- Walpeup, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Walpeup
state = vic
caption =
lga =Rural City of Mildura
postcode = 3507
pop = 108 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26909 | name = Walpeup (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
est =
elevation= 69
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Mildura
fedgov = Mallee
dist1 = 473
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 130
location2= Swan Hill
dist3 = 15
location3= Galah
dist4 = 8
location4= Torrita [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]Walpeup (pronounced wol'pee'UP) is a locality situated on the section of the
Mallee Highway between Ouyen and the South Australian border in theSunraysia region. The place by road, is situated about 15 kilometres east from Galah and 8 kilometres west from Torrita. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 28 people. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/7/Walpeup.html www.fallingrain.com Walpeup] ]The township was settled quite late, a full Post Office opening on
December 16 ,1912 . Citationlast = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]
The main tourist attractions on offer in Walpeup are the Walpeup Memorial Hall (Glen St) and the Dryland Gardens (Creagan St). The Hall houses a large collection of historic photographs of locals who attended either World War, a "welcome home" banner from the first world war - only found within the last 5 years and now restored and displayed - and a hand-sewn community Mural tapestry created in 1989. The Dryland Gardens are located on the corner of Glen and Creagan streets and display many native trees and shrubs from around the local region and Australia, particularly a large variety of Eremophilas. The Garden is tended by local volunteers.
Travellers can stay in their own caravans or tents at the Wayside stop located on the corner of Creagan street and Murphy Rd. The wayside stop contains a covered barbecue area as well as well maintained play equipment and lawn. Within 100 metres of the wayside stop is Shubert's Walk, a nature walk displaying many native trees and shrubs in their natural setting.
With it's neighbouring township Underbool Walpeup has a football team (Walpeup-Underbool) in the Mallee Football League.
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