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The Yarra Valley is an Australian wine region located east of Melbourne, Victoria. It is a cool climate region that is best known for producing Chardonnay , sparkling wine and Pinot Noir . Its proximity to the urban centre and high profile wineries have made it an important destination for enotourism , receiving over 3.1 million visitors in 2011.
Traffic to the more distant Gippsland and Yarra Valley goldfields in the 1860s resulted in a settlement forming on the Watts River [2] and its survey as a town in 1864. It was named after Richard Heales, the Premier of Victoria from 1860–1861. [3] The post office opened on 1 May 1865. [4]
The view from restored rail motor 22RM whilst travelling on the Yarra Valley Railway. The Yarra Valley Railway currently runs a railmotor service from Healesville station to a temporary terminus at the back of the Tarrawarra Estate Winery on Sundays and public holidays, crossing the Watts River, under the Donovans Road overbridge and through ...
In the city's early days the Yarra was one of two major ports, the other being Sandridge (now Port Melbourne), but the Yarra was preferred due to the direct access to the town's main streets and was the location of Customs House (now the Immigration Museum). Early industries grew along the banks of the river, rapidly degrading the water quality.
A huge range of cool-climate grape varieties and wine styles are produced in the Grand River Valley, and it now boasts over 30 wineries within the AVA and surrounding region. Over 50% of Ohio's grapes are grown in the Grand River Valley, and the region has over 1,300 acres (526 ha) of vineyards.
Ohio; Wine region: Official name: State of Ohio: Type: U.S. State Appellation [1] Year established: 1803: Years of wine industry: 1823-present: Country: United States: Sub-regions: Grand River Valley AVA, Isle St. George AVA, Lake Erie AVA, Loramie Creek AVA, Ohio River Valley AVA: Climate region: Continental, also humid subtropical in extreme ...
Ontario was founded by Hiram Cook, and was platted in December 1834 as a settlement in Springfield Township near Mansfield. [6] During that same month thereafter, the original settlement of Ontario merged with New Castle, another small settlement that was originally located just to the west of the Ontario settlement along the Mansfield and Bucyrus route (known today as State Route 309) that ...
The fire also caused the destruction of 13 timber trestle bridges between Yarra Glen Station and Healesville. Bridges of varying lengths were lost, the main ones being those on the Yarra River flats, including a long one over the river itself. The bridges, between Yarra Glen and Yering, are visible from the Melba Highway when approaching Yarra ...