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Panorama of Lake William Hovell near Cheshunt, Victoria, Australia. Lake William Hovell is a reservoir on King River surrounded by mountain bushland.
Named after the Australian explorer William Hovell, the lake is good for fishing, boating and picnic areas with electric barbeques on the foreshore make the lake a perfect destination for hot summer days.
Opened on 12-Nov-1971 the lake can hold 13,500 megalitres of water with a surface area of 113 hectares.
Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.