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If you are planning to backpack
the Bellarine Peninsula, then this page provides information on the backpacker hostel located here. The page also provides a description of
the Bellarine Peninsula, information on how to get here and contact details of the local visitor information centre.
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The Bellarine Peninsula, about
one and a half hours south-west of Melbourne, and located at
the start of the Great Ocean Road tourism route, has long
been a popular holiday destination with beautiful coastal
scenery, holiday resort towns, historic villages, quiet
seaside hamlets such as Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove and
Queenscliff, and productive countryside offering a myriad of
leisure activities including swimming, surfing, boating,
fishing, cycling and golfing.
Queenscliff
With a resident population of around 2,000, Queenscliff was originally established in 1838 as a piloting station to guide ships through the dangerous rip at the entrance of Port Phillip Bay. Today it is one of Melbourne’s most popular seaside resort towns, offering good bay and seaside beaches and many beautifully restored old Victorian buildings. The town has a good cafe society, great restaurants and a golf course.
Other places worth visiting in and around Queenscliff,
include Fort Queenscliff, which was a heavily fortified
barracks built in 1882 and now houses a military museum.
There is also a maritime museum and the Bellarine Peninsula
Railway, which has a fine collection of old steam trains.
See the great views from the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse.
Water activities are also popular, you can go boating,
fishing or diving and snorkelling to discover some of the
coral, sponges and shipwrecks in the area. |
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse
Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads has undergone a 'Seachange'
in recent years after featuring as the idyllic seaside
location of Pearl Bay portrayed in the ABC television
series Sea Change. Barwon Heads faces Bass
Strait and the ocean swells of the Roaring Forties and
long sandy beaches with an underlay of reef are the
delight of surfers, swimmers, fishermen and
beachcombers. The tranquil Barwon river estuary beach is
a favourite with young families.
You can access the Bellarine Peninsula via
Geelong or by ferry to Queenscliff from Sorrento on the
Mornington Peninsula.
Fort Queenscliff
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By Bus
McHarry’s Bus Lines operate from Geelong (03 5223 2111). You can get to Geelong with V/Line Trains from Melbourne.
By Ferry
On the hour, every hour 7am - 6pm
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Queenscliff Visitor Information Centre
55 Hesse St, Queenscliff
Phone: 1300 884 843
Click here to e-mail |
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