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The river was called Muddy Creek in 1824 by explorers Hume and Hovell because of its muddy banks. The river was renamed when or soon after the town of Muddy Creek was renamed Yea. [2] [4] The river, like the town is named in honour of Colonel Lacy Walter Yea – a British Army colonel killed during the Crimean War in 1855, the year that Yea was ...
In the Woiwurrung language of central Victoria the name means "living in the mountains". However, the inaccurate translation "mist of the mountains" is sometimes given. [2] [3] Snodgrass's station covered the area from the present-day town of Yea up the valleys of the east and west branches of the Muddy Creek, now the Yea River.
The Great Victorian Rail Trail (previously the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail), is in north-central Victoria, Australia, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-east of Melbourne, and is the second-longest rail trail in Australia, after the 161 km Brisbane Valley Rail Trail in Queensland.
Yea is located on the inside (west and south) of a bend in the Yea River about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-east of where it meets the Goulburn River. It is 112 kilometres (70 mi) north-east of Melbourne at 172 metres (564 ft) above sea-level, on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range. The centre of the town is on the flood plain of the ...
The Mansfield railway line is a closed 121-kilometre (75 mi) branch railway line situated in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia. Constructed by the Victorian Railways , it branched from the Seymour line at Tallarook station, and ran east to Mansfield .
Melba Highway is a semi-rural highway that connects the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne to the town of Yea, [5] in Victoria's Upper Goulburn region. It is named after Dame Nellie Melba, a famed Australian opera singer of the early 20th century, whose former country estate lies at the southern end of the highway in Coldstream.
Go through, or around) gate, descend steeply to the Yea River crossing. Return to start. Track is steep, and very slippery during or after wet weather. (4 km, 1.5 hrs, May 2008) Monda Track - Dugout Section. Follow Monda Rd, past Mt St Leonard lookout gate, to small car park adjacent to gated track on south marked "Australian National Trail".
The river is joined by five minor tributaries, passing through the town of Murrindindi before reaching its confluence with the Yea River, southwest of Limestone, east of the Melba Highway. The river descends 187 metres (614 ft) over its 26-kilometre (16 mi) course. [2] The name of the river is derived from the name of the pastoral run.