Koo-wee-rup - Fast Facts

Koo-wee-rup
Former marshland now converted to market gardens
Koo-wee-rup is a small town 75 km south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland Highway and 45 metres above sea-level. Reclaimed from marshlands at the head of Westernport Bay it is increasingly a residential centre in a fertile district given over to asparagus production, market gardens and dairying. A well-known Potato Festival is held in March to celebrate the long-standing association of the town and the vegetable.