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The name "Warrnambool" originated from Mount Warrnambool, a scoria cone volcano 25 kilometres northeast of the town. Warrnambool (or Warrnoobul) was the title of both the volcano and the clan of Aboriginal Australian people who lived there. In the local language, the prefix Warnn- designated home or hut, while the meaning of the suffix -ambool ...
The Warrnambool line is a long-distance regional rail service in Victoria, Australia. Operated by V/Line , it is the state's fourth longest railway line at 267.3 kilometres (166.1 mi). The line runs from Southern Cross station in central Melbourne to Warrnambool station in the south-west, serving 21 stations via Wyndham Vale , Geelong , Waurn ...
The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic cycling race is a one-day road bicycle race. The race started in 1895 and is Australia's oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic. Historically until 1938 the race started in Warrnambool and finished 165 miles (266 km) later in Melbourne.
City of Warrnambool. The City of Warrnambool is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 121 square kilometres (47 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 34,862. [1] It is entirely surrounded by the Shire of Moyne and the Southern Ocean.
V/Line train crossing the Breakwater Bridge, 2006. The Warrnambool line was originally built by the private Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company and opened on 25 June 1857, the line being sold to the Victorian Railways in 1860. [3] The line was designed by English engineer Edward Snell, and built as a single track.
It serves the city of Warrnambool, and it opened on 4 February 1890. [1] [2] It is the southernmost active regular passenger railway station on the Australian mainland (several other Victorian Railways lines such as the branch lines to Timboon and Crowes did venture further south but all have now closed). Beyond the station, the line continues ...
Mount Warrnambool is a single large scoria cone volcano that is 216 metres (709 ft) high. It is 16 kilometres (10 mi) southwest of Terang, Victoria , Australia. [1] It is visible from the Princes Highway on the way to Warrnambool .
Waurn Ponds railway station. / 38.2110778°S 144.3386750°E / -38.2110778; 144.3386750. To Melbourne: Approximately every 40 minutes. Waurn Ponds railway station is located on the Warrnambool line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the southern Geelong suburb of Waurn Ponds, and it opened on 12 October 2014.