Latrobe River

The Latrobe Valley is an inland geographical district and urban area of the Gippsland region in the state of Victoria, Australia. The district lies east of the Melbourne and nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Baw Baw Ranges, part of the Great Dividing Range, to the north. Mount Baw Baw is the highest peak to the north of the Latrobe Valley, due north of Moe. The highest peak to the south is Mt Tassie , south of Traralgon. The area has three major centres, from west to east, Moe, Morwell and Traralgon, with minor centres including Churchill, Yinnar, Glengarry, and Tyers. The population of the Latrobe Valley is approximately 125,000. The valley draws its name from the Latrobe River which flows eastward, through the valley. According to Les Blake, in 1841 William Adams Brodribb, an early settler, named the river in honour of Charles La Trobe, Lieutenant Governor of the Port Phillip District. A. W. Reed also attributes Brodribb to naming the river in honour of La Trobe; yet Reed claims that the river was discovered by Angus McMillan in 1840 who named the watercourse as Glengarry River.
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Pollution at Yallourn coal mine

On 6 June the Yallourn coal mine collapsed, taking the Morwell River with it, and flooding the mine. 5 months later Energy Australia is still pumping billions of litres of contaminated water from the mine into the Latrobe River. Say no to new coal in Victoria

latrobe river Jan 2011 (3)

a lazy paddle up the latrobe river

view of Latrobe valley

360 degree view in vic, australia

Noojee Trout Fishing

G'day Folks

Sorry its been a while since I uploaded a video, have have been ill for 2 weeks and I recently purchased a new dog so I had to put some time in with him.

In this video I head to Noojee to do some Trout fishing in the Latrobe River which runs directly through the town. Its a heavily fished river but it was nice to get out again doing what I love.

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Tight lines, thanks for watching, catch you next time.

Latrobe Valley Drive HQ

A drive from Moe to Lake Thompson, then around all the major Latrobe Valley Power Stations and back to Moe.

(Full Details on the blog)

Flooding problems and more at Yallourn

In an expansion of the mine, TruEnergy had diverted the Morwell River via an embankment and locating four conveyor belt supply tunnels underneath. On Tuesday June 5 in 2012 heavy rainfall in the Gippsland region resulted in water from the adjoining Morwell River flooding into a tunnel housing a conveyor belt. The Latrobe Valley Express reported that an exclusion zone was created around the leak site and that after initial inspections and ongoing monitoring of river and leakage levels, restricted mine operations resumed this afternoon.
Two weeks after the collapse, EnergyAustralia was still struggling to bring the crisis under control. The company stated that while it had reinstated one of the conveyor systems, further rain had resulted in the need to shut it down once more. As a result it had scaled power generation back from two units to one and resorted to trucking coal to keep the power station running. Plans to install a pumping and pipeline system to divert the Morwell River flows into the diversion channel will not be completed until end of July, the company stated. The company also gained approval from the Environmental Protection Authority Victoria to pump untreated water out of the pit into the Latrobe River

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Cross Yallourn North Australie - Avril 2014

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As Tasmania's Latrobe braces itself for severe weather local authorities have briefed the media

Yallourn open cut and power station

This is where I did my apprenticeship back in the 1970s

Haunted Hills Tours

Haunted Hills Tours is a story based guided walking in the Latrobe Valley. We have five tours click to see more.

We have five tours

Traralgon Ghost Tour - find dates and more information here:

Yallourn North Ghost Tour -

Crime in the Brown Coal Mine -

People of Yallourn North -

Yallourn North Park Hop -

Flood Crisis

Fears tonight that the state's power supplies could be under threat after the Morwell River broke its banks sending floodwaters rushing into the Yallourn open cut mine.

Hazelwood Power Station

The Latrobe Valley region in Victoria, Australia is the major electricity producing area for the state of Victoria. The Hazelwood Power Station is a decommissioned brown coal-fuelled thermal power station located in the Latrobe Valley. Built between 1964 and 1971, the 1,600 megawatt capacity power station was made up of eight 200MW units, and supplied up to 25% of Victoria's base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia's total electricity demand.

The station was listed as the least carbon efficient power station in the OECD in a 2005 report by WWF Australia, making it one of the most polluting power stations in the world. The power station closed permenately in March 2017.

Victoria needs dirtiest power station

The Victorian government says it can't do without Hazelwood power station, and ends talks to close it.

Announcement of Hi-Tech Precinct - Morwell

The Latrobe Valley will get its own Hi-Tech Precinct to create jobs and open up the best work and education opportunities for local students, thanks to a $17 million Victorian Government investment.

Based at the Federation Training site, it will bring together the new Morwell Tech School with Federation University, Federation Training, private tenants, and leading global tech firm Fujitsu as the likely anchor tenant.

The purpose-built precinct will promote innovation, productivity and job creation with a focus on growing sectors in Gippsland such as new energy, health, food and fibre and professional services.

Boolarra P.C. Holden Home Ground Advantage

Yallourn North Christmas Lights 2017

Replace Hazelwood - people demand climate action from Premier John Brumby

Over 250 people gathered on Thursday May 6, 2010 for a protest on the steps of the Victorian Parliament, Melbourne, Australia, calling for Victorian Premier John Brumby to take strong climate action and negotiate the closure of the Hazelwood brown coal fired Power Station in the La Trobe valley by 2012.

Hazelwood is Australias dirtiest power station, using brown coal, which produces almost 15 percent of Victorias greenhouse pollution - 3 per cent of Australia's total carbon emissions. It pumps out more than 16 million tonnes of greenhouse pollution each year and is also a massive user of water (27 billion litres a year) and emitter of dangerous pollutants. It is the single largest source of dioxin pollution in Australia, as well as emitting 7800 tonnes of hydrochloric acid each year.

It is possible to replace Hazelwood with a combination of renewable energy, energy efficiency and peaking gas plants. The jobs in construction and operation of these power stations would far exceed the 500 jobs that currently exist at Hazelwood, though effort would need to be taken to ensure that new jobs were created in the Latrobe Valley.

International Power owns the Hazelwood Power Station and have recently flagged to the Federal Government that they would be prepared to close the power station with the right financial incentives.

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Environment Victoria

Switch off Hazelwood