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Bunyip (38°05′S 145°43′E) is a town in west Gippsland, Victoria, Australia named after a creature found in Australian Aboriginal mythology.

It is located in the Shire of Cardinia.

Bunyip shopping precinct consists of the following businesses: Post Office, chemist, 2 Hair dressers, accountants' offices, Bendigo Bank branch, Commonwealth Bank branch, a well stocked opportunity shop with proceeds donated to local organizations, a takeaway food shop, TASCA. There is also The Bunyip Village Cafe And Old Wares which sells takeaway food as well as dine in meals. Groups of people can be catered for. Old wares and new giftware and jewellery is also available. There is also a wholesale butcher Sheffields Meats. There are 2 pubs, The Top Pub, and the Bottom Pub, so named locally due to their position on the sloping main street. The Top Pub provides restaurant style meals, while the Bottom Pub incorporates a Chinese restaurant. Every Thursday night the Bottom Pub has an "open mike" music night, where musicians can perform to a live audience.

Bunyip also has a small supermarket, (with a large new one to be built soon) a newsagent, a bakery, hardware store, pizza shop, video rental shop, beauty salon. On Saturday 3 June 2006 there will be a centenary celebration at the Bunyip Hall in the main street, including displays of memorabilia, a book launch, Hall History Book, by Denise Nest. The celebrations will be concluded with a Centenary Ball. Bunyip has its own annual show, with categories for horses, dogs, cats, cookery, art work and a host of other categories. Bunyip also has a wildlife sanctuary, which is a real bird watchers paradise, with over 50 different birds having been sighted.

Bunyip has a State School with around 250 pupils enrolled. There is also "Columba" a Catholic school catering for many more students. Bunyip also has a Kindergarten, and play group. Bunyip has an aged care facility, which has recently been renovated and extended. Opposite the "Hill View Hostel" is the medical clinic. Bunyip is on the Gippsland railway line and is in the growth corridor. It is 3 kilometers off the Princes Highway.

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