The Avon River is located in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Along with the Latrobe and Thomson Rivers, it flows into Lake Wellington, the western most of the Gippsland Lakes. The Avon River rises on the slopes of Mount Wellington (altitude 1634m) in the eastern highlands and flows south to Lake Wellington.
The Avon River, New South Wales, Australia, has its source in the northern foothills of the Barrington Tops, and benefits in particular from melting snow in the Spring.