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4 unusual facts about North Geelong


Bairnsdale railway station

Until mid-2009, A five day a week freight train hauling logs from Bairnsdale to North Geelong Yard operated from a siding on the up (Melbourne) side of Bairnsdale station.

North Geelong, Victoria

In 1998 hotel owner George Ramia erected a 15m-high polystyrene replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza atop his hotel.

The suburb has an Australian rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League and an association football named North Geelong Warriors SC that are competing in the Victorian State League Division 1

The head office of Australian department store, Target, founded in Geelong in 1925 is located in Thompson Road, next door to the former Geelong Golf Club.



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