Towns of Victoria Trivia Quiz

Answer: Corryong

Corryong is true Snowy River country. Everything hints to the towns famous bushman. You can visit Jack Riley's grave, and the Man from Snowy River Museum. Close to the town, there are numerous lookouts to view the Corryong and Thowgla Valleys and the spectacular snow-capped peaks of the Snowy Mountains.

In the small township of Towong to the north, there is trout fishing on the Murray River. North west of Corryong is the remote Burrowa - Pine Mountain National Park.

Answer: Bruthen

Bruthen is a picturesque village with a population of 640, located on the Great Alpine Road, 24km east of Bairnsdale. Primary industries are farming and timber milling, like many Gippsland towns. Each February, the town hosts the Bruthen Blues and Arts Festival.

Answer: Jeparit

Jeparit has a small population of 500. In the town there is a spire, commemorating Sir Robert Menzies, and the Wimmera-Mallee Pioneer Museum. Lake Hindmarsh, the biggest freshwater lake in Victoria, is 5km to the north. The explorer Edward Eyre, the first white man in the area, camped here whilst navigating a route between Melbourne and Adelaide in 1838.

Answer: Toora

Toora is a dairy farming town of 590. Founded in the 1880s, there is a Heritage Trail around the town, including the historic Royal Standard Hotel, built in 1889. The Toora wind farm, completed in 2002, has 12 turbines.

Answer: Malmsbury

Malmsbury originated as a rest stop for miners heading to the northern goldfields around Bendigo in the 1850's. In 1858, gold was found at Malmsbury, and many of the historic buildings were constructed in the 1860's. Some buildings of particular note inlcude the railway station and the mill.

Answer: Echuca

Echuca was in its heyday in the 1870's and 1880's, when huge paddlesteamers, traded wool and timber from the redgum forests with other ports along the Murray and Darling Rivers. Today, the authentic Port of Echuca area remains, containing many historic buildings and the original red gum wharf, built in 1865. Several restored paddlesteamers are operational.

Answer: Timboon

Wool and limestone mining are also important industries to this town of 850. Timber played a more important role in the towns economy in the late 19th Century, when there were 18 timber mills in Timboon, and a railway line was built. The railway's trestle bridge still exists, spanning the Curdies River, near the township. Port Campbell is a tourist centre for the surrounding Great Ocean Road district, sporting remarkable rock formations such as the Twelve Apostles and spectacular shipwrecks.

Answer: Genoa

East Gippsland and Croajingolong National Park are wild and remote, and home to hundreds of species of native flora and fauna, including 250 species of birds. Genoa is 24 km NW of the coastal town of Mallacoota and 10 km west of Gipsy Point, a notable picnic and boating spot on the Mallacoota Inlet. From the town of Genoa, a nature walk leads through the national park.

Answer: Cowes

Cowes is a good base for exploring small Philip Island, as everything is relatively close. South West of Cowes, at Summerland Beach, the nightly Penguin Parade takes place. Nearby are the Seal Rocks, where fur seals can be viewed basking on the rocks. On the southern shore of the island is Smiths Beach, popular with surfers.

A bridge at San Remo connects Phillip Island to the mainland. Each year, Phillip Island hosts a motorcycle Grand Prix.

Answer: Walpeup

Walpeup consistently reaches the highest recorded temperature in Victoria, and recently, it broke the record for the hottest October day on October 12, 2004, reaching 40.2 degrees Celsius.