Princetown, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

38°40′0″S 143°09′0″E / 38.66667°S 143.15000°E / -38.66667; 143.15000Population241 (2016 census)^[1]Postcode(s)3269Location

210 km (130 mi) SW of Melbourne
81 km (50 mi) E of Warrnambool

LGA(s)Corangamite ShireState electorate(s)Polwarth Federal division(s)Wannon

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
20 °C 68 °F	7.5 °C 46 °F	80.9 mm 3.2 in

Princetown is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Great Ocean Road, east of the Twelve Apostles, in the Corangamite Shire.

General

Princetown is located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Port Campbell in Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road. It hosts a pub which doubles as a general store, a post office and some accommodation options. The hamlet provides access to beaches and the mouth of the Gellibrand River. At the 2006 census, Princetown district had a population of 459. Redrawing of the census lines reduced the figure in 2016 to 241 persons. Princetown Cricket Club is the sole surviving sporting club in the township, boasting about 30 members playing in the local South West Cricket Association. The current club was formed in 1968, but cricket had been played in Princetown as far back as 1886.^[2]

Attractions

A river estuary and wetlands is adjacent to the township, with reed beds on the western branch of the estuary containing significant bird and plant life. Princetown is bounded on two sides by national parks, with the Port Campbell National Park extending north-westerly and the Great Otway National Park to the south-east.

The Twelve Apostles rock formations are six kilometres to the west of Princetown, with the Gibson Steps also nearby. The Loch Ard Gorge is just past the Twelve Apostles, towards Port Campbell. In the other direction is Maits Rest Rainforest Walk.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Princetown (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
^ "DISTRICT NEWS. - (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Princetown. Wednesday. - Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) - 8 May 1886". Trove.

External links

Media related to Princetown, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons

Official Website for 12 Apostles Region of Victoria

Visitor attractions on the Great Ocean Road

Attractions

Towns

v t e Localities in the Shire of Corangamite
Town	Camperdown Cobden Cooriemungle Derrinallum Ecklin South^ Garvoc^ Lismore Noorat^ Peterborough^ Port Campbell Princetown Scotts Creek Simpson^ Skipton^ Terang^ Timboon
Locality	Ayrford^ Berrybank^ Bookaar Boorcan Bostocks Creek Bradvale Brucknell^ Bullaharre Carlisle River^ Carpendeit^ Chapple Vale^ Chocolyn Cobrico Cowleys Creek Cressy^ Cundare North^ Curdies River Curdievale^ Darlington^ Dixie Duverney Elingamite Elingamite North Foxhow Gellibrand Lower^ Glenfyne Glenormiston North^ Glenormiston South Gnotuk Heytesbury Lower Jancourt Jancourt East^ Kariah Kennedys Creek Koallah Kolora^ Larralea Leslie Manor Mingay Mount Bute^ Naroghid Newfield Nirranda East^ Noorat East Paaratte Pirron Yallock^ Pittong^ Pomborneit Pomborneit East Pomborneit North Skibo South Purrumbete Stonyford^ Tandarook Taroon^ Tesbury Timboon West Vite Vite Vite Vite North Waarre Wattle Hill Weerite Werneth^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA