PENSHURST
Penshurst is the next town
encounted when heading west to Hamilton and Mount Gambier.
The town was
settled in the 1850s, the Post Office opening on September 1, 1857.
Penshurst is the southern gateway town to the Grampians
Penshurst is
located in an area littered with basalt stones up 2m long from the
Mount Rouse volcano. These are known locally as the stony rises. The
north east side of Mount Rouse is used as a quarry and crushed for
road making scoria.
There were
instances in the 1970’s where bushfires triggered peat fires beneath
the stony rises which burnt for a number on months. A fire watch
building is located at the top of Mount Rouse.
The Penshurst
Volcanoes Discovery Centre
is an interpretive centre and tourist information centre located in
Martin Street in the old Shire of Mount Rouse offices. It contains an
audio/visual display of volcanoes in general, and the eruptions and
lava flows of the district in particular.
Penshurst is
serviced by a fresh water spring located in the town and has many
historic buildings.
  
The churches in
Penshurst are all century plus buildings.
    
The Old Court
House is the museum factor in the town.
The hotels in
Penshurst are the classic Victorian Hotel. 
The Penshurst
War Memorial is in the centre of the cbd.
Penshurst is a
nice small town and an extended look over is warranted.
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