Rochester is a small town in country Victoria, Australia. It is located 180km north of Melbourne with a mixture of rural and semi-rural communities on the northern Campaspe River, between Bendigo and the Murray River port of Echuca. It has a co-educational public Secondary College with 470 pupils in 2004. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... The Campaspe River is a river in Australia. ... Central Bendigo from the Botanic Gardens Location of Bendigo in Victoria (red) Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria (Australia), located in the City of Greater Bendigo. ... The Murray River is Australias second-longest river in its own right (the longest being its tributary the Darling). ... Echuca in Victoria (Australia) is a town of about 10,000 people situated on the Murray River (Moama is on the northern side in NSW). ...

The town is famous as the birthplace in 1904 of Australian racing and endurance cyclist, Sir Hubert Opperman, affectionately known as Oppy. There is a museum dedicated to Oppy in Moore street, and a statue of him winning the 24 hour Bol D'or race in Paris in 1928. On his 90th birthday Oppy donated one of his trusty Malvern Star bicycles to the museum. 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... Hubert Opperman in action as a cyclist Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman (29 May 1904 - 24 April 1996), affectionately referred to as Oppy by Australian and French crowds, was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...