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Bacchus Marsh is a town in Victoria, Australia. It's local governing area is the Moorabool Shire. It is traditionally a market garden areas, producing a lot of the areas fruit and vegetables Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Moorabool Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ... Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ...
It has its own railway station (terminus for some peak trains) and has a population of approx.. Ballarat regional line continues. ...
Tourism
You can take a drive through the Avenue of Honour at Bacchus Marsh, while driving through you can stop off at a fruit stall to taste the produce grown in nearby orchards and market gardens. Finish off your visit to Moorabool with a picnic beneath the trees in Maddingley Park.
External links
Moorabool Shire Council (http://www.moorabool.vic.gov.au)
BacchusMarsh is one of Victoria's older towns and, as such, it retains a number of historically significant buildings.
BacchusMarsh is 55 km north-west of Melbourne en route to Ballarat via the Western Freeway.
The 'Marsh' part of the equation reflects the fact that the valley was once full of marshland associated with the river system, although these were drained and the riverbed altered by early European settlers.