Granite Rock
District of Sarsfield
in East Gippsland of Victoria, Australia
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Bairnsdale Airport (12 mi) - RAAF Base East Sale (39 mi)
- Orbost Airport (49 mi)
- Mount Hotham Airport (53 mi)
- Latrobe Valley Airport (75 mi)
- Jindabyne Airport (104 mi)
- Corryong Airport (109 mi)
- Albury Airport (124 mi)
- Canberra International Airport (188 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -37.750 and 147.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -37° 45' 0" and E 147° 43' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 12:43 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:43 am and 10:06 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 39.393 and -31.248 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Lajedo - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Discover Granite Rock
The district Granite Rock of Sarsfield in East Gippsland (Victoria) is a subburb in Australia about 189 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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, Canberra, Hay, Currie and Katoomba. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 36°C / 96 °F
| Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 12% |
| Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 51% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
39°C (102 °F)
22°C (71 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
26°C (79 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
23°C (73 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Videos from this area
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Big Crazy Kid's Slide in Howitt Park (Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia)
The kids love this slide in Howitt Park which is located in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, about 3 hours from Melbourne on the Gippsland Lakes. A great stop off on your travels!
Bairnsdale Log Train Run around 11 Nov 2008
Bairnsdale Log train runs around it's wagons at about 6pm on the 11th November 2008. Engines are pacific national H4, T400 and X42.
Bairnsdale Bullets are Deadly Sport Friendly (CBL - 2014)
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Bairnsdale Christmas Parade 2010 (Part 2 of 2)
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Bairnsdale Motor Inn and Pentagon Licensed Restaurant Presented by Peter Bellingham Photography
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Road Trip Alice: Episode 8
Road Trip Alice: Chris, Jarrod and Tim are 3 incredibly ultra good-looking blokes who together with 2 girls, Michelle and Ashleigh, embark on an epic Road Trip from Bairnsdale to Alice Springs...
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Lo.Co. Removals and Total Store Self Storage Solutions
Lo.Co. Removals in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria are specialists in local, country and interstate removals. Total Store offer self storage facilities in numerous sizes ideal for both...
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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.
Bairnsdale
Bairnsdale is a small city in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. With a population at the 2006 census of 11,282, it is a major regional centre of eastern Victoria along with Traralgon and Sale. Bairnsdale is located on the river flats of the Mitchell River, near where the Mitchell River flows into Lake King. Bairnsdale is the commercial centre for the East Gippsland region and the seat of local government for the Shire of East Gippsland.
Paynesville, Victoria
Paynesville is a tourist/holiday resort town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Paynesville had a population of 2967. The town is located 293 kilometres east of the state capital, Melbourne. It is known as the boating capital of Victoria.
Raymond Island
Raymond Island is a small island in the Gippsland Lakes in eastern Victoria, Australia, about 300 km from Melbourne. The island is approximately 6 km long by 2 km wide, and is just 200 m off the coast, across from the town of Paynesville. The island is named after William Odell Raymond, originally a magistrate from New South Wales who established himself as a squatter in Gippsland in the 1840s.
Bairnsdale railway station
Bairnsdale Railway Station is the current operating terminus of the Gippsland railway in Victoria, Australia. It serves V/Line rail and coach passenger services and is located on Macleod Street. The station was formerly part of the longer Orbost railway line which continued on to Orbost, however this section was closed in 1987 and now exists as the East Gippsland Rail Trail, a shared bicycle, walking, and horseriding track.
Allenvale, Victoria
Allenvale was a town in Victoria, Australia, located where the Bullumwaal - Bairnsdale Road crosses Boggy Creek, 3 miles south of Bullumwaal, in the Shire of East Gippsland. The town began as a mining settlement known as Boggy Creek. The name was later changed in honour of the first postmaster, Mr. Allen.
Mitchell River (Victoria)
The Mitchell River is the largest unregulated river in Victoria, Australia and provides a unique example of riparian ecology. Tributaries include the Crooked, Dargo, Wentworth, Wonnangatta, and Wongungarra Rivers, which are surrounded by dense native forest on the steep mountains of the Victorian Alps. The river flows south and enters Lake King, one of the Gippsland Lakes. The river was named by Angus McMillan in 1839 after Sir Thomas Mitchell, explorer and Surveyor General of New South Wales.
Bruthen, Victoria
Bruthen is a small town located alongside the Tambo River between Bairnsdale and Ensay on the Great Alpine Road in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bruthen had a population of 624. Bruthen is 26 km east of Bairnsdale and 311 km east of the state capital Melbourne.
