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Mornington Peninsula

This article contains information about the geographical landform, for the locality, see; Shire of Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion from the mainland in the area between Pearcedale and Frankston.

Located at -38.351, 145.064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.982 miles away.
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Mornington Peninsula, Regions of Victoria (Australia), Wine regions of Victoria (Australia), Port Phillip

Balnarring, Victoria

Balnarring is a town in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern Mornington Peninsula about halfway between Hastings and Flinders. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Located at -38.371, 145.118 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.984 miles away.
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Mornington Peninsula

Balnarring Beach, Victoria

Balnarring Beach is a town in Victoria, Australia, 2 km south of Balnarring. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula and in 2006 it was rated by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council as 'Australia's Cleanest Beach', out of 317 beaches in five states. It was previously known as Tulum Beach.

Located at -38.359, 145.136 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.985 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia), Mornington Peninsula, Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Beaches of Victoria (Australia), Western Port

Bittern, Victoria

Bittern is a rural town in Victoria, Australia, 49 km southeast from Melbourne's central business district, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Bittern, Hastings, Crib Point, Somerville, and Tyabb. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is served by Bittern railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line and by the 782 bus route operated by Peninsula Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders.

Located at -38.339, 145.175 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.987 miles away.
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Suburbs of Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia)

Merricks, Victoria

Merricks is a small town in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern Mornington Peninsula between Hastings and Flinders. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Located at -38.39, 145.089 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.982 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia), Mornington Peninsula, Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia)

Merricks Beach, Victoria

Merricks Beach is a small seaside village on the Mornington Peninsula Victoria, Australia. It is located on the eastern side of the peninsula on the Western Port Bay. It is one of the few coastal places within a 100 km radius of Melbourne that has been basically untouched by development. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Located at -38.398, 145.106 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.982 miles away.
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Mornington Peninsula, Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia)

Merricks North, Victoria

Merricks North is a rural locality in the south side of Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Located at -38.354, 145.081 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.983 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia), Mornington Peninsula

Moorooduc, Victoria

Moorooduc is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. The Moorooduc Highway runs through the locality, being the main route between Melbourne and the Peninsula. Moorooduc Post Office opened on 27 August 1890 and closed in 1980. A study is currently being undertaken for a bypass to be constructed between EastLink at Seaford linking the Mornington Peninsula Freeway south of Moorooduc.

Located at -38.247, 145.105 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.989 miles away.
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Suburbs of Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula

Point Leo, Victoria

Point Leo is a town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Point Leo Foreshore Reserve provides excellent waves for surfing and is one of the closest surf beaches to Melbourne. At the 2011 census, Point Leo had a population of 159.

Located at -38.421, 145.075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.980 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia), Mornington Peninsula, Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia)

Red Hill, Victoria

Red Hill is a small rural community, located in the hinterland of the Mornington Peninsula, about an hour's drive south of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. At the 2011 census, Red Hill had a population of 731.

Located at -38.355, 145.016 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.980 miles away.
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Red Hill South, Victoria

Red Hill South is a rural locality and town in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. At the 2011 census, Red Hill South had a population of 1,172. There are several wineries in the area and it is referred to as the 'hinterland' of the Mornington Peninsula. Red Hill South Post Office opened on 22 January 1923.

Located at -38.384, 145.024 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.979 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia), Mornington Peninsula

Safety Beach, Victoria

Safety Beach is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. Safety Beach occupies slightly less than half the area of land between the foothills of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat and borders Port Philip Bay to its west. There is a large inland harbour and residential development in Safety Beach named Martha Cove, named after its location in the cove at the foot of Mount Martha. The project was heavily protested by residents.

Located at -38.322, 144.986 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.980 miles away.
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Suburbs of Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, Beaches of Victoria (Australia)

Shoreham, Victoria

Shoreham is a town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the southern Mornington Peninsula region on the Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is a coastal recreation resort notable for its pine-covered cliffs and foreshore reserve. At the 2011 census, Shoreham had a population of 434.

Located at -38.427, 145.05 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.978 miles away.
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Mornington Peninsula, Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Western Port

Somers, Victoria

Somers is a small town approximately 72 km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the south-eastern corner of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Located at -38.393, 145.163 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.984 miles away.
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Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Mornington Peninsula, Western Port

Bittern railway station

Bittern is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Bittern, on the Stony Point railway line. Bittern is unmanned and is in Public Transport Victoria Zone 2.

Located at -38.3371, 145.178 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.988 miles away.
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Railway stations in Melbourne, Railway stations opened in 1889

Devilbend Natural Features Reserve

Devilbend Natural Features Reserve is a 1,057 ha park on the Mornington Peninsula 55 km south-east of Melbourne, Australia, between Hastings and Mount Martha in the traditional country of the Bunurong people. It contains two decommissioned water-supply reservoirs, Devilbend and Bittern, which were the original reason the land now in the park was not developed and was protected from general public access.

Located at -38.2876, 145.104 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.987 miles away.
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Geography of Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, Lakes of Victoria (Australia), Important Bird Areas of Victoria (Australia), Nature reserves in Victoria (Australia), 2007 establishments in Australia

Qantas Flight 1737

Qantas (QantasLink) Flight 1737 was an afternoon Australian domestic flight from Melbourne Airport to Launceston Airport, which was subject to an attempted hijacking on 29 May 2003.

Located at -38.4012, 145.112 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.982 miles away.
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Red Hill railway station

Red Hill railway station was located on the Red Hill railway line. The line was opened in 1921 and was one of the more short-lived branch lines on the Victorian Railways closing in 1953 along with a few other smaller branch lines in the railways system. Following official closure of the line, trains (railmotors) continued to run as far as Balnarring to cater for the Balnarring picnic races, Lord Somers camp and a Railway Historical Society tour in 1956.

Located at -38.3797, 145.027 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.979 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Melbourne, Railway stations opened in 1921, Railway stations closed in 1952

Merricks railway station

Merricks railway station was located on the Red Hill railway line. The line was opened in 1921 and was one of the more short lived branch lines on the Victorian Railways closing in 1952 with many other smaller branch lines in the railways system.

Located at -38.3889, 145.089 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.982 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Melbourne, Railway stations opened in 1921, Railway stations closed in 1952

Balnarring railway station

Balnarring railway station was located on the Red Hill railway line. The line was opened in 1921 and was one of the more short-lived branch lines on the Victorian Railways closing in 1953 along with a few other smaller branch lines in the railways system. Following official closure of the line, trains (railmotors) continued to run as far as Balnarring to cater for the Balnarring picnic races, Lord Somers camp and a Railway Historical Society tour in 1956.

Located at -38.3728, 145.129 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.984 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Melbourne, Railway stations opened in 1921, Railway stations closed in 1952

Red Hill Rail Trail

Red Hill Rail Trail is a 6.5 kilometre rail trail connecting Red Hill with Merricks, on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily used by horse riders. Its surface is gravel and dirt.

Located at -38.3817, 145.058 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.981 miles away.
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Rail trails in Victoria (Australia), Mornington Peