Tolmie, Victoria

Tolmie is a town in central Victoria, Australia. It is located 22 km north-east of Mansfield in the Victorian high country. At the, Tolmie had a population of 547.

The Post Office opened on 1 February 1877 as Wombat, was renamed Tolmie in 1879, and closed in 1971.

The town is named after Ewen Tolmie who was born in Scotland in 1816 and died at his homestead, Dueran, in 1883.

The region surrounding the town is heavily forested and much of it was devastated during the bushfires in 2006/07.

Each year the town holds an annual community event in February or March at the Tolmie Recreation Reserve. The day includes foot races and novelty events, a dog jump, woodchopping and horse events as well as raffles, many displays and an evening bush dance. The event typically attracts several thousand visitors. In 2023, the 136th Tolmie Sports Day was held on March 4.

Climate
Located in the hills of Central Victoria, Tolmie is frequently affected by heavy snow and chilling rains throughout much of the year. Climate data are sourced from the old Rubicon S.E.C. Sawmill at an elevation of 838 m. Tolmie is one of the coldest localities by mean maximum temperature in mainland Australia, second only to Aberfeldy.

It is the second wettest locality in Victoria behind Bogong, possibly the wettest anywhere in mainland Australia's temperate zone. Cloud cover is extremely heavy in the winter months, as evident by the afternoon relative humidity readings. There is a pronounced autumnal lag, with March being notably warmer than December.