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Central Highlands Rugby League (Victoria)
The Central Highlands Rugby League (CHRL) was a Rugby league competition District in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria which operated between 2005 and 2012. It covered the area of Victoria centered on Ballarat and Ararat, Victoria, Ararat, and its jurisdiction stretches as far north as Creswick, Warrnambool in the south west, Bacchus Marsh in the east, and Horsham, Victoria, Horsham in the west. History The CHRL District was established and registered with the Australian Rugby League, ARL and VRL in 2005 by founder Ken James (previously Club Manager of MRL team 'Ballarat Highlanders Rugby League Club') after a necessity arose to start a competition in the western region of Victoria separate from the Melbourne Rugby League (MRL) District. The CHRL competition started with two junior age levels but in 2008 due to the 11-year drought finally taking its toll on Central Victoria the council deemed the sports grounds used in the competition too dangerous for use. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Highlands (Victoria)
The Central Highlands subregion is part of the Grampians region in western Victoria. It includes the municipalities of Rural City of Ararat, City of Ballarat, Golden Plains Shire, Shire of Hepburn, Shire of Moorabool, Shire of Pyrenees. The term is mainly used in a geological context to describe that part of the Great Dividing Range that is west of its alpine areas but does not extend to its western end in Victoria's west. The area is situated east of Ballarat, south of Bendigo, north and east of Melbourne, and west of the alpine areas. Major towns of the Central Highlands include Castlemaine, Creswick, Daylesford, Gisborne, Kyneton and Woodend. All these towns are located in what is usually referred to as the West Central Highlands. The more mountainous and more sparsely populated eastern part of the Central Highlands is referred to as the East Central Highlands and has extensive areas of temperate rainforest. Rainforests The East Victorian Central Highlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |