Traralgon

Traralgon is a city in the Latrobe Valley of Central Gippsland, Victoria.

The population was about 25,500 in 2016.

Get in

By train

V/Line - is probably the easiest way to get into Traralgon from Melbourne. Myki cards are valid for travel to Traralgon but not beyond.

By car

Just head east on the not so scenic Princes Freeway. The freeway is quite unusual, since it has traffic lights and houses along the way. Once you're at the end, you're at Traralgon.

By plane

Some flights go to Latobe Valley Airport.

Get around

Traralgon by taking the Yallourn exit and passing through Tyres and Glengary. Come out at Heyfield before continuing on towards you're intended destination.

See

• 1 Traralgon Railway Reservoir Conservation Reserve, Hickox St, ☏ +61 408 342 778. 24/7. (updated Sep 2021)

Buy

Downtown is small, but bustling, with a shopping centre surrounded by numerous small shops. Nothing special, but a few interesting things can be found.

Eat

• 1 Pax Hill Pizza, 25 Barker Cres, ☏ +61 3 5174 2980. M-W 5-9:30PM, Th 5-10PM, F-Sa 5-10:15PM, Su 5-9PM. Pizza takeaway. (updated Jun 2021)
• 2 Kats Fish & Chips, 31 Barker Cres, ☏ +61 3 5174 6388. 11AM-8PM (closed Mondays). (updated Jun 2021)
• The Dark Horse, 22 Church St. 9AM-3PM, 6-10PM (closed Sundays). (updated Jun 2021)

Drink

Traralgon is well known throughout the state as a genuinely refreshing, and interesting, place to let loose, country style. Favourite local watering holes include the Saloon Bar at the bottom of Kay Street, where old classics and top 40s music is played well in to the morning. A huge dance floor and great beergarden make for a delightful evening's entertainment. There's also a deer head in the bar above the smaller dance floor, which speaks volumes of the townsfolk, as well as a couple of large mirrors opposite the main bar for the salmon-tinged, collar up t-shirt wearing country boys.

If it's a bogan-infested, snooker-playing, guaranteed broken-jaw kind of setting you're after, then perhaps Ryan's Hotel would be your place of preference. Friday nights primarily cater for a younger, more energetic crowd. Violence is still peaking in this venue, though everyone knows everyone anyway, so as long as you didn't sleep with Bazza's sister, or steal Wazza's parents lambs, you should be pretty safe. Great DJ also.

If you just want a decent Irish bar, go to Flanagan's on the corner of Hotham Street and the Princess Highway. Regular alcoholics rule the roost at this local favourite, though they are a friendly bunch, and a large number of poker machines sit adjacent to the building, awaiting your every last cent. A great beergarden is also a feature of this establishment.

Sleep

• 1 Quality Inn & Suites Traralgon, 5601 Princes Hwy, ☏ +61 3 5173 7500. (updated Sep 2021)
• 2 Motel Traralgon, Princes Hwy &, Lodge Dr, ☏ +61 3 5174 2241. Check-in: noon, check-out: 10AM. (updated Sep 2021)

Go next

• Yarragon
• Trafalgar

Routes through Traralgon

Orbost ← Sale ←

N  W

→ Moe → Melbourne