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Healesville is a town in Victoria, Australia, 64 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Healesville recorded a population of 7,589 in the 2021 census. [1] Healesville is situated on the Watts River, a tributary of the Yarra River.
Sign on the artists' walking trail on the Yarra River marking works of the Heidelberg School.. The Heidelberg Artists Trail is a self-drive, cycling and walking trail that includes a series of 57 explanatory signs and boards situated in locations frequented by artists of the Heidelberg School.
The Yarra River begins in the rugged, forested area of the Yarra Ranges, approximately 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of Melbourne's central business district.The valley runs along the river as it flows westward, descending through a series of environmental zones from mountain ranges and dense bushland to gentler, fertile plains that support vineyards and farmland.
The section of track through the location of the station is now maintained by the Yarra Valley Railway, which is based at Healesville.A tourist service operates on weekends, and school and public holidays, using a restored Walker railmotor, to the rear of the Tarrawarra Estate Winery, just through the tunnel about 3 km east of the former station.
A ring of high forested hills that separates the Dandenong Valley from the Yarra Valley is the source of the Mullum Mullum Creek. The high plateau is formed by the Wicklow Ridge to Reagh's Hill in the east, Bedford Road and Maroondah Highway in the south, and the Loughnan's Hill, Wonga Road ridge to the west.
The Port Phillip area was first colonised by Europeans in 1835. The first land sales in the area of Strathmore on Moonee Ponds Creek were made in 1843 and 1845. The creek formed a series of marshy ponds on the floodplain , with extensive salt water marshes near its entry to the Yarra river known as Batman's lagoon.
Warburton Highway is a 34 kilometre west–east semi-rural highway on the eastern fringes of Melbourne, Victoria, linking Lilydale to Warburton [4] in the Yarra Valley wine region, as well as Melbourne's closest mountain peak to receive regular snowfall, Mount Donna Buang.
Through these outer north-eastern suburbs, the route winds near to the Yarra River, but rarely can the driver see the river itself. The roads do, however, pass by a number of Yarraside parks, including Pound Bend, Westerfolds Park, Finns Reserve, Birrarung Park and Banksia Park, which are all well-liked serene picnic locations with a view of the outer-suburban Yarra River, where it is still ...