Toora

Overview

Toora is a small picturesque town surrounded by undulating hills used primarily for dairying. The local wind farm is also an exciting attraction, with wind turbines manufactured in Denmark.

Truly impressive scenery is a feature of Toora with amazing views of Prom country.

History

Toora was first named Muddy Creek in the 1860s when a timber mill was set up on a 640 acre Mangrove Pre-emptive Right to supply much needed hardwood for the colony.

The gold boom had led to a building surge in Melbourne when blue gum sleepers were used in the first piers constructed at Port Melbourne while railway sleepers were sent to India when the British Government were constructing hundreds of miles of railway lines.

Not far from the old mill site, still on the coastal plain, during the depression of the 1890s the government of the day encouraged settlement of the area as farming land under the Village Settlement Scheme but the blocks were too small and the scheme failed. The abandoned land was taken up for dairying and the fattening of cattle. These are the main industries of the area today.

Places of interest

Agnes Falls
Toora Wind Farm
RAMSAAR international wetland site
Franklin River Reserve

Accommodation

The small township of Toora offers comfortable bed and breakfast and motel accommodation. Further information about this or other accommodation options a short distance away can be found at www.visitpromcountry.com

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