Tabilk is a locality located in the
Shire of Strathbogie
The Shire of Strathbogie is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in Augu ...
. The 2016
census
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recorded that 131 people lived in the area. The closest major towns are
Nagambie
Nagambie is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The city is on the Goulburn Valley Freeway north of Seymour and in the Shire of Strathbogie. In the , Nagambie had a population of 2,254.
History
The Nagambie Region is i ...
(About 10–15 minutes north-west of Tabilk),
Avenel (About 20 minutes south-east of Tabilk) and
Seymour
Seymour may refer to:
Places Australia
*Seymour, Victoria, a township
** Seymour railway station
* Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria
* Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria
* Se ...
(About 25–30 minutes south-west of Tabilk.
Passing through Tablik is the
Shepparton line. There was a small
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in Tabilk but has since closed. Places of interest in close proximity to Tabilk include the
Goulburn River
The Goulburn River, a major inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Alpine, Northern Country/North Central, and Southern Riverina regions of the Australian state of Victor ...
,
Lake Nagambie
Lake Nagambie is a manufactured reservoir located in the Goldfields region of Victoria, Goldfields region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The lake was formed by the damming of the Goulburn River by the Goulburn Weir. The town of N ...
, and local wineries which include Mitchelton. and Tahbilk.
Tahbilk
Tahbilk Winery is a historic Australian winery with National Trust certification. It is located north of Melbourne between the townships of Seymour and Nagambie in the Nagambie Lakes a sub region of Goulburn Valley Wine Region. It was est ...
is a winery located in Tablik, the winery's first vines were planted in 1860 and the winery still operates today. The winery is also known for its five-storey wooden tower overlooking the Goulburn River and the vineyard.
The towns of Nagambie and Avenel also combined to make a junior football/netball club known as the Tabilk Junior Football Netball Club (Tabilk Blues). The reason for this is because the two towns weren't able to make individual clubs so they combined. Tabilk is commonly seen as the area between the towns hence the name
Also passing through Tabilk is the
Goulburn Valley Highway
Goulburn Valley Highway is a highway located in Victoria, Australia, linking Tocumwal on the Murray River through North Central Victoria to Eildon. The section north of the Hume Freeway (part of which is Goulburn Valley Freeway) is part of the ...
.
References
Gallery
File:Tabilk station site.jpg, Shepparton line passing through Tabilk. This is the site of the former railway station.
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Towns in Victoria (state)
Shire of Strathbogie