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Ararat - VIC

Ararat

City

Position

DEG: -37.282599 142.931792

DMS: 37º 16' 57.36" S 142º 55' 54.46" E

UTM: 54 H 5872028mN 671254mE

Altitude: 326.87m

Place Type

Population - City

Location

189.24kms West of Melbourne - Driving 205 km (2 hours 16 mins)
469.27kms SouthEast of Adelaide - Driving 522 km (5 hours 32 mins)
725.99kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 932 km (1 day 2 hours)

Address & Contact

5 Banksia St
Ararat VIC 3377

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Information

Ararat is a city in the South West of the state on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley. Once a gold rush boomtown, it also became a city of asylums, and is now the site of the Hopkins Correctional Facility. This is an agricultural production area with wool, beef, and wine driving the local economy.The Grampians National Park and local wine industry is the drawcard for local tourism with attractions including Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Mount Langi Ghiran winery, tours through Aradale (Australia's largest abandoned 1800's lunatic asylum) and the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre. The city's main community festival is known as the Golden Gateway Festival and has run since 1958 when it was set up to commemorate the city's centenary. The Jailhouse Rock Festival (since 1994 a retro 1950s themed festival) are two major festival events in Ararat.Excellent free camping is available at the nearby Green Hills Lake.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Ben Nevis at 16/05:00pm EST

Distance from Ararat 24.53km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
4.5°C	-0.3°C	99%	4.4°C	hPa	2.6mm	NNW	19km/hr 10knots	30km/hr 16knots

Closest Climatic Station

Stawell Aerodrome

Distance from Ararat 29.21km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.2	28.5	25.2	20.8	16.3	13.3	12.5	14.0	16.6	19.7	23.8	26.3
Mean Min. °C	13.5	13.7	11.2	8.3	6.0	4.7	4.1	4.6	6.0	7.3	9.8	11.1
Mean Rain mm	36.9	33.1	21.4	28.3	34.7	53.7	55.7	56.8	52.6	36.9	45.3	38.2