Longwood’s history dates back to the mid to late 1800’s and it was originally located on the old Sydney to Melbourne Highway (now known as the Hume Highway), serving as a staging post for the horse-drawn coaches.
The town then moved east by about 4km when the railway was built and a station was established at Longwood back in 1881, and the local school that is still in operation, was established in 1888.
Longwood is also the host of the Victorian Carriage Driving Championships held in November. Carriage driving in Australia ranges from the elegance of drivers, their gleaming horses and ponies and traditional vehicles in the show ring to all the action of combined driving and a lot more in between.
Sport, as with many country towns is the glue that binds the community - so grab a spot on the boundary with the locals on a winters Saturday afternoon and enjoy the action – tooting your horn for a goal scored is de rigueur!