NHILL - VICTORIA - 3418
Population: 2,000,  
Elevation: 137m
Latitude: -36.1950 Longitude: 141.3900
Location:   375km west of Melbourne
Highway: Off Western Hwy (8) 
Nearest Major Town: Nhill
Nearest Airport: Nhill
Touring Area: Grampians - Wimmera

Central park in Nhill main street.


Halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide. Attractive centre of the West Wimmera Shire and noted as the habitat of the Lowan Bird, or Mallee Fowl, abundant in the Little Desert National Park. Tours operate from Nhill and there is a wilderness lodge in the park south of Nhill.
A Lowan Bird Monument will be seen in front of Council Offices to this Mallee Fowl which builds large earth mounds to incubate its eggs.
In the park at the centre of Nhill is a Draught Horse Memorial: remembering the horses which helped the early settlers.
John Shaw Nielson Cottage: Poet's cottage and park on the highway west of town. Nhill Post Office: (1888) classified National Trust.
Nhill is a typical country Australian town with verandahed shops, several pubs and a variety of shops offering everything from food to stockmans clothing.
There are 4 motels, a caravan park, and hotel accommodation, hospital and supermarket.

PLACES OF INTEREST:
  • Little Desert National Park.
  • Wyperfeld National Park.
  • John Shaw Nielson Cottage

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    INFORMATION CENTRE:
    Information is available from the Information Booth in the park in the centre of the Shopping Centre.
    Ph: Wimmera Shire Council 03 5585 9900


    HOW TO GET THERE:
    By car along the Western Hwy (8) from Melbourne or the Dukes and Western (8) Hwys from Adelaide.
  • Light Plane | Coach or Rail

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