Discover Breakwater
The district Breakwater of in Greater Geelong (Victoria) with it's 1,054 citizens Breakwater is a district in Australia about 331 mi south-west of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 71 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Evening Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 62% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
26°C (79 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
26°C (79 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
26°C (78 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Rose Garden Motel
Discovery Parks – Geelong
BEST WESTERN GEELONG MOTOR
QUEST GEELONG
VUE APARTMENTS
Barwon Valley Lodge
Gatehouse on Ryrie
Comfort Inn Bay City
Comfort Inn Eastern Sands
Golden Palms Motel
Videos from this area
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Geelong City Fire Station Tour
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V/line trains through the South Geelong Tunnel 2/6/13
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Ghost Research International - Old Geelong Gaol Dec 2007
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Victorian Motorcycle Licence Test - MLST @ Stay Upright Geelong
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Geelong All Ford Day Time Lapse 2015
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Quintana - Geelong Cover Band
Quintana Here is the Demo for Geelong/Melbourne based cover band Quintana. We play at weddings, parties, wineries, venues, or wherever. Contact us if you would like to make a booking! We...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kardinia Park (stadium)
Kardinia Park (currently known as Simonds Stadium due to naming rights) is an Australian rules football stadium located in South Geelong, Victoria. The stadium is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club. It is nicknamed "The Cattery" by the club's supporters. Due to redevelopments, the current capacity is 21,973, making it the smallest regularly used home ground in the Australian Football League. At the completion of the redevelopments, the capacity of the stadium will be 33,500.
Francis Ormond
Francis Ormond (23 November 1827 – 5 May 1889) was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist, member of the Parliament of Victoria and philanthropist in the areas of education and religion. Ormond is notable for founding the Working Men's College of Melbourne, which became the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and for endowing the position of Ormond Professor of Music and donating the majority of funds towards the establishment of Ormond College, both at the University of Melbourne.
HM Prison Geelong
HM Prison Geelong was a maximum security Australia prison located on the corner of Myers Street and Swanston Street in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The prison was built in stages from 1849 to 1864. Its panopticon design is based on Pentonville Prison in England. The prison was officially closed in 1991 and prisoners were moved to the newly built HM Prison Barwon in Lara.
Grovedale, Victoria
Grovedale is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by the Waurn Ponds Creek, Rossack Drive, Boundary Road and Barwarre Road.
Breakwater, Victoria
Breakwater is a residential and industrial suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located on the Barwon River, 4 km south-south-east of the Geelong central business district. Breakwater is also home to the Geelong Racing Club, Geelong Racecourse and the Geelong Showgrounds.
Whittington, Victoria
Whittington is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located 4 km south-east of the city centre. It is bordered by Boundary, Townsend and Coppards roads and by the former Geelong to Queenscliff railway line now known as the Bellarine Rail Trail. A large part of Whittington is laid out in cul-de-sacs and courts to inhibit traffic and to help create numerous neighbourhood reserves.
St Albans Park, Victoria
St. Albans Park is a residential eastern suburb of Geelong, Victoria. It is bounded by Boundary Road (West) Coppards Road (East) Townsend Road (North) and the Barwon River (South). The suburbs that surround it are Whittington, Breakwater, Moolap and Marshall. The suburb extends around the St. Albans Homestead and stud, a historic house and accompanying stables.
Belmont, Victoria
Belmont is a southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The name means "beautiful hill". Belmont is geographically separated from the Geelong central business district by the Barwon River. The suburb is primarily residential, with some light industry along Barwon Heads Road. The suburb is part of the City of Greater Geelong local government area.
Newcomb, Victoria
Newcomb is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The Post Office opened on 2 July 1962 as the suburb developed. The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Bellarine Football League.
East Geelong, Victoria
East Geelong is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The post office opened on 6 June 1921. An earlier Post Office dating from 1871 was later renamed Moolap West. The Geelong Botanical Gardens are located in East Geelong. East Geelong has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League. Golfers play at the course of the East Geelong Golf Club at Eastern Gardens.
South Geelong railway station
South Geelong is a railway station on the Geelong railway line in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is 76 km from Southern Cross station. South Geelong is the terminus for some V/Line services, and includes a run-around loop for locomotive-hauled services which terminate there. The station was once the junction for the branch line to Queenscliff, the route of which is now occupied by the Bellarine Rail Trail and the Bellarine Peninsula Railway.
