Delve into Corio
The district Corio of in Greater Geelong (Victoria) is a district located in Australia about 326 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 71 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Evening Temperature | 19°C / 65 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 62% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
27°C (80 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
26°C (79 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
26°C (79 °F)
20°C (69 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Barwon Valley Lodge
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Corio Bay Motel
Gateway Hotel
Parkwood Motel and Apartments
Comfort Inn Eastern Sands
Comfort Inn Bay City
Videos from this area
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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...
Corio Bay Timelapse
HQ VERSION: http://vimeo.com/3577233 SITE: keenan.cc It was fun, over 1000 images I would've done more but it was getting boring and it was taking a photo every 5 seconds so, 1000...
Railways in Australia; Rough Track
Watch the N class do the shake rattle and roll through the Shell Refinery crossovers at Corio as it powers up the rise with the Melbourne bound train from Warrnambool.
Trains in Australia ; GE Power; The Overland departing North Shore
A grubby NR68 powers The Overland away from North Shore station on the final leg of the journey from Adelaide to Melbourne.
Bombardier rail cars at night
A seven car Vlocity DMU set running the 8235 service to Marshall passing the refinery at Corio as the dark of night starts to take hold. Putting my Sony Z5P to the test in the dark.
Trains in Australia ; V/Line Sprinter DMU's
Three V/Line Sprinter DMU's on 8227 Melbourne-Marshall service at Corio.
Railways in Australia; EMD's down under; V/Line N class
V/Line N452 taking the down Warrnambool past Corio. It was gusty and even the fur covered mike could not keep the wind at bay.
Railways in Australia; EMD's down under; V/Line N class
V/Line N461 leading 8221 up out of the dip in the North Shore- Corio section.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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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.
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.
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.
Bell Park, Victoria
Bell Park is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located 3 km north-west of the Geelong city centre and is bordered to the north by the Ballarat rail line, to the east by Thompson Road, to the south by the Midland Highway and to the west by Anakie Road.
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 West, Victoria
Geelong West is a commercial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When Geelong was founded, the area was known as Kildare but its name was changed to Geelong West in 1875. The main street is Pakington Street.
Bell Post Hill, Victoria
Bell Post Hill is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The origin of the suburb's name is thought to be from a lookout or warning bell on a post situated on the hill overlooking Corio Bay. The first recorded use of this bell was 1837 during a conflict with the local Aborigines. The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League.
Rippleside, Victoria
Rippleside is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb overlooks Corio Bay.
Lightning (clipper)
Lightning was a clipper ship, one of the last really large clippers to be built in the USA. She was built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, for the Australia trade. It has been said that the Lightning was the most extreme example of a type of ship classified as an extreme clipper. Her builder was the famous Donald McKay of Boston, a follower of John Willis Griffiths and his principles of ship design.
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 Geelong railway station
North Geelong is a railway station on the Geelong railway line in North Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is 71 km from Southern Cross station. The North Geelong rail yards are located at the "up" end of the station.
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.
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.
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.
Osborne House (Geelong)
Osborne House is a historic building built in 1858, located in North Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Port of Geelong
The Port of Geelong is located on the shores of Corio Bay at Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The port is the sixth-largest in Australia by tonnage. Major commodities handled by the port include crude oil and petroleum products, export grain and woodchips, alumina imports, and fertiliser. Major port industries include Alcoa's Point Henry smelter, AWB Limited's grain elevator, and Shell Australia's Corio oil refinery.
City of Geelong West
The City of Geelong West was a local government area about 5 kilometres west of the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 5.26 square kilometres, and existed from 1875 until 1994.
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.
Geelong Golf Club
The Geelong Golf Club is a defunct golf club founded in 1892 and was the oldest in the state of Victoria, Australia. It was located in the northern Geelong suburb of North Geelong and maintained a 18 hole course bounded by Ballarat Road and bisected by Thompson Road. The club ran into financial difficulties, $250,000 in 2001 and management of the club was taken over by PGA Links on 18 February 2002.
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.
Geelong Arena
Geelong Arena is the home of former National Basketball League team the Geelong Supercats who now play in the South East Australian Basketball League. The arena has the majority of its 2,000 seating capacity on the broadcast side of the court with two smaller sections at each end plus two levels of corporate boxes on the opposite to the broadcast side.