Wye River, Victoria

Wye River
Victoria
Looking South over Wye River Township
Wye River is located in Colac Otway Shire
Wye River
Wye River
Coordinates38°38′0″S 143°53′0″E / 38.63333°S 143.88333°E / -38.63333; 143.88333
Population63 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3234
Location
LGA(s)Colac Otway Shire
State electorate(s)Polwarth
Federal division(s)Corangamite
Localities around Wye River:
Barramunga Separation Creek Separation Creek
Kennett River Wye River Bass Strait
Kennett River Kennett River Bass Strait

Wye River is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is also the name given to the waterway which flows through the town and into the sea. Situated 155 km to the west of Melbourne, on the Otway Coast, part of the scenic Great Ocean Road, the Wye River township is located about 15 km west of the resort town Lorne, Victoria. It became more feasible for Melburnians to holiday there after the section of the Great Ocean Road from Lorne to Apollo Bay was opened in 1932. At the 2016 census, Wye River had a permanent population of 66, although its holiday population is ten times that.[1]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wye River (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017. Edit this at Wikidata