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Beech Forest Victoria
Beauchamp Falls, Beech Forest
Postcode:	3237
Location:	193 km (120 mi) SW of Melbourne 43 km (27 mi) S of Colac
LGA:	Colac Otway Shire
State District:	Polwarth
Federal Division:	Corangamite

Beech Forest is a town in Victoria, Australia. The area of Beech Forest is largely used for potato farming.

The town was named after the many myrtle beech trees of the area. Beech Forest Post Office opened on 10 May 1890 and closed in 1994. ^[1]

Cliff Young, winner of the 1983 Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon at the age of 61, lived in Beech Forest.

References

^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11

External links

Walkabout Travel Guide - Beech Forest

Towns in the Colac Otway Shire Local Government Area

Alvie · Apollo Bay · Barongarook · Barwon Downs · Beeac · Beech Forest · Birregurra · Colac · Cororooke · Cressy · Elliminyt · Forrest · Gellibrand · Irrewarra · Irrewillepe · Johanna · Kawarren · Kennett River · Larpent · Lavers Hill · Pirron Yallock · Swan Marsh · Warrion · Wye River