Wright Forest

Wright Forest is a nature reserve in Shire of Cardinia, Victoria. Wright Forest is situated nearby to the suburb Avonsleigh, as well as near Cockatoo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lakeside railway station and Cockatoo railway station.

Lakeside railway station

Railway station

Photo: Beau Wade, CC BY 2.0.

Lakeside railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Melbourne, Australia. It was opened in 1944 to serve Emerald Lake Park, a popular picnic and recreation reserve created during World War II.

Cockatoo railway station

Railway station

Photo: Effluvium1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cockatoo railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in the town of the same name. It opened with the line on 18 December 1900 as Devon, but was renamed Cockatoo Creek on 29 July 1901 and subsequently shortened to Cockatoo in 1904.

Emerald Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Effluvium1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Emerald railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Victoria, Australia. It was opened with the Railway on 18 December 1900 and comprised a platform track and a loop siding.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emerald.

Emerald

Suburb

Photo: Effluvium1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Emerald is a town in the Greater Melbourne area of Victoria, Australia, 44 kilometres south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shires of Cardinia and Yarra Ranges local government areas.

Wright Forest

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.9272° or 37° 55′ 38″ south

Longitude

145.4796° or 145° 28′ 47″ east

Open location code

4RJ73FFH+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48839574

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Puffing Billy Bridge No. 8 Wright Trestle and ‘Strwberry Corner’.

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