Shire of Bairnsdale
The Shire of Bairnsdale was a local government area about 280 kilometres east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 2,277.9 square kilometres, and existed from 1867 until 1994. For its first hundred years it governed both Bairnsdale and the surrounding area; however, after that time, Bairnsdale had its own city government.
City of Bairnsdale
The City of Bairnsdale was a local government area about 280 kilometres east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City covered an area of 27.20 square kilometres, and existed from its split from the Shire of Bairnsdale in 1967 until 1994.
Johnsonville, Victoria
Johnsonville is a town in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is a small town considered part of the 'twin rivers' of the Tambo and Nicholson Rivers. At the 2006 census, Johnsonville had a population of 586. The Johnsonville Post Office opened on 16 September 1886. Johnsonville is a highly tourist-based area that hosts the Twin Rivers Bream Classic - an annual fishing event.
Nicholson, Victoria
Nicholson is a small town in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 295 km east of the state capital Melbourne. It is situated between the larger towns of Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance. At the 2006 census, Nicholson and surrounds had a population of 1,504. Nicholson is located on the Princes Highway and lies on the banks of the Nicholson River. Nicholson Post Office opened on 1 August 1885.
Nagle College
Nagle College is a Catholic Secondary School in Bairnsdale in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.
Nicholson railway station
Nicholson Station was opened on Monday 10 April 1916 as part of the Orbost railway line and closed on Monday 24 August 1987. Little trace remains of the station site, however a station name board exists at the site as part of the East Gippsland Rail Trail, which follows the route of the former rail line.
Bumberrah railway station
Bumberrah Railway Station and siding was opened on Monday 10 April 1916 as part of the Orbost railway line. It was closed in 1977, with the last train passing the site in 1987. The former station grounds have been preserved, with a diversity of native flora on the site remaining as a result of it being protected from grazing stock during its time in service to the railways.
Mossiface railway station
Mossiface Railway Station and siding was opened on Monday 10 April 1916 as part of the Orbost railway line. The station has long since closed, with the last train passing the site in 1987. The former station grounds have been preserved, and are surrounded by the small Mossiface township consisting of a few houses, farms, and facilities, including some historic hop kilns. The site overlooks the Tambo River flats, which are used as productive grazing farmland.
Nicholson River (Victoria)
The Nicholson River is a river in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, lying between the Mitchell and the Tambo Rivers. It has a length of 72.5 km . The river was named by Angus McMillan in 1839 after Charles Nicholson, who represented the Port Phillip District on the NSW Legislative Council and was later Colonial Secretary. The Nicholson River begins in the Angora Range in the lower reaches of the Australian Alps west of Ensay.
Bruthen railway station
Bruthen Railway Station was opened on Monday 10 April 1916 as part of the Orbost railway line. The station officially closed on Monday 24 August 1987. The former platform remains evident at the station site, with the site remaining as part of the East Gippsland Rail Trail, which follows the route of the former rail line. The station itself is slightly to the east of the town of Bruthen.
Mitchell River silt jetties
The Mitchell River silt jetties are an unusually long, thin landform located in the Gippsland Lakes region in Victoria, Australia. A type of digitate delta, they have been formed over millions of years by sediment deposition from the Mitchell River during periods of low water flow and subsequent wash-through during periods of high water flow. The long narrow banks of silt thus formed extend more than eight kilometres east into Lake King.
Haughtons Flat Diversion Tunnel
The Haughtons Flat Diversion Tunnel is a Victorian gold rush diversion tunnel on the Nicholson River in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is located at the southern end of the former Deptford township, approximately 35 km north of Bairnsdale. The tunnel is approximately 50 m long. The diversion was probably excavated in 1873 by the Nicholson River Sluicing Company.
Bairnsdale Secondary College
Bairnsdale Secondary College is a public co-educational secondary school located in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia. As of 2010 the school has approximately 1,100 students from Year 7 to year 12. Bairnsdale secondary college has four main bands consisting of the junior band, intermediate band, senior band and swing band all performing locally and interstate every year. Bairnsdale Secondary College opened its doors in 1912 as Bairnsdale High School.
Bairnsdale Power Station
Bairnsdale Power Station is a 94MW Natural Gas-fired power station in Victoria’s East Gippsland region. It is a fast start, peaking power station dispatching into the National Electricity Market. Bairnsdale is connected to the SP AusNet distribution network grid. The station was commissioned in 2001.