Porepunkah railway station
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Porepunkah railway station is a former railway station on the closed Bright railway line in Porepunkah, Victoria
, Australia
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Porepunkah railway station was the location where the Manfield
family transported tourists who were staying with them on their trips to Mount Buffalo
. Porepunkah is now part of the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail
.
Porepunkah, Victoria
Porepunkah is a town in north east Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Great Alpine Road, at the foot of Mount Buffalo north east of the state capital, Melbourne and north west of Bright. Part of Alpine Shire Local government area and situated on the banks of the Ovens River, near the...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Porepunkah railway station was the location where the Manfield
Alice Manfield
Alice Manfield , commonly known as Guide Alice, was a mountain guide, amateur naturalist, chalet owner, photographer, and early feminist figure from Victoria, Australia...
family transported tourists who were staying with them on their trips to Mount Buffalo
Mount Buffalo National Park
Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau in Victoria , 200 km northeast of Melbourne. It is one of the oldest parks in the Australian Alps, being first established in 1898 when 1165 ha was reserved around Eurobin Falls...
. Porepunkah is now part of the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail
Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail
The Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail is a cycling and walking rail trail in northern Victoria, Australia. It extends from Wangaratta to Bright, with a side branch to Beechworth, following the route of the former Bright railway line...
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