Central Highlands

The Central Highlands is a large region in central Victoria, Australia. The term is mainly used in a geological context to describe that part of the Great Dividing Range that is west of the range's alpine areas but does not extend to the western end of the range in the state's west. The area is situated east of Ballarat, south of Bendigo, north and east of Melbourne, and west of the alpine areas. Major towns of the Central Highlands include Castlemaine, Creswick, Daylesford, Gisborne, Kyneton and Woodend. All these towns are located in what is usually referred to as the West Central Highlands. The more mountainous and more sparsely populated eastern part of the Central Highlands is referred to as the East Central Highlands and has extensive areas of temperate rainforest. ()