Geelong Botanic Gardens
The Geelong Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden in the city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The gardens are located within Eastern Park on the eastern outskirts of the central business district. They were established in 1851 and are the fourth oldest botanic garden in Australia.
Marshall railway station
Marshall railway station is located in Marshall, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 26 April 2005. The station is the terminus of V/Line Geelong line services and includes a run-around loop for locomotive-hauled trains. The infrequently-used Geelong Racecourse station was formerly located between South Geelong and Marshall stations.
Marshall, Victoria
Marshall, formerly known as Marshalltown, is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The section of the locality south of the Marshall Railway Station is part of the large Armstrong Creek Growth Area with development beginning in 2010.
St Mary of the Angels Basilica
St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, formerly St. Mary's Church, is a basilica located in Yarra Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Since the completion of the current he Gothic revival bluestone building in 1937 St Mary of the Angels has the tallest bluestone spire in Australia, at 150 feet and is the 4th tallest church (non-cathedral) in Australia. In 2004 it became Australia's fifth basilica upon gaining Vatican approval.
Geelong High School
Geelong High School is a co-educational, public, secondary school located in East Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The school opened in 1910, making it one of Victoria's oldest state secondary schools, and moved to its current site in 1915. The current principal is Glenn Davey It is situated on the corner of Garden and Ryrie streets and backs on to Eastern Gardens, (home of the Geelong Botanical Gardens). Both Eastern Beach and the centre of Geelong are within easy walking distance.
Thomson, Victoria
Thomson is a small residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Thomson is triangular in shape and is bounded in the west by Breakwater Road, Carr Street and St Albans Road, in the north by Lomond Terrace, Godfrey and Ensby Streets, and in the east by Ormond and Boundary Roads. Thomson was named after the early settler and the first mayor of Geelong Dr. Alexander Thomson. Thomson Post Office opened in 1950 and closed in 1992.
Oberon High School
Oberon High School is a secondary school located in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Melway Ref Map 465 G2). Established in 1963, Oberon High School is a single campus years 7 - 12 school situated in the Geelong suburb of Belmont. It caters for students in Year 7 until Year 12. The current principal is Mr Tim McMahon. The student population is drawn from a very wide urban, rural and coastal area.
Geelong Hospital
The Geelong Hospital is an Australian public hospital located in Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria. The hospital is part of Barwon Health, Victoria's largest regional health care provider, which has 21 sites. It is the largest hospital in regional Victoria and the only tertiary hospital outside of the Melbourne Metropolitan area. The site is bounded by Ryrie, Bellarine, Myers, and Swanston Streets.
Geelong Racecourse railway station
Geelong Racecourse (commonly known as Breakwater) is a disused railway station on the Geelong-Warrnambool railway line in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The station was situated on a loop siding off the main line and was only used for special events at the nearby Geelong Racecourse, the Geelong Racing Club having originally paid £1000 in 1906 to have the station built. The last V/Line service to stop there was for the 2005 Geelong Cup.
T & G Building, Geelong
The T & G Building is a distinctive building in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the corner of Moorabool and Ryrie Streets. Construction was announced by the T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society in June 1933, while Geelong was still suffering the effects of the Great Depression. It costed 37,000 pounds ($74,000) and was completed by 1934. The 'Father and Son' clock was installed near the top of the tower.
Geelong Racecourse
The Geelong Racecourse is a major regional horse racing venue in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The current racecourse dates to 1908. The annual Geelong Cup is held at the course every October, as well as a number of other race meets through the year.
Geelong Showgrounds
The Geelong Showgrounds in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, are the home of the Royal Geelong Show, an agricultural show held every year since 1855. The current showgrounds are located in the suburb of Breakwater. The focus of the Royal Geelong Show is the display of rural industry, including livestock and produce, with associated competitions and awards. The show also features amusement rides, a sideshow alley, and showbags, carry bags full of goodies produced by various commercial enterprises.
Geelong city centre, Victoria
The Geelong city centre (also referred to as the Central Activities Area by the City of Greater Geelong) is a locality surrounded by suburban Geelong. It is the oldest part of Geelong and includes many of the city's important landmarks such as the Geelong Town Hall, St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, the T & G Building, Johnstone Park and the Geelong Botanic Gardens, and the old Geelong Post Office.
Christ Church, Geelong
Christ Church is the oldest Anglican Church in Victoria, Australia, in continuous use on its original site.