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The district Little River of in Wyndham (Victoria) with it's 1,393 citizens Little River is a district in Australia about 317 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 64 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Evening Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 83% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
23°C (73 °F)
20°C (69 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
27°C (80 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Videos from this area
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Vlocity sets at RRL junction Manor : Australian Railways
A couple of V/Line Vlocity DMU sets pass through the diverges to and from the new Regional Rail Link flyover at Manor.
V/Line commuter set : Australian Railways
An afternoon commuter train operating between Melbourne ( Southern Cross station ) and Geelong passing the junction of the new Regional Rail Link high speed line with the original...
How to scare birds with an Owl bird scarer
I made this from a plastic owl scarer and it scares birds away. See my new improved model... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6az8Pyc_Hxo&list=UUhGyGI7QwrXQwlFz3YnJ_eg.
Passing A Road Train On Busy Australian Freeway in Melbourne
While technically not a road train, as seen in the Australian outback, this B Triple is one heck of a truck, especially because its on a busy urban freeway. http://cevacarcarrying.com.au Follow...
Leslie S3L, Nathan P5, Airchime K5LA
My Leslie S3L - Nathan P5 - Airchime K5LA Recordings at Night. Recorded in Melbourne Australia.
WOOLWORTHS: Jock Richmond, Little River VIC
Cox Inall produced Woolworths' supplier case study featuring lamb producer, Jock Richmond from Little River VIC.
Level Crossing - V/line Vlocity Passenger Train - Australian Trains - PoathTV
As native birds announce the dawn of a new day we see a V/line V/locity diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger railcar as it heads towards the township of Little RIver, located on the Geelong...
The chase : 2AM8 leading 8246 : Australian trains and railroads
The Overland from Adelaide races towards Little River as 8246 out of South Geelong gives chase.
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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.
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.
Division of Corio
The Division of Corio is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Corio Bay. It has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it has also included parts of the western suburbs of Melbourne. For most of the first seven decades after Federation, it was a marginal seat that frequently traded hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties.
Cocoroc, Victoria
Cocoroc is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 44 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. Cocoroc's history starts in 1892 when the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works established a sewage treatment plant on the western banks of the Werribee River. This area was isolated and too far from Melbourne, so a village was built to house the workers becoming the town of Cocoroc. In 1910 Cocoroc had a population of 300.
Little River, Victoria
Little River is a town in Victoria, Australia, 51 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Greater Geelong and Wyndham. At the 2011 Census, Little River had a population of 1,393.
Lara, Victoria
Lara is a residential Town, 18 km north-east of Geelong, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne.
Lara railway station
Lara railway station is located in Lara, 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 just to the 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.
Little River railway station
Little River railway station is located on the Melbourne-Geelong railway line in Little River, 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 just 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.
Avalon Raceway
Avalon Raceway is a Dirt track racing venue located in Lara, Victoria, Australia. The track is based a Clay Sand Mix, is oval shaped and is 390 metres in length.
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.
Australian International Airshow
The Australian International Airshow, also called the Avalon Airshow, is a large air show held biennially at Avalon Airport, between Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria. It regularly features planes from the Royal Australian Air Force, United States Navy and the United States Air Force. It has been said by air show organisers to be the largest air show in the southern hemisphere.
Pirra Homestead
Pirra Homestead, a former inebriates home for girls known as the Pirra Girls’ Home was an Australian Government run Children's Home located in Lara, Victoria, Australia. The facility was opened in 1960 and was run by the Family Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Department. Pirra accommodated female wards of the state aged from 10 – 14 years who had come under State wardship for being "in moral danger" or for "lapsing nor (being) likely to lapse into a life of vice and crime".
Mambourin, Victoria
Mambourin is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham.
Lake Borrie Wetlands
Lake Borrie Wetlands is located in Victoria, Australia within the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee. This plant is administered by Melbourne Water. It forms part of the Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site as a wetland of international importance. Thousands of birds amongst more than 270 different species can be found there. The lake was named after Edwin Fullarton Borrie, a civil engineer and town planner in Melbourne.
