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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
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| name     = Beech Forest
| state    = vic
| image    = Beech Forest Main Street 001.JPG
| caption  = Main street
| coordinates = {{coord|38|38|0|S|143|34|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = top
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| lga      = Colac Otway Shire
| postcode = 3237
| pop      = 82
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC20184 | name = Beech Forest (State Suburb) | accessdate = 17 November 2017 | quick = on}}</ref>
| est      = 
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Polwarth|Polwarth]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Corangamite|Corangamite]]
| dist1    = 193
| dir1     = SW
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2    = 43
| dir2     = S
| location2= [[Colac, Victoria|Colac]]
| near-nw  = [[Carlisle River, Victoria|Carlisle River]]
| near-n   = [[Gellibrand, Victoria|Gellibrand]]
| near-ne  = [[Barramunga, Victoria|Barramunga]]
| near-w   = [[Ferguson, Victoria|Ferguson]]<br>[[Wyelangta, Victoria|Wyelangta]]
| near-e   = [[Tanybryn, Victoria|Tanybryn]]
| near-sw  = [[Glenaire, Victoria|Glenaire]]
| near-s   = [[Aire Valley, Victoria|Aire Valley]]
| near-se  = [[Apollo Bay]]
}}

'''Beech Forest''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia. The area of Beech Forest is largely used for potato farming.

== History ==
The town was named after the many [[Nothofagus cunninghamii|myrtle beech]] trees of the area. Beech Forest Post Office opened on 10 May 1890 and closed in 1994.<ref name="a">{{Citation  | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Beech*Forest* | access-date = 29 March 2021 }}</ref>

== The town ==
The town had a [[Beech Forest railway station|railway station]] on the [[Crowes railway line]] from 1902 until 1962. Much of the route of the old railway has been converted to the [[Old Beechy Rail Trail]], via which cyclists and walkers can travel {{convert|45|km|mi}} between Beech Forest and [[Colac, Victoria|Colac]].

== Trivia ==
[[Cliff Young (athlete)|Cliff Young]], winner of the 1983  Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon at the age of 61, lived in Beech Forest.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070810002133/http://walkabout.com.au/locations/VICBeechForest.shtml Walkabout Travel Guide] - Beech Forest
* [http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=136&p_display_type=dailyDataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=&p_stn_num=90006 Bureau of Meteorology Daily Rainfall] - Beech Forest

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<nowiki>[[Category:Towns in Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:Otway Ranges]]</nowiki>


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