Pheasant Creek is a rural area in Victoria to the east of Kinglake West and to the west of Kinglake Central. Named after the creek that passes through the north of the town, Pheasant Creek is a largely residential area with moderately sized bush blocks connecting pine plantations to the north with the Kinglake National Park

Kinglake National Park

Kinglake is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 50 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. The park includes tracks , and camping facilities....

 to the south. Pheasant Creek also contains a small industrial estate hosting a variety of small businesses, and a small commercial area consisting of a General Store, Bakery, Hardware store and Gym.

Facilities

Due to its low population and close proximity to Kinglake West, Pheasant Creek has little in the way of community services. While the General Store handles basic supplies and post services, many residents travel to nearby Kinglake or Whittlesea

Whittlesea

Whittlesea may mean:* Whittlesea, Victoria, a town some 40 km north of Melbourne.* City of Whittlesea, the local government area that contains it* Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, England used to be known as Whittlesea...

 for shopping and health services, while students generally attend Kinglake West Primary School and Whittlesea Secondary College

Public Transport

Pheasant Creek is served by Route 562, which runs once a day in each direction to Greensborough

Greensborough

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, connecting with trains to the city. An unpublished free service also operates roughly every hour along the 562 route, connecting to Route 562 at Whittlesea. A daily V/Line

V/Line

V/Line is a not for profit regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. It was created after the split-up of VicRail in 1983. V/Line is owned by the V/Line Corporation which is a Victorian State Government statutory authority...

 coach service also operates through nearby Kinglake West to Melbourne

Melbourne

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 and Mansfield

Mansfield

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.

2009 Bushfires

Pheasant Creek was one of the towns that came under attack from the 2009 Victorian Bushfires. While surrounding localities on all sides were all largely devastated, Pheasant Creek suffered major losses primarily on its southern edge in areas surrounding the National Park, while the northern area remained largely untouched.