Western Treatment Plant
The Western Treatment Plant (formerly the Metropolitan Sewage Farm or, more commonly, the Werribee Sewage Farm) of Melbourne Water, is a 110 km² sewage treatment plant located in Cocoroc, Victoria, 30 km west of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the coast of Port Phillip Bay. The plant's land is bordered by the Werribee River to the east, the Princes Freeway to the north, and Avalon Airport to the west.
Manor railway station
Manor is a closed station which was located about halfway between Werribee and Little River stations on the Geelong railway line in Victoria, Australia. The station opened in 1911 to provide a crossing loop on the single line between Werribee and Little River, but passenger and goods facilities were provided in 1914. At the start of the 1920s the Victorian Railways opened a bluestone quarry 1.5 kilometres south of the station, to provide railway ballast.
Serendip Sanctuary
Serendip Sanctuary is a 227 ha protected area in Victoria, Australia, near the You Yangs and the town of Lara, some 22 km north of Geelong and 60 km south-west of Melbourne. Originally used for farming and other purposes, it was purchased in 1959 by the state government of Victoria for wildlife research and the captive management and breeding of species threatened in Victoria, such as the Brolga, Magpie Goose, Australian Bustard, and Bush Stone-curlew.
Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre
Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre is a 400 ha protected area in Victoria Australia, near the You Yangs and the town of Little River.
Point Wilson, Victoria
Point Wilson is a locality located on the northern shores of Corio Bay, Victoria. it is approximately 60 kilometres by road from Melbourne, and 25 kilometres by road from Geelong. The locality is bounded by Pousties Road to the west, the Princes Freeway to the north west, Little River to the north east, and Corio Bay to the south. Point Wilson is sparsely populated, and public access to the area is restricted due to the explosives facility located in the area.
You Yangs Regional Park
The You Yangs Regional Park is a park in southern central Victoria, Australia. The park encompasses much of the southern areas of the You Yangs, a granite range that rises from the Werribee Plains, southwest of Melbourne. The park is operated and managed by Parks Victoria and is open during daylight hours. A road known as Great Circle Drive, encircles Flinders Peak, enabling drivers, cyclists and walkers to navigate the undulating terrain, from flat forested areas to hilly scenic views.
Quandong, Victoria
Quandong is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. It is within the Local Government Area of the City of Wyndham. It shares its name with a number of wild bush plants and their edible fruits, and is also not to be confused with the locality of Quantong in the Rural City of Horsham.
Lara Secondary College
Lara Secondary College is a public co-educational secondary school located in Lara, Australia, which shares fences with the local primary school Lara Primary School. Lara secondary college accommodates approximately 900 students from years 7–12. The school officially opened, taking just year 7 students, on the current site in 2003.
Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site
The Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site is one of the Australian sites listed under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. It was designated on 15 December 1982, and is listed as Ramsar Site No.266.
Point Lillias
Point Lillias is a narrow peninsula jutting southwards from the northern coast of Corio Bay, near the city of Geelong, in Victoria, Australia. It was formed by a southward trending tongue of lava from the volcanic flows of the Werribee Plains. The seaward end of the peninsula forms a low cliff fringed by shelly beach ridges. Forming the end of the same lava tongue 500 m to the south is a small basalt island known as Bird Rock, connected by a submerged shoal to the peninsula.
Spit Nature Conservation Reserve
The Spit Nature Conservation Reserve is a 300 ha nature reserve on the north-western shore of Port Phillip, a large bay in Victoria, Australia. It consists of public land set aside to conserve and protect species, communities and habitats of indigenous plants and animals. It is adjacent to the Werribee Sewage Farm and is managed by Parks Victoria.
Werribee and Avalon Important Bird Area
The Werribee and Avalon Important Bird Area comprises some 37 km of coastal land along the north-western shore of Port Phillip in the state of Victoria, south-eastern Australia. The area is important for a wide variety of waterbirds.