SEYMOUR - VICTORIA - 3668
Population: 6420,  
Elevation: 145m
Latitude: -37.2000 Longitude: 145.1000
Location:   100km north of Melbourne
Highway: Hume Hwy 
Nearest Major Town: Seymour
Nearest Airport: Melbourne
Touring Area: Goulburn Murray Waters



On the Hume Highway north of Melbourne, Seymour is an agricultural town servicing a wide area. It is in bushranger country and many places in the town tell of the exploits of these highwaymen.
There are vineyards, parks and museums to visit, and the Tank Museum at the nearby army base of Puckapunyal contains the largest collection of veteran tanks in Australia, and other military items of interest.
It is open from 10am to 4pm. daily and is closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day (Jan 26th.).
Enquiries: 03 5735 7285. Fax: 03 5793 1735

The Goulburn Park Reserve has spacious picnic grounds, and Apex Park has a replica of bushranger Ned Kelly's Homestead, as used in the TV show ' The Last Outlaw'.
Seymour also has a well used provincial race track and meetings are held
It was named Seymour by explorer Thomas Mitchell after British parliamentarian Lord Seymour. The first Post Office opened in 1844 and the Melbourne-Sydney railway arrived in 1872 establishing the town as an important rail hub for the Goulburn Valley.
Motel, hotel, plenty of shops.
PLACES OF INTEREST:
  • Puckapunyal Tank Museum
    Features
  • General Sir Harry Chauval Collection
  • Small arms and anti-tank weapons
  • Australian Light Horse 1880s to 1945
  • Australian Armour during WW2 and Vietnam
  • Weapons against armour Lethality Display
  • Over 70 armoured fighting vehicles on display

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    INFORMATION CENTRE:
    Seymour Regional Visitor Information Centre
    Old Couthouse: Emily St. Seymour. VIC 3660
    Ph: 03 5799 0233 Fax: 03 5799 0233
    Email: info@seymourvisitors.org.


    HOW TO GET THERE:
    Coach | Rail | Car along the Hume Highway from Melbourne |

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