Meredith

Introduction

Located about 100 kilometres from Melbourne, Meredith is probably best know for the annual Meredith Music Festival. However, with a population of approximately 1,000, Meredith is not commonly on the backpacker trail.

Sights and Activities

• Play a round of golf at the Meredith Golf Club
• Go rock climbing at Oxbow Rocks

Events and Festivals

Held in early December, Meredith Music Festival is held at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre over 3 days. The first festival was in 1991 and attracted only 250 punters; but by 2007, more than 10,000 people were heading to Meredith.

Meredith Music Festival has been hailed as Australia's answer to Woodstock, but is best summed up by the Festival Organisers

A Full Weekend of Fluctuating, Hi-Fidelity Freedom in the Supernatural Amphitheatre. The Number One aim is to provide ultimate doses of Every Shade Of Fun.

Find out more about Outdoor music festivals in Victoria (Australia).

Getting There

By Train

Accessible via Victoria's country rails system V-Line, the train trip to Meredith takes approximately 2 hours from Melbourne. Travellers will need to change trains in Geelong.

By Car

Meredith is halfway between Geelong and Ballarat on the Midland Highway (A300), about 90kms due West of Melbourne. From Melbourne CBD it'll take you about 2 hours to drive there by car.

By Plane

Meredith has a very small airport for charter and private aeroplanes. Commercial flights land at Melbourne's Tullamarine or Avalon airport.

Keep Connected

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Australia Post is the government's postal service. Most reasonably sizable townssuburbs will have at least one post office. A standard letter or postcard sent within Australia will cost $0.55. Internationally, it costs $1.40 to send postcards anywhere in the world. Letters cost $1.45 to send within the Asia Pacific region and $2.10 to anywhere else in the world. ^[1]. It is also possible to send things as parcels or by express mail.