Bellarine Peninsula
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The Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. The peninsula is a growing tourist region with a variety of beaches and seaside resorts and wineries, much of the area is now regarded as a part of greater Geelong. The Barwon River meets Bass Strait at Barwon Heads.
A vehicle/passenger Searoad ferry service operates travelling from Queenscliff to Sorrento between the heads of Port Phillip.
Many towns are located on the peninsula.
- Barwon Heads
- Clifton Springs
- Drysdale
- Indented Head
- Ocean Grove
- Portarlington
- Point Lonsdale
- Queenscliff
- St Leonards
- Wallington
The Borough of Queenscliffe, situated on the peninsula is the last remaining borough left in Victoria, and was the only Local Government Area not changed in the mass Victorian municipality reorganisation of the early 1990s. This was enacted by Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett. If the rules applied everywhere else in the state were applied here, the Borough of Queenscliffe would have become part of the City of Greater Geelong.
[edit] See also
- Bellarine Highway
- Bellarine Peninsula Railway
- Edwards Point
- Lake Connewarre
- Lake Victoria
- Swan Bay
- Swan Island
- William Buckley (convict)
- Fort Queenscliff
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