Tyabb, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Tyabb
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption = Tyabb shopping strip at the intersection of Mornington-Tyabb Road and Frankston-Flinders Road
lga = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
postcode = 3913
pop = 2670 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21691 | name = Tyabb (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area = 66.5
est =
propval = $246,250 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Tyabb&postcode=3913 Tyabb] , accessed 27 November 2006]
stategov = Hastings
fedgov = Flinders
dist1 = 57
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 5
location2= Hastings
near-nw =
near-n = Somerville
near-ne =
near-w = Moorooduc
near-e = Western Port
near-sw =
near-s = Hastings
near-se =

Tyabb is a small town South East of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is served by the Tyabb railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line.

History

The Post Office opened on 9 March 1891 shortly after the arrival of the railway in 1889. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Today

Tyabb is known for its many antique shops. The largest, the Tyabb Packing House Antique Centre is housed in an historic Cool Store building dating from the areas fruit growing past. The Tyabb Packing House Antique Centre reputedly has one of the largest retail antique collections under one roof in the southern hemisphere. There are several other antique shops in the Tyabb township.

Tyabb is also notorious because of the Tyabb airfield. Tyabb airfield has had plans to develop and expand its runways and helipads. This has met with significant objection from the residents of the town whose houses lie within the flight paths of most air traffic of the Tyabb airfield.

Recently there has been rapid residential development in the town. It also has its own cricket, baseball and football team known as the Yabbies competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. Tyabb also has a Craft Village that boasts a number of artisans including a; dressmaker, potter, jeweller, quilt maker and painters / art gallery.

Tyabb is one of the few towns in Australia that does not have a pub. Although the town is over 100 years old it has never had a pub.

Tyabb has given its name to the Tyabb Fault, an ancient geological formation extending from Tyabb across the Peninsula to Mornington, and Tyabb Loam, the characteristic soil of the district.

Adjacent stations

* Frankston
* Somerville

See also

* Railway stations in Victoria

References

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/7/Tyabb.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 1m (Red dots are railways)]