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SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Melbourne's premier aquarium on the Yarra River featuring Antarctic ice displays and an oceanarium with sharks and rays.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Laverton
Victoria, Australia · Oceania
About Laverton
Laverton works well as a base: 10 minutes from Truganina, 17km from SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium.
Laverton is in Victoria, Australia, with about 5,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Truganina, about 5 km away.
Laverton is a railway station on the Werribee line, part of the Melbourne railway network, and serves the south-western suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Laverton is a ground-level premium station, with three platforms, one island platform and one side platform. It was opened on 1 July 1886,Read more
with the current platform 1 provided in 2010.
At the up end of the station, the tracks diverge. Werribee-bound services take the direct double track route to Newport, while all-stations Altona services operate on the single track Altona loop line to Newport. The loop line reconnects with the direct route just north of the former Paisley railway station.
The Western standard gauge line passes to the north of Platform 1.
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What is there to see near Laverton?
Within an hour or so of Laverton: SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium (17 km), Petrol Circus (18 km), Albert Park Circuit (18 km), Luna Park Melbourne (18 km).
Where is Laverton?
Laverton is in Victoria, Australia, about 5 km from Truganina.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,001
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Victoria
- Timezone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Coordinates
- -37.8620, 144.7698
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Worth the detour from Laverton
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Petrol Circus
Melbourne's automotive culture and lifestyle brand hosting regular car meets, rides, and community events across the city.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Albert Park Circuit
Melbourne's lakeside street circuit, traditional F1 season opener
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Luna Park Melbourne
Historic St Kilda amusement park opened in 1912 with its iconic laughing face entrance on the waterfront.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Melbourne Zoo
Australia's oldest zoo established in 1862, home to over 320 animal species in the heart of Melbourne.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Pellegrini's Espresso Bar
Melbourne's oldest espresso bar, opened in 1954 on Bourke Street with the city's first commercial espresso machine and an unchanged Formica bar. Order at the counter and eat standing or in the back kitchen.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Sandown Raceway
A fast, flat 3.1km circuit inside a Melbourne horse racing course, running since 1962 and one of the last surviving old-school Australian touring car venues.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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