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Country Cob Bakery
A Kyneton bakery that has won Australia's Best Pie at the national baking competition multiple times, drawing Calder Highway travellers off the freeway for the chicken and mushroom or curried beef.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Darley
Victoria, Australia · Oceania
About Darley
Darley sits on the route: 20 minutes from Melton West, 47km from Melbourne Zoo.
Darley is in Victoria, Australia, with about 8,300 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Melton West, about 11 km away.
Darley is a suburb of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia located directly north of the central area across the Western Freeway. It is the most populous locality and earliest settlement (1838) in Bacchus Marsh. At the 2021 census, Darley had a population of 9,190.
It is bordered by the Lerderderg River to the east,Read more
Korkuperrimui Creek to the west, Western Freeway to the south and Lerderderg State Park to the north. Darley is located on the rural-urban fringe, the topography varies but is mostly undulating.
It began as a small agricultural settlement on the bend of the Lerderderg River in 1838 and was surveyed and proclaimed a town in 1861.
In recent decades Darley has rapidly grown and has become a major suburban area of Bacchus Marsh with a large number of housing estates and developments to the east south and north capitalising on Darley's proximity to the freeway.
The suburb is home to Darley Primary School, Pentland Hills Primary School, large sports oval (Darley Oval) home to the Darley Football Club and Darley Cricket Club, the Bacchus Marsh Golf club, IGA supermarket and small commercial centre on Albert Street.
Darley is also home to "Triassic park" (The Council Trench), The Council Trench is geologically significant to Victoria. It is the only known outcrop of Triassic aged sedimentary rock in the state. The Council Trench is exposed as outcrop in a trench, about 40m in length and 2 to 5 m depth, cut into a low ridge, on the east side of Tramway Lane, Darley.
A former Military camp "Camp Darley" was housed in the Darley area, accommodating US service personnel from many units including, 49th Fighter group, 5th Airforce, 808 Engineer Aviation battalion and 182nd Infantry regiment of task force 6814.
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Within an hour or so of Darley: Country Cob Bakery (46 km), Melbourne Zoo (47 km), Petrol Circus (49 km), SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium (49 km).
Where is Darley?
Darley is in Victoria, Australia, about 11 km from Melton West.
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- Population
- 8,281
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Victoria
- Timezone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Coordinates
- -37.6581, 144.4434
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Worth the detour from Darley
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Melbourne Zoo
Australia's oldest zoo established in 1862, home to over 320 animal species in the heart of Melbourne.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Petrol Circus
Melbourne's automotive culture and lifestyle brand hosting regular car meets, rides, and community events across the city.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Melbourne's premier aquarium on the Yarra River featuring Antarctic ice displays and an oceanarium with sharks and rays.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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Pellegrini's Espresso Bar
Melbourne's oldest espresso bar, opened in 1954 on Bourke Street with the city's first commercial espresso machine and an unchanged Formica bar. Order at the counter and eat standing or in the back kitchen.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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Albert Park Circuit
Melbourne's lakeside street circuit, traditional F1 season opener
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Luna Park Melbourne
Historic St Kilda amusement park opened in 1912 with its iconic laughing face entrance on the waterfront.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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