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6 unusual facts about Drouin


Drouin to Warragul Trail

The Drouin to Warragul Trail or Two Towns Trail is a cycling and walking path between Drouin and Warragul.

Drouin, Victoria

Throughout the 1880s, a number of small sawmills operated in the Drouin district, many transporting their timber by tramway to the railway station.

Both national public broadcasters, Australian Broadcasting Corporation including channels ABC1, ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24 and Special Broadcasting Service including SBS One and SBS Two, and Channel 31 ,Community TV are broadcast to Drouin as well

Melbourne channels (Seven, Nine and Ten) can be received in analogue and more clearly in digital in Drouin and Warragul with a suitable roof-top antenna.

The radio reception available in Drouin also includes many of the Melbourne commercial stations (such as 105.1 Triple M, Vega 91.5 fm, 3AW 693, Nova 100), ABC Broadcasters (774 ABC Melbourne, 96.7 Triple J and 100.7 ABC Gippsland) and Gippsland commercial stations 99.5 TR FM and 1242 3GV ,531 3GG ,

Paul Plunkett

Born in Drouin, Victoria, Paul became a Lecturer at Canberra Institute of the Arts and at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.


Hérouxville, Quebec

Quebec Premier Jean Charest called Hérouxville's measures "exaggerated" after Town Councillor André Drouin appeared on a popular Quebec television show called Tout le monde en parle and said the reasonable accommodation situation had reached a state of emergency in Quebec.

Jude Drouin

Drafted in the third round of the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft, 17th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens, Drouin played for their junior team, the Montreal Junior Canadiens of the Quebec Major Junior League, in the 1966 season, playing in 47 games and scoring a sparkling 32 goals and 36 assists.

West Gippsland

Principal towns of West Gippsland include (from west to east along the Princes Highway) Pakenham, Drouin, Warragul and Trafalgar.


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