It was held on the Abbott property, half a mile from the Bung Bong railway station and "the attendance was large".

[12] Bung Bong horse Richmond Lass won 31 races and went on to win the 1969 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship.

[15] Bung Bong is on the Avoca railway line, to the north of the locality, where ballast was loaded from nearby basalt quarries.

[4] In 2017, there was a proposal to link Mildura to Portland with standard gauge track to carry grain and mineral sands.

This upgrade would include the Maryborough to Ararat section of the line, past the site of the disused Bung Bong station.

[16][17][18] Community action has been successful in keeping a railway level crossing on a key arterial road open, after commencement of the new rail link.

[19] The Avoca line was reopened in 2018 after being rebuilt as part of the Murray Basin Rail Project, which also extended the reach of the standard gauge network in Victoria.

[23][24] The Pyrenees Shire Council has documented a number of significant properties in the Bung Bong - Homebush region in the Avoca Heritage Study: 1864 - 1994 - Volume 3.

[26][27] South-East of the locality is the Bung Bong Nature Conservation Reserve which is used by bush walkers and bird watchers.