Mt Rouse

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Mt Rouse is an extinct volcano rising above the small town of Penshurst.  It stands as a distinct elevation about 100m higher than the surrounding plain.  There are clear views of the mountain from all angles, and from nearby peaks Mt Napier and the Grampians.

A detailed geological description is provided here and further information is located on the Volcanic features menu item to the left of this page.

Victorian Resources Online has a description of the mount with location and geological details.

Penshurst and surrounds

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There is a wealth of historical information on Penshurst and district available.  The Mt Rouse and District Historical Society have a website with many useful photos and stories of the past.

This picture is an aerial view of Mt Rouse from the east, with the town of Penshurst on the right.  Click here for a larger version.  Image source: Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority.

Volcanic features

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Volcanic Notes

Western District Volcanic Province, Victoria, Australia.

The CD-ROM (from which these files are derived) contains a variety of handouts and other material describing volcanic features in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. These are mainly in PDF format. A detailed list of contents appears later on this page.

The Handouts are intended for the "intelligent layman", and permission is given for Tourist Information Centres and Schools etc. to print copies of these for free distribution to their customers or students.

The Slide Show comprises a PDF fie of "speaker notes" of a training session given to the volunteers at the Penshurst Volcanic Discovery Centre in April 2008. Permission is given for these images to be used by teachers in lessons at their school. Note that some of these images are not my own, and contain copyright notes referring to other authors.

If you wish to reproduce all or part of any of these documents or images in any "published" form (i.e. not for individual or student use) please contact me at the address given below to discuss copyright etc.

Copies of the CD-ROM can be obtained from the author for $11 (including GST, post-paid within Australia).
Cheques payable to "Regolith Mapping" please.

Ken G. Grimes
Regolith Mapping, RRN 795 Morgiana Rd., Hamilton, Vic. 3300.
email: regmap1_at_ozemail.com.au (replace "_at_" with "@")
phone: 03 5573 4503

This is Version S1.05 (c) K.G. Grimes, April 10, 2008.

The contents of the CD-ROM are listed below:

• Handouts
  • Volcanic Plains - Overview & lava flow features (2 pages)
  • Types of Volcano in Western Victoria. 1 page
  • Volcanic Caves - 4 page extract from IGCP Field Guidebook 2004
  • Tumuli - text & diagram ( single page)
  • Ages of our Volcanoes - 4 pages. A description of the methods of getting ages for our volcanoes, followed by the latest estimates of dates for some volcanoes in the Hamilton - Portland area.
  • Glossary of volcanic and geological terms - 3 pages.
  • Natural Bridge Cave, Mt Eccles. FEN leaflet - Note that this is designed for printing double sided on A4 to be folded into an A5 leaflet.
  • Tunnel Cave, Mt Eccles. FEN leaflet - Note that this is designed for printing double sided on A4 to be folded into an A5 leaflet.
  • Lake Bolac - Skipton, Geological history - Coloured maps
  • Lake Bolac - Skipton, Geological history - Black and White maps
  • Mt Rouse Volcano - text & figs, Colour version
  • Mt Rouse Volcano - text & figs, Black and White version
  • Wannon & Nigretta Falls. - text & figs (Colour version)
  • Wannon & Nigretta Falls. - text & figs (Grey version)
• Slide Show
  • Slide Show images + Speaker's notes - 3 images per page (suitable as teacher's version)

Have fun !

Location of Penshurst Vic

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The Volcanoes Discovery Centre is located in the main street of Penshurst in western Victoria.  Direct routes exist from Hamilton and Warrnambool.

Here is a map of the district .  And here is a brochure of Penshurst

Find us in Penshurst using this map.