{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Mount Beauty | state = vic | image = MountBeautyTown.JPG | caption = Mount Beauty | image_alt = | use_lga_map = true | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|36|44|0|S|147|10|0|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = | map_alt = | pop = 910 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2021">{{cite web |title=2021 QuickStats Mount Beauty |url= https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL21772|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref> | poprank = | density = | density_footnotes = | established = | established_footnotes = | abolished = | gazetted = | postcode = 3699 | elevation = 365.8 | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | dist1 = 346 | dir1 = | location1 = Melbourne | dist2 = 133 | dir2 = | location2 = Wangaratta | dist3 = 32 | dir3 = | location3 = Bright | dist4 = 340 | dir4 = | location4 = Bendigo | lga = Alpine Shire | region = | county = | stategov = Ovens Valley | fedgov = Indi | url = | maxtemp = 20.0 | maxtemp_footnotes = | mintemp = 7.3 | mintemp_footnotes = | rainfall = 1264.6 | rainfall_footnotes = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = | near-se = | near-s = | near-sw = | near-w = | near-nw = | near = | footnotes = }} '''Mount Beauty''' is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The town lies alongside the Kiewa River, at the junction of the Kiewa Valley Highway and Bogong High Plains Road in the Alpine Shire local government area.
==History== The town was originally established by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to house construction workers from the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949,<ref name="MBH">{{cite web |title=Mount Beauty History |url=https://www.mtbeauty.com/history/ |website=Mount Beauty Extreme to Serene |access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> passing to the control of the local shire council in 1967 after construction was completed.<ref>{{Citation | last = Edwards | first = Cecil | title = Brown Power. A jubilee history of the SECV | publisher = State Electricity Commission of Victoria | year = 1969 }}</ref>
Post Offices opened at Tawonga South (to the north) on 15 April 1943 and at Mount Beauty on 17 February 1947. Post Offices known as No 2 Camp, No 4 Camp, and No 5 Camp, Mount Beauty were open in the 1949-1953 period.<ref name=MBH/>
==Attractions== thumb|left|220px|Mount Beauty township from Sullivans Lookout The climate of Mount Beauty is truly seasonal, with chilling winters, cool wet springs, warm summers with blue skies and colourful autumns. Each season has its own attractions, including skiing, bushwalking, horse riding, gliding, bike riding (mountain and road) as well as fishing (river and lake). Mount Beauty has its own annual music festival, mountain bike competition and regular weekend markets on the first Saturday of each month. There are also many four wheel drive tracks in the local area.
The town is a launching point for trips to the Falls Creek ski resort, and to the Bogong High Plains. To this end there are several ski hire shops, eateries, and a bus company doing daily trips to and from the resort at Falls Creek, 32 km distant.
This town also has great views to the mountains, such as Mount Bogong and the peaks that are of interest to many of the tourists coming through the town.
==Climate==
The town is quite wet with an average annual rainfall of {{convert|1,264.6|mm}}, falling largely in the winter months. It rains on 142 days of the year, with the majority of rain days between May and October. On account of its southern latitude nearing the 37th parallel, summers are notably cooler than at slightly northward towns such as Corryong, with a strong seasonal lag from springtime through to high summer (in line with its rainfall pattern). The site is at an altitude of {{convert|366|metres|}} above sea level and it may snow on occasion.
{{Weather box |location = Mount Beauty (1948–1994, extremes 1965–1994); 366 m AMSL; 36.75° S, 147.16° E |metric first = yes |single line = yes |precipitation colour = green |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan record high C = 41.1 |Feb record high C = 42.5 |Mar record high C = 37.6 |Apr record high C = 31.1 |May record high C = 25.0 |Jun record high C = 20.5 |Jul record high C = 20.0 |Aug record high C = 21.7 |Sep record high C = 27.2 |Oct record high C = 29.7 |Nov record high C = 38.0 |Dec record high C = 39.0 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 28.8 |Feb high C = 29.0 |Mar high C = 25.7 |Apr high C = 20.2 |May high C = 15.5 |Jun high C = 12.5 |Jul high C = 11.3 |Aug high C = 12.7 |Sep high C = 16.0 |Oct high C = 19.4 |Nov high C = 22.5 |Dec high C = 26.3 |year high C = |Jan low C = 12.5 |Feb low C = 13.1 |Mar low C = 10.8 |Apr low C = 7.5 |May low C = 4.9 |Jun low C = 2.7 |Jul low C = 2.1 |Aug low C = 3.0 |Sep low C = 4.6 |Oct low C = 6.9 |Nov low C = 8.6 |Dec low C = 11.0 |year low C = |Jan record low C = 2.0 |Feb record low C = 2.6 |Mar record low C = 0.0 |Apr record low C = -1.0 |May record low C = -2.2 |Jun record low C = -4.4 |Jul record low C = -6.7 |Aug record low C = -4.3 |Sep record low C = -2.8 |Oct record low C = -1.1 |Nov record low C = 0.0 |Dec record low C = 1.7 |Jan precipitation mm = 67.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 52.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 70.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 91.0 |May precipitation mm = 119.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 115.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 151.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 160.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 127.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 134.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 90.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 83.2 |year precipitation mm = |Jan precipitation days = 7.1 |Feb precipitation days = 6.0 |Mar precipitation days = 8.1 |Apr precipitation days = 9.2 |May precipitation days = 13.3 |Jun precipitation days = 14.5 |Jul precipitation days = 17.0 |Aug precipitation days = 17.8 |Sep precipitation days = 14.2 |Oct precipitation days = 14.0 |Nov precipitation days = 11.6 |Dec precipitation days = 9.4 |year precipitation days = |humidity colour = green |Jan afthumidity = 39 |Feb afthumidity = 43 |Mar afthumidity = 49 |Apr afthumidity = 56 |May afthumidity = 66 |Jun afthumidity = 71 |Jul afthumidity = 69 |Aug afthumidity = 64 |Sep afthumidity = 59 |Oct afthumidity = 55 |Nov afthumidity = 50 |Dec afthumidity = 48 |year afthumidity = 56 |source 1 = [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_083023_All.shtml Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Mount Beauty] }}
==Sports== The town in conjunction with neighbouring township Dederang has an Australian rules football team, Dederang-Mount Beauty, competing in the Tallangatta & District Football League.
Golfers play at the Mount Beauty Golf Club on Tawonga Crescent.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Mount Beauty | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1039 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>
A hang gliding competition, the Bogong Cup, is held in January each year.
Mount Beauty also sport a Dragon Boat team, who train on one of local pondage lakes.
[[File:Mt Beauty Pano, Vic, jjron, 09.05.2013.jpg|thumb|left|700px|The town of Mount Beauty in the Kiewa Valley, nestled at the foot of Mount Bogong, Victoria's highest mountain at {{convert|1986|m}}]] {{Clear}}
==References== thumb|right|Aerial view {{Reflist}}
{{Towns in Alpine Shire}}
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state) Category:Alpine Shire Category:Company towns in Australia