Bacchus Marsh Travel Guide

Bacchus Marsh is one of Victoria's older towns and, as such, it retains a number of historically significant buildings. Located on the edge of a scenic and fertile valley, it is surrounded by hills and situated by the Werribee and Lerderderg Rivers at an elevation of 105 metres. Bacchus Marsh is 55 km north-west of Melbourne en route to Ballarat via the Western Freeway. The town supports a range of manufacturing industries while the surrounding area is given over to dairying, mixed farming, grazing and orchards. There is an open-cut coal mine on the southern outskirts. Bacchus Marsh is also a commuter satellite of Melbourne and has a current population of some 13 500 people. Prior to European settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Kurung Aborigines. The Bacchus Marsh Show is held in late October and Cup Day in the Park is preceded by a five-day festival in early November.