Kinglake (Victoria)

Kinglake is a town in the Australian state of Victoria, located in the Murrindindi Shire. In the census in 2006 Kinglake had 1482 inhabitants. The city was largely destroyed by a bushfire in February 2009.

Geography

King Lake is 65 km north-east of Melbourne in the Great Dividing Range to the mountains. The Kinglake Ranges reach a height of 525-610 m above sea level. From Kinglake consists of a view of Melbourne's skyline in the southwest and over the vineyards of the Yarra Valley in the south. The average temperature is about 3 ° C lower than in the city of Melbourne in Kinglake. The summers are generally pleasant in the woods, during periods of snowfall in winter occurs partly strong frost on.

History

The post office of Kinglake Post Office was opened on 14 May 1883. Between 1914 and 1950 there was also a post office in Kinglake East.

Sports

The playing by the Australian Rules football club, "The Lakers ", playing in the second division of the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

A basketball team plays in the Victorian Junior Basketball Leagues, and this club is called "The Lakers ".

Nature

The Kinglake National Park is the closest to Melbourne National Park, offering trails for day trips as well as campsites for overnight stays.

Another protected area is located between Toolangi and Yea. Several waterfalls are located in it. They can be achieved by moderately severe walks.

Bush fire

Bushfires around Kinglake have repeatedly drawn the area affected and the city at risk with their populations, such as 1926, 1939, in the 1960s and at the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983. When the fires in late January and early February 2006, burned 1500 acres bushland before the fire department was able to contain the fire.

2009

Kinglake was one of the hardest hit by the bushfires in Victoria in 2009 areas; in Kinglake and Kinglake West, more than 500 houses were destroyed by the flames and killed 42 people.