Mount Beauty, Victoria

Mount Beauty Victoria
Mount Beauty
Mount Beauty
Population:	1,700(2006)[1]
Postcode:	3699
Coordinates:	36°44′S 147°10′E / 36.733°S 147.167°E / -36.733; 147.167Coordinates: 36°44′S 147°10′E / 36.733°S 147.167°E / -36.733; 147.167
Elevation:	365.8 m (1,200 ft)
Location:	346 km (215 mi) from Melbourne 133 km (83 mi) from Wangaratta 32 km (20 mi) from Bright
LGA:	Alpine Shire
State District:	Benalla
Federal Division:	Division of Indi
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 20.1 °C 68 °F 7.3 °C 45 °F 1,264.5 mm 49.8 in

Mount Beauty is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Alpine Shire local government area.

The town was originally established by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to house construction workers from the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949,^[2] passing to the control of the local shire council in 1967 after construction was completed.^[3]

Post Offices opened at Tawonga South (to the north) on 15 April 1943 and at Mount Beauty on 17 February 1947. Post Offices known as No 2 Camp, No 4 Camp, and No 5 Camp, Mount Beauty were open in the 1949-1953 period.^[2]

A hang gliding competition, the Bogong Cup, is held in January each year.

Mount Beauty is a launching point for trips to the ski resort, Falls Creek and to the Bogong High Plains. To this end there are several ski hire shops, several eateries and a bus company doing daily trips to and from the end of the road at Falls Creek, 32 km distant.

This town also has great views to the mountains, such as Mount Bogong and the peaks that are of interest to so many tourists coming through the town.

The town in conjunction with neighbouring township Dederang has an Australian Rules football team Dederang-Mount Beauty competing in the Tallangatta & District Football League.

Golfers play at the course of the Mount Beauty Golf Club on Tawonga Crescent.^[4]

Photograph of Mount Beauty township, taken from Tawonga Gap, 2003

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mount Beauty (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL235400&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} History of Mount Beauty and the Kiewa Valley
3. ^ Edwards, Cecil (1969), Brown Power. A jubilee history of the SECV, State Electricity Commission of Victoria 
4. ^ Golf Select, Mount Beauty, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1039, retrieved 2009-05-11