The Australian thriller Red Hill was filmed in and around the town. "Red Hill" tells the story of a fictional town, Red Hill and an escaped convict returning to the town to seek revenge on those who helped convict him. Transport There are no scheduled public transport routes to Omeo. The town sits at the junction of the Omeo Highway and the Great Alpine Road. Climate Due to its inland, valley location at a southern latitude, Omeo has a cool oceanic climate (Cfb) with four distinct seasons and a high diurnal range much of the year. It commonly records frost in summer—something which is unheard of in the northern hemisphere at such a low elevation and modest latitude. The town is exceptionally dry by eastern Victorian standards, being encompassed by great mountains on all sides. Education Omeo Primary School (No 831) is the oldest school in the region and was established in 1866 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2016. Until 1977 the school was once a Primary and Higher Elementary School, with enrolments around 100 students. The town also previously had a Catholic School with an enrolment of 80 students. Today the school has approximately 50 students and provides quality education for the district, the school grounds are beautiful and vast with plenty of space for students to enjoy the outdoors. The school also offers an annual Ski Program for its students which is unique to places located close to the snowfields. Sports and recreation The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Omeo & District Football League (ODFL), as well as an affiliated netball team competing in the associated netball competition. They fielded senior and junior football teams, and senior, junior and midget netball teams, and had the club colours of Maroon and White. In 2007 the football and netball clubs merged with neighbouring town Benambra, to form the Omeo-Benambra (Alpine Ranges) Club. The new club colours are blue, teal and white, with the logo and jumpers showing teal snow-peaked mountains separated by a blue river under a blue sky. Omeo has a horse racing club, the Omeo District Racing Club, whose one picnic meeting a year is the Hinnomunjie Cup meeting held at nearby Hinnomunjie in March. Omeo has an attractive 9 Hole Grassed Green golf course located on Stanley Drive, just 5 minutes from the town centre. Omeo boasts new and updated sporting