Burrumbeet is a town in western Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia. The town is located on the Western Highway, 136 kilometres (84.5 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne and 24 kilometres (14.9 mi) west of the regional centre, Ballarat

Ballarat, Victoria

Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...

. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Burrumbeet and the surrounding area had a population of 158.

Lake Burrumbeet

Lake Burrumbeet

Lake Burrumbeet is a large but shallow eutrophic lake in central Western Victoria, Australia. Located 20 km west of Ballarat and 140 km west of Melbourne, the lake has been progressively emptying since 1997 and has been declared completely dry since 2004...

, a large but shallow eutrophic lake, is located nearby.

Today

Burrumbeet has a horse racing club, the Burrumbeet Racing Club, which holds one race meeting a year, the Burrumbeet Cup meeting on New Years Day.