Bacchus Marsh - Fast Facts

Bacchus Marsh
Attractive rural town surrounded by orchards and market gardens.
Bacchus Marsh is one of Victoria's older towns and, as such, it retains a number of historically significant buildings. Located on the edge of a scenic and fertile valley, it is surrounded by hills and situated by the Werribee and Lerderderg Rivers at an elevation of 105 metres. Bacchus Marsh is 55 km north-west of Melbourne en route to Ballarat via the Western Freeway.

The town supports a range of manufacturing industries while the surrounding area is given over to dairying, mixed farming, grazing and orchards. There is an open-cut coal mine on the southern outskirts. Bacchus Marsh is also a commuter satellite of Melbourne and has a current population of some 13,500 people.

Tourist Information
For local tourist information ring the Moorabool Shire offices in Bacchus Marsh on (03) 5366 7100.