, 44 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district, outside the urban area. Its local government areas are the Shires of Cardinia and Yarra Ranges. At the 2011 Census, Emerald had a population of 5,813. Emerald also includes Cardinia Reservoir, Melbourne's second largest reservoir.
Macclesfield, Victoria
Macclesfield is a town in Victoria, Australia, 47 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Macclesfield had a population of 1,041. The community facilities within Macclesfield include the Macclesfield Rural Fire Brigade, Primary School, Macclesfield Hall and Macclesfield Community Church.
Emerald railway station
Emerald Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway. It was opened with the Railway on 18 December 1900 and comprised a platform track and a loop siding. A passing loop was added between the two a few years later. There was also a spur siding off the Down end of No. 3 Road. Two standard 12 ft by 20 ft timber portable station buildings with a Van Goods Shed between (all adjoining) were provided on the platform and a Goods Shed on the No. 3 Road loop siding.
Nobelius railway station
Nobelius Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway. It was opened in 1927 and consists of a "Mallee Shed" type corrugated iron waiting shelter with an office on a short platform, although it has had more substantial buildings in the past.
Lakeside railway station, Melbourne
Lakeside Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Melbourne, Australia. It was opened in 1944 to serve Emerald Lake Park, the popular picnic and recreation reserve opened during World War II. It originally consisted of a short platform on the Up side of the line between the then (now former) park entrance road and the locomotive water tanks. It had a nameboard with red flag, but no shelter. Lakeside today is a Staff Station with passing loop and island platform with waiting shelters.
Wright railway station
Wright Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway, Melbourne, Australia. It opened on 24 October 1904 as part of the Gembrook railway line. It served the Wright Forest and small township of Avonsleigh, and consisted of only a small Mallee shed and a name board. When the Gembrook line was officially closed on 30 April 1954, the site fell into disrepair, and by the 1990s, little trace of Wright remained.
Cockatoo railway station
Cockatoo Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in the town of the same name. It opened with the line on 18 December 1900 as Devon, but was renamed Cockatoo Creek on 29 July 1901 and subsequently shortened to Cockatoo in 1904. There was originally a platform road and a loop siding, but a crossing loop was later added in between the two. A single 12ft by 20 ft timber portable station building was provided which was later extended.
Gembrook railway station
Gembrook Station is located in the township of Gembrook. It was opened with the line on 18 December 1900 and closed on 30 April 1954. The line was rebuilt to the Gembrook terminus in 1998 by the Puffing Billy Railway. Heritage steam trains operated by Puffing Billy now stop at a new "Town" platform located on the site of a former siding. A "heritage" station has also been constructed on the site of the original Gembrook station.
Fielder railway station
Fielder Station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Australia. It opened as a Stopping Place on Monday 10 September 1928, as part of the Gembrook railway line. It was originally an unnamed platform, with time tables noting a station at 38 miles . In 1929, local Harry Watson constructed a Mallee shed and unofficially named it Ancaster after his home town in Lincolnshire, England, but this was quickly changed by some children to Laura, who was a young local girl.
Nar Nar Goon railway station
Nar Nar Goon is a railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia. The station is located east of the Main Street level crossing and is 66 km from Southern Cross Station. This station was once manned, with the previous station buildings being removed in November 2007. A former work camp area is located next to this station. Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Nar Nar Goon, however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.
Nar Nar Goon, Victoria
Nar Nar Goon is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 61 km southeast from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Nar Nar Goon had a population of 1,013.
Cockatoo, Victoria
Cockatoo is a town in Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Cockatoo had a population of 4,400. Cockatoo is named after Cockatoo Creek, which runs through the town, and which the town was previously named.
Avonsleigh, Victoria
Avonsleigh is a town in Victoria, Australia, 47 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Avonsleigh had a population of 735.
3MDR
3MDR is one of many Community radio stations which broadcast in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It covers the Shire of Yarra Ranges and Shire of Cardinia. With the Studio and transmitter located in Emerald. This is a form of Public broadcasting. It is broadcast on the frequency 97.1FM and acts as the Emergency Broadcasting Station when there is an emergency, such as a bushfire.
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.
Gembrook, Victoria
Gembrook is a town in Victoria, Australia, 54 kilometres south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Gembrook had a population of 2,149. Gembrook is a popular destination for the residents of Melbourne as it is less than 1.5 hours drive from the city centre.
Maryknoll, Victoria
Maryknoll is a town in Victoria, Australia, 61 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Maryknoll had a population of 546. Maryknoll lies adjacent to Bunyip State Park, and is one of the youngest towns established in the Shire of Cardinia.
Werribee River Trail
No image available yet Werribee River Trail Length About 10km Difficulty Easy
Mount Burnett, Victoria
Mount Burnett is a small country town and bounded locality located approximately 72 kilometres from Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The town has no post office or town centre. Most of the town is either farmland or rural housing. The town shares its postcode (3781) with neighbouring town Cockatoo. Mount Burnett is located in the Shire of Cardinia.
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.
Nobelius Siding
Nobelius Siding is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Emerald. The siding was built in 1904 to service the adjacent packing shed built the same year. The siding was originally used to load rail trucks with Nursery seedlings and plants for the C.A. Nobelius' Gembrook Nursery for shipment throughout Australia. The Nobelius nursery was once the largest plant nursery in the Southern Hemisphere with 200,000 trees grown on 180 hectares.
Dewhurst, Victoria
Dewhurst is a bounded locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Dewhurst has a population of 134.
Nar Nar Goon North, Victoria
Nar Nar Goon North is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2006 Census, Nar Nar Goon North had a population of 1108.
Beenak, Victoria
Beenak is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, to the north of the Bunyip State Park. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
Mount Burnett Observatory
Mount Burnett Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Mount Burnett, Victoria, Australia. It was the main astronomical observatory for the School of Physics at Monash University from the early 1970s. The original telescope was a 16-inch Newtonian reflector built by Mr L. Jeffree of Bendigo. Observers' quarters were built in 1975 with the aid of a grant from the William Buckland Foundation.