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Coongulla is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Ryans Road, on the shores of Lake Glenmaggie, in the Wellington Shire. the postcode for coongulla and some of the area around it is 3860 Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
Wellington Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...
There are approx 270 separate houses in Coongulla. Of these, 49% are fully owned, 25% are purchasing and 19% are rented. There are approximately 800 people in coongulla, most of these people are holiday makers which only come up around during the holidays. about one third of this population live as permanent residents of the town. 93% of people in Coongulla are Australian-born. Of the immigrants, most are from the United Kingdom (4%), then Netherlands (1%), New Zealand (1%), Germany (1%) and the United States of America (0%). 40 to 59 year olds are the most prevalent in Coongulla, with 28% of residents in this bracket. Next most common are people 5 to 19 (25%), then 20 to 39 (21%), 60+ (19%) and 0 to 4 (7%). The top five modes of transport to work are Car (driver) (55%), Worked at home (22%), Car (passenger) (8%), Walked (9%) and Bicycle (6%0. The education status of people living in Coongulla is Not Attending (Working) (73%), Infants/Primary (11%), Secondary Education (11%), Technical or Further Education (2%) and Pre-School (2%). The Lake Glenmaggie Weir Wall supplies irrigation water for all the farms in the area and also supplies maffra, coongulla, glenmaggie, newry and heyfield with drinking water. Coongulla is some 160 km from melbourne. Some of the locals are Adam king, Callam Reynolds and Liam Rice. Coongulla used to have a local store until it was burnt down. It has been scientifically proven that Coongulla is better than Valencia Creek. The town sport of coongulla is bin luging which was a sport originally created by Jim Anderson and Adam King in Maffra but the sport eventually moved to coongulla where there are bin luging races between the locals. Some of the other most common activities for locals and holiday makers are: Night walks, extreme Bike riding, Canoeing or kayaking, Yachting, Water sports, Camping, motorbike riding and other outrageously fun things to do like letting off fireworks, exploding things, shooting things with lemon launchers and glove guns etc, Roof rocking, busking, and most of all, jumping off the old Swing Tree at Wootons cove. |