As with so much of our history the tunnels came into being because of the gold rush when the yarra river was diverted to make it easier for gold miners to search for gold. About 14 km east of warburton on the woods point road near mcmahons creek are the little peninsula and big peninsula tunnels. See 2 reviews articles and 7 photos of big peninsula tunnel ranked no 471 on tripadvisor among 646 attractions in melbourne.
Big peninsula tunnel melbourne. As with so much of our history the tunnels came into being because of the gold rush when the yarra river was diverted to make it easier for gold miners to search for gold. About 14 km east of warburton on the woods point road near mcmahons creek are the little peninsula and big peninsula tunnels.
This allowed miners to scour a river bed without having to worry about strong or deep water flow. A tunnel was hand dug through the narrowest point of the rocky hillside to divert water flow and expose nearly tow miles of natural riverbed for gold extraction purposes. In 1864 the yarra river deviated at big peninsula.
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On the way from warburton stop at the mesmerising redwood forest. Too get the best info stop at the amazing warburton info centre. Amazing part of the world.
Past warburton is the big peninsula tunnel and the little peninsula tunnel. The little peninsula and big peninsula tunnels are located on the yarra river about 14 km east of warburton 70 km from melbourne on the upper yarra reservoir rd there is a signposted turnoff to the little peninsula tunnel picnic ground there are picnic facilities at the car park.
