Gravity Hill & Mount Macedon
Comments(3) Me and the missus drove up to Mount Macedon yesterday to do a little sight seeing and have a bit of a walk around. I also wanted to show Xuan ‘Gravity Hill’ which is a seemingly uphill section of road on Straws Lane that you roll up when you put your car into neutral. The road totally looks like it’s going uphill but when you slip the car into neutral it begins to creep upwards. It’s totally freaky.
We also visited the Memorial Cross which was erected to commemorate the members of the Australian Defences Forces who died in World War 1. The photo below was taken in the gardens surrounding the Memorial Cross site. I thought the rain drops on the leaves would make for a cool photo.
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Hi Kham,
I went to Mt Macedon to see the gravity hill, however, I couldn’t find exactly where it is.
Can u pls give me the direction? I tried the Straws Lane on google.
Cheers,
Danny
Danny,
It’s hard to describe the section as most of the road looks the same. I’ve just found a YouTube video of it though so you should be able to recognise it when you drive along the road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNRaXk2ydYE
I have visited Gravity Hill at Straws Lane Mount Macedon. My theory is that it is only optical elusions. I’ve used a spirit level to measure the level of the road and the measurement suggested that the end of the road that visually looks higher is actually lower than the lower end of the slope. I also used the GPS on my PDA to measured the latitude and longitude of the slope by walking from where it visually looks like the lowest point of the slope and the reading was 718 m above sea level. The visual highest point of the slope where the car move and come to a stopped by itself is actually the lowest part of the slope it actually read 715 m above sea level.
It is hard to find the exact location where the slope is on this road (Straws Lane, Mount Macedon). You can easily drive past it without noticing anything different and there are no signs on the road to show where it is. My hint for you all is to look for a speed sign on this road that reads 40 km/h this is where the visually lowest point of the slope but actually it is the highest point of the slope.
While you are there, I suggest you visit Hanging Rock nearby. Entry is $10 per car but the view and the BBQ facilities is worth the bucks. I hope this will help
Have a nice day!
David