Morwell, Victoria
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Transport
The main form of transport in Morwell is the automobileAutomobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
. The Princes Freeway
Princes Freeway
The Princes Freeway is a , 2 section freeway, which links Melbourne to Geelong on the west and Morwell on the east . It continues beyond these extremities as the Princes Highway towards Adelaide to the west and Sydney to the east...
(A1) now bypasses the town to the south while the old Princes Highway which once passed through east-west through its centre is now Princes Drive and Commercial Road. The highway connects Morwell with other Latrobe Valley cities including Moe to the west and Traralgon to the east. Other main roads include the Strzelecki Highway
Strzelecki Highway
Strzelecki Highway is a short 55 kilometre highway that connects the towns of Leongatha, Victoria and Morwell, Victoria, through the major junctions of South Gippsland Highway and Princes Freeway....
(B460) running south toward Leongatha
Leongatha, Victoria
Leongatha is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne. The town is the commercial, religious, educational and civic centre of the region. At the 2006 census, Leongatha had a population of 4,504.The Murray...
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Morwell railway station is serviced by the Bairnsdale V/Line rail service with hourly weekday VLocity services to Melbourne and other towns and cities along the Latrobe Valley and East Gippsland.
Morwell is home to Latrobe Valley Airport
Latrobe Valley Airport
Latrobe Valley Airport is located in the Latrobe Valley town of Morwell, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 2 hours east of Melbourne, off Princes Highway, to the west of Traralgon....
, providing general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
to the urban area.
Sport
The city has an Australian rules football team The Morwell Football Club, with their home ground being the Morwell Recreation Reserve, competing in the West Gippsland Latrobe Football LeagueWest Gippsland Latrobe Football League
The Gippsland Football League , is an Australian rules football League in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia...
, and a Morwell East competing in the Mid Gippsland Football League
Mid Gippsland Football League
The Mid Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football league in the Latrobe Valley region of Victoria, Australia.-History:The league was founded in 1935.The original clubs were:*Boolarra*Morwell Seconds*Brown Coal Mine*Morwell Bridge...
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The Morwell Cougars Baseball Club usually forms teams in three senior grades and all junior grades of the Latrobe Valley League. Their diamonds in Toners Lane are the only dedicated diamonds in the League.
Morwell has two cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
clubs, Morwell and Latrobe, the latter of which Peter Siddle
Peter Siddle
Peter Matthew Siddle is an Australian Test cricketer. He is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays for Victoria and the Australia national cricket team.-Early life and career:...
played for in his younger days.
There are 3 soccer clubs in the town; Pegasus, Fortuna and Falcons.
There is also a 25-metre indoor swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, used by the local swimming club for competitive swimming.
Golfers play at the course of the Morwell Golf Club on Fairway Drive.
Morwell is home to two scout groups - 1st Morwell and Morwell East, offering weekly programs to youth aged 6 to 26
Notable people
- John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson (footballer)John Hutchinson is a Maltese-Australian football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners...
, footballer - Bryan QuirkBryan QuirkBryan Quirk is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was recruited from Morwell Football Club in the then Latrobe Valley Football League....
, footballer - Peter SiddlePeter SiddlePeter Matthew Siddle is an Australian Test cricketer. He is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays for Victoria and the Australia national cricket team.-Early life and career:...
, cricketer - Vin WaiteVin WaiteVincent Waite was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the VFL. His son Jarrad followed in his footsteps and plays with Carlton, acquired under the Father-son rule....
, footballer
See also
- Commercial Road Primary School, MorwellCommercial Road Primary School, MorwellThe Commercial Road Primary School is located on the main road in Morwell, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1879, and has undergone a number of changes over the years.-History:...
- HM Prison Morwell RiverHM Prison Morwell RiverHM Prison Morwell River, opened in 1951, was an open prison located near Morwell, Victoria. Inmates and prison officers called a truce while working on the project. Prisoners were taken to shopping centers in Morwell and left unattended, at total liberty and on trust, to rattle their tins...
- Latrobe Valley AirportLatrobe Valley AirportLatrobe Valley Airport is located in the Latrobe Valley town of Morwell, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 2 hours east of Melbourne, off Princes Highway, to the west of Traralgon....
- Morwell railway station
- Electoral district of MorwellElectoral district of MorwellThe Electoral district of Morwell is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the regional centres of Morwell and Traralgon as well as the surrounding rural areas in the middle of Gippsland....