Mirboo North is a town in Victoria, Australia, located east of Melbourne, with a population of 2,263.
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Mirboo North became the focus of Victorian media on 10 August 2005, when about 15 cm of snow fell. The snow lay around for days.
The Town today
Mirboo North is where the Grand Ridge Road, a scenic route running from Seaview (near Warragul) to Carrajung (near Traralgon) crosses the middle of the Strzelecki Highway between Leongatha and Morwell.
The town has two schools. Mirboo North Secondary College (~450 students) and Mirboo North Primary School.
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mid Gippsland Football League, a cricket team competing in the Latrobe Valley and District Cricket League and a soccer team (Mirboo North United Football Club) competing in the South Gippsland Soccer League.
Golfers play at the course of the Mirboo North Golf Club on Galvins Road.
There is a market that runs beside the main st. It is run on the last Saturday of every month and starts at 8:30 am and runs until 12:30 pm.
The town also plays host to an Italian Festa that draws in large crowds with up to 25,000 people attending over the course of the day.
Notable people and animals
- Tim Forsyth (High Jumper, Silver medallist at the 1992 Olympic Games)
- Belinda Snell (professional basketball player), currently competing in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury and a member of the Australian team that won silver at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
- Sam the Koala found in the forests of Mirboo North, Victoria