Coldstream, Victoria

File:Aerial panorama of Coldstream and the Great Dividing Range on the horizon. March 2023.jpg

The township developed around the railway station after the railway arrived in 1888, the Post Office opening on 7 February 1889.{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Coldstream*| accessdate = 21 February 2021 }} Prior to that the locality was known as "The Lodge".

In 1909, Dame Nellie Melba bought Coombe Cottage at Coldstream. The house is located at the junction of Maroondah Highway and Melba Highway (named in her honour). It became the home of Melba's granddaughter, Lady Pamela Vestey, until her death in 2011. It is now the property of Lady Vestey's son, Sam (3rd Baron Vestey), who resides in the United Kingdom.

Coldstream has a local [http://www.coldstreamps.vic.edu.au/ primary school], community centre, landfill and several farms. The Coldstream Timber and Hardware company have premises on Maroondah Highway. Coldstream is also home to the Coldstream Brewery, which opened in June 2007 and has its restaurant open 7 days a week. It had a railway station that closed to passengers in 1983, but was used for freight purposes up until 1992 when it closed after the buildings were destroyed by fire.

Coldstream Airport is owned by the Doake Family and has been in operation since the early 1960s.

It is home to:—

• a flying school currently operated by [https://web.archive.org/web/20130523101449/http://www.ycem.com.au/yarra-valley-flight-training.html Yarra Valley Flight Training],
• An aero club, the [http://www.ycem.com.au/ Coldstream Flyers Club], and
• Many private aircraft.

Coldstream has an active CFA (Country Fire Authority) volunteer fire brigade established after the serious fires of 1962. This was essentially a name change from the Lilydale Rural Fire Brigade originally established in 1939 as the Lilydale Bushfire Brigade, changing its name in 1945 on the establishment of the CFA (Country Fire Authority).

On clear winter mornings Coldstream is one of the coldest places around Melbourne, with the temperature dropping below 0 °C (32 °F) on several mornings each year (it very rarely drops below 2 °C in the centre of Melbourne). Overall, the daily minimum temperatures are even lower than nearby Mount Dandenong despite being much closer to sea level.

The Bureau of Meteorology operates an [http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60901/IDV60901.94864.shtml automatic weather station] at Coldstream Airfield. A [http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IVICTORI90 private automatic weather station] is also maintained in the Coldstream Estate.

The Domaine Chandon Australia winery, sister to Domaine Chandon California, a division of Moët & Chandon, is located there.{{Cite web |url=http://chandon.com.au/the-winery.html |title=Domaine Chandon |access-date=16 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408211441/http://chandon.com.au/the-winery.html |archive-date=8 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}

In the 2016 Census, there were 2,164 people in Coldstream. 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 4.9%. 91.4% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 42.5%, Catholic 20.5% and Anglican 12.1%.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC20609 | name = Coldstream (State Suburb) | accessdate = 20 August 2020 | quick = on}}

Coldstream has an oceanic climate that is transitional with the warmer interior climates, resulting in higher summer daytime temps than on the Victorian coastline. Averages even out due to lower overnight lows, where Coldstream can get close to freezing even in the midst of summer. Precipitation is relatively uniform throughout the year, although summers are slightly drier than winters.

{{Weather box

|location = Coldstream (1994-2018 normals)

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|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 43.4

|Feb record high C = 44.8

|Mar record high C = 39.9

|Apr record high C = 33.3

|May record high C = 26.4

|Jun record high C = 22.0

|Jul record high C = 22.5

|Aug record high C = 23.3

|Sep record high C = 29.7

|Oct record high C = 34.0

|Nov record high C = 37.7

|Dec record high C = 41.6

|year record high C = 44.8

|Jan high C = 27.9

|Feb high C = 27.8

|Mar high C = 25.3

|Apr high C = 20.5

|May high C = 16.6

|Jun high C = 14.0

|Jul high C = 13.3

|Aug high C = 14.7

|Sep high C = 17.2

|Oct high C = 19.7

|Nov high C = 22.8

|Dec high C = 25.3

|year high C = 20.4

|Jan low C = 11.9

|Feb low C = 12.0

|Mar low C = 9.8

|Apr low C = 6.9

|May low C = 5.6

|Jun low C = 4.0

|Jul low C = 3.9

|Aug low C = 4.4

|Sep low C = 5.6

|Oct low C = 6.7

|Nov low C = 8.8

|Dec low C = 9.8

|year low C = 7.5

|Jan record low C = 0.9

|Feb record low C = 2.4

|Mar record low C = -1.7

|Apr record low C = -3.3

|May record low C = -3.2

|Jun record low C = -5.8

|Jul record low C = -5.3

|Aug record low C = -5.8

|Sep record low C = -3.6

|Oct record low C = -3.8

|Nov record low C = -0.8

|Dec record low C = 0.4

|year record low C = -5.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 44.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 52.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 47.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 61.7

|May precipitation mm = 66.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 64.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 62.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 69.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 70.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 66.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 68.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 60.0

|year precipitation mm = 732.9

|Jan humidity = 46

|Feb humidity = 45

|Mar humidity = 46

|Apr humidity = 56

|May humidity = 65

|Jun humidity = 71

|Jul humidity = 70

|Aug humidity = 64

|Sep humidity = 58

|Oct humidity = 55

|Nov humidity = 53

|Dec humidity = 49

|year humidity = 56.5

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_086383_All.shtml|title=Climate normals for Coldstream|publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=10 March 2018}}

}}

The town has an Australian Rules football team, The Coldstream Cougars, competing in the Eastern Football League.{{Citation | last = Full Point Footy | title = Eastern Football League | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/eastern_football_league.htm | accessdate = 2008-10-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090101213058/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/eastern_football_league.htm | archive-date = 2009-01-01 | url-status = usurped }}

Coldstream also has Netball club.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

• Coldstream railway station, Melbourne

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050719045302/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/coldstream.html Australian Places - Coldstream]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130523101449/http://www.ycem.com.au/yarra-valley-flight-training.html Yarra Valley Flight Training]
• [http://www.ycem.com.au/ Coldstream Flyers Club]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706120556/http://acma.vic.edu.au/ ACMA]
• [https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldstream2020/ Coldstream Group Page for Locals]

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