Explore Cochranes Creek, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cochranes Creek, VIC map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cochranes Creek, Victoria, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Victoria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cochranes Creek and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cochranes Creek.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Cochranes Creek |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Loddon Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -36.69538 |
| Longitude | 143.57578 |
| Area | 53.2 km² |
| Postcode | 3475 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 175 km northwest |
Cochranes Creek is a locality in the Loddon Shire local government area of Victoria, Australia. The locality covers an area of 53.2 km². It lies approximately 175 km northwest of Melbourne. Cochranes Creek is located at 36.6954°S, 143.5758°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3475. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Cochranes Creek lies a quiet, unassuming sprawl across the ochre-dusted plains, where the sky seems to stretch an impossible distance, a vast canvas of faded denim and bruised lavender at dusk. It lies 63.2 km west of Bendigo, VIC (from Bendigo, VIC: bearing 276°T), and is situated 23.5 km north-west of Dunolly. The land here breathes a dry, sun-baked exhalation, a scent of parched earth and the dusty perfume of eucalyptus that clings to the sparse, hardy scrub. Low-slung homesteads, their corrugated iron roofs bleached by relentless sun, punctuate the horizon like forgotten punctuation marks in a long, slow sentence. The air itself feels thin and bright, carrying the faint, metallic tang of dust stirred by a passing ute and the distant, mournful cry of a curlew. The creek, when it flows, is a ribbon of cool, brown water, often reduced to a series of ephemeral pools fringed with reeds that whisper secrets in the breeze, a vital artery in this thirsty landscape.
The history of Cochranes Creek is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring resilience of its people, who have coaxed a livelihood from this challenging terrain for generations. Once, the promise of gold might have flickered here, a fleeting rumour carried on the wind, but the true wealth of Cochranes Creek has always been in the soil and the wool. Sheep graze on the sparse pastures, their white fleeces stark against the muted colours of the bush, a testament to the pastoral heritage that underpins the local economy. The rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the flock, a steady, unhurried cadence that contrasts with the frantic pace of elsewhere. Small, independent businesses, run by families whose roots run deep, form the backbone of the community, their doors opening each morning to the same familiar faces and the same quiet promise of another day.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Cochranes Creek, Victoria. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Cochranes Creek, in the Loddon Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Cochranes Creek includes the postcode (3475), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Loddon Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Cochranes Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |