Mount Torbreck

Mount Torbreck is a mountain (elevation 1516 metres) in Victoria, Australia 150 km from Melbourne. The mountain was listed as an alpine resort on The Alpine Resorts Act 1983, however no resort was ever developed on the site and it was recommended to be changed to a natural and scenic features reserve in 1994. Mount Torbreck was the site of a plane crash involving an RAAF Avro Anson in 1940
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