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Encyclopedia > Avalon, Victoria

Avalon is a locality in the State of Australia. It is located to the north of the city of Geelong, and to the southwest of the state's capital city of Melbourne; and is on the western shore of Port Phillip.


Avalon is notable for the Avalon Airport, which is the new home base of the budget domestic airline Jetstar Airways.




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Avalon, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (135 words)
Avalon is a locality in the State of Victoria, Australia.
It is located to the north of the city of Geelong, and to the southwest of the state's capital city of Melbourne; and is on the western shore of Port Phillip.
Avalon is notable for the Avalon Raceway (also known as Avalon Speedway) and the Avalon Airport, which is the new home base of the budget domestic airline Jetstar Airways and the site of the biennial Avalon International Airshow, the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
Avalon Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (421 words)
It is located to the north of the city of Geelong, and to the southwest of the state's capital city of Melbourne.
Avalon Airport was also one of three sites being considered as the new site for the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Markets which are to be moved from West Melbourne to allow development of the Port of Melbourne.
The land on which Avalon Airport lies is part of the Lara Lea escarpment which is bound by the You Yang Ranges, Corio Bay and Melbourne Water sewage treatment agistment paddocks.
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