Places Home > All Places > Recreation > VIC > Upper Yarra

Harveys Gully Historic Site - VIC

Train derailment Harvey's Gully 1911

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -37.170544 145.535858

DMS: 37º 10' 13.96" S 145º 32' 9.09" E

UTM: 55 H 5885205mN 370014mE

Altitude: 178.98m

Address & Contact

Mansfield-Tallarook Rail Trail
Molesworth VIC 3718

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Harvey's Gully was the scene of a fatal train smash in 1910 when an axle broke on the morning train to Mansfield. The accident caused a carriage to tip off the bridge into Harvey's Gully. A piece of wood from the 6 wheeled carriage was repurposed to create a collection box at Saint Lukes Church in Yea near the Yea Railway station - you can still see it there today.

The small bridge where the carriage toppled was eventually destroyed by fires in 1969. It was replaced by a steel pipe culvert still recognisable today at this location. So stand a moment here and contemplate these tragedies of yesteryear.

PlaceID	157928

Map

Working on it...

Get Traveller App Get the ExplorOz Traveller App to download all ExplorOz Places for navigational use on your tablet, phone, iPad or laptop.

Download Place

Use this download for GPX, Hema Navigator and OziExplorer. Geo data only no map included.

TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Yea to Molesworth Rail Trail

Nearby Places (31)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Eildon Fire Tower at 01/10:30pm EST

Distance from Harveys Gully Historic Site 27.46km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
9.2°C	5.5°C	73%	4.6°C	hPa	0.0mm	E	13km/hr 7knots	15km/hr 8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Eildon Fire Tower

Distance from Harveys Gully Historic Site 27.46km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	27.3	26.8	22.9	18.2	13.2	10.1	9.1	10.5	13.5	16.5	21.0	23.5
Mean Min. °C	13.4	13.8	11.4	9.1	6.5	4.8	3.8	4.3	5.7	7.2	9.8	11.0
Mean Rain mm	36.4	46.9	39.0	40.3	55.0	67.2	66.7	76.7	63.5	51.8	61.2	42.3