The Mornington Peninsula is located approximately one hour south of Melbourne and has long been a holiday playground for Melbourne with the Port Phillip Bay beaches of Mornington, Mt Martha, Safety Beach, Rosebud, Rye & Sorrento and the rugged ocean surf beaches along its west coast of St Andrews Beach, Shoreham, Pt Leo and Balnarring.

 

One of the great Mornington Peninsula Bay Beaches

 

For a printable PDF map of the Mornington Peninsula region, click here. (Map by MPTourism Inc.)

Of all the resort towns dotted along the Mornington Peninsula, Portsea and Sorrento are probably the most popular.

Sorrento really comes to life in the summer months, as it offers surrounding bay and surf beaches, and a casual relaxed atmosphere with its many cafes and Village shopping. It is also a great base to explore some of the spectacular scenery of the Mornington Peninsula National Park. Activities abound with beach horse rides, sea kayaking, surfing, snorkelling, dolphin and seal swims, wine tasting and some Australia's finest golf courses. On the bay side of the Peninsula is a bike trail that meanders through the foreshore reserve.

You can access the Mornington Peninsula via Frankston or by ferry to Sorrento from Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula.