Big Peninsula Tunnel, Heritage mining tunnel in McMahons Creek, Victoria, Australia
The Big Peninsula Tunnel extends 25 meters through rock with a square section measuring 2 meters in height and width along the upper Yarra River.
Gold miners excavated this tunnel in 1864 during the Victorian gold rush to gain direct access to valuable deposits in the Yarra River bed.
The tunnel represents a testament to nineteenth-century mining engineering methods and stands as evidence of early Australian resource extraction techniques.
Visitors can access the tunnel from a designated parking area on Woods Point Road, located 15 kilometers east of Warburton and 1 kilometer from McMahons Creek.
The square-shaped mining tunnel contains original structural elements from the 1860s and connects directly to the start of the Goldfields Walking Trail.
Location: Victoria
GPS coordinates: -37.70530,145.81900
Latest update: March 26, 2025 21:20
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