{{short description|Town in Victoria, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2007}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Nowa Nowa | state = vic | image = Nowa Nowa Intersection Overview, Vic, 21.3.2009.jpg | caption = Central part of town on the Princes Highway Nowa Nowa, is an Aboriginal word meaning the meeting of the waters. | lga = Shire of East Gippsland | postcode = 3887 | est = | pop = 199 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS"/> | elevation= 30 | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|37|43|0|S|148|06|0|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = 20.3 | mintemp = 7.3 | rainfall = 857.2 | stategov = Gippsland East | fedgov = Gippsland | dist1 = 337 | dir1 = E | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 56 | dir2 = E | location2= Bairnsdale | dist3 = 23 | dir3 = NE | location3= Lakes Entrance | dist4 = 41 | dir4 = W | location4= Orbost }} '''Nowa Nowa''' is a town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. In lies on the Princes Highway east of Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Nowa Nowa had a population of 199.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SAL21975|name=Nowa Nowa|accessdate=2025-01-07|quick=on}}</ref>
==History== Nowa Nowa Post Office opened on 11 March 1893, though closed for about five years from 1895 to 1900.<ref name = "a">{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Nowa*Nowa* | access-date = 12 March 2021 }}</ref>
left|thumb|Boat ramp on the upper reaches of the Lake Tyers arm near the junction with Boggy Creek Nowa Nowa railway station on the former Orbost railway line opened in April 1916, with the line closing in 1987.<ref name="vrs-w">{{cite web|url=http://www.vicrailstations.com/Orbost/Nowa_Nowa/Nowa_Nowa.html|title=Nowa Nowa|work=Victorian Railway Stations|access-date=2009-11-04}}</ref>
==Scenery== The Nowa Nowa arm of Lake Tyers starts in Nowa Nowa. The East Gippsland Rail Trail which lies on the route of the old Orbost railway line and passes through Nowa Nowa.
Mount Nowa Nowa, 2 km NNE of the town has an old wooden fire-tower. Boggy Creek Gorge is on the northern edge of the town.
[[File:Nowa Nowa Town Pano, Vic, 21.3.2009.jpg|thumb|left|600px|Nowa Nowa store and hotel on the Lakes Entrance road, with the East Gippsland Rail Trail passing through town]] {{-}}
==Climate== [[File:NowaNowa1.jpg|thumb|180px|Toorloo Arm, Princes Highway, Nowa Nowa]] Nowa Nowa has a mild oceanic climate (''Csb'') with warm summers and cool winters, and moderate rainfall spread throughout the year.
{{Weather box |location = Nowa Nowa |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 44.3 |Feb record high C = 43.2 |Mar record high C = 39.4 |Apr record high C = 32.9 |May record high C = 28.5 |Jun record high C = 22.2 |Jul record high C = 23.1 |Aug record high C = 24.8 |Sep record high C = 31.3 |Oct record high C = 31.8 |Nov record high C = 37.6 |Dec record high C = 37.7 |year record high C = 44.3 |Jan high C = 25.9 |Feb high C = 25.8 |Mar high C = 24.3 |Apr high C = 21.3 |May high C = 18.0 |Jun high C = 14.8 |Jul high C = 15.0 |Aug high C = 15.9 |Sep high C = 18.4 |Oct high C = 20.5 |Nov high C = 21.4 |Dec high C = 24.3 |year high C = 20.5 |Jan low C = 11.9 |Feb low C = 12.9 |Mar low C = 11.0 |Apr low C = 7.8 |May low C = 5.6 |Jun low C = 2.8 |Jul low C = 2.0 |Aug low C = 2.8 |Sep low C = 4.5 |Oct low C = 7.0 |Nov low C = 8.6 |Dec low C = 10.6 |year low C = 7.3 |Jan record low C = 3.3 |Feb record low C = 3.9 |Mar record low C = 3.0 |Apr record low C = -1.8 |May record low C = -2.0 |Jun record low C = -3.7 |Jul record low C = -4.4 |Aug record low C = -3.7 |Sep record low C = -2.3 |Oct record low C = 0.2 |Nov record low C = 1.8 |Dec record low C = 2.9 |year record low C = -4.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 64.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 54.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 59.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 67.6 |May precipitation mm = 72.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 91.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 63.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 62.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 71.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 78.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 88.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 80.6 |year precipitation mm = 866.7 |Jan precipitation days = 8.6 |Feb precipitation days = 7.9 |Mar precipitation days = 9.1 |Apr precipitation days = 9.0 |May precipitation days = 11.7 |Jun precipitation days = 12.2 |Jul precipitation days = 12.1 |Aug precipitation days = 12.8 |Sep precipitation days = 12.1 |Oct precipitation days = 12.7 |Nov precipitation days = 11.3 |Dec precipitation days = 10.6 |year precipitation days = 130.1 |source 1 = <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_084028_All.shtml | publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Nowa Nowa|access-date = 1 February 2017}}</ref> (temperatures, 1948–1975; rainfall, 1948–) |date= February 2017 }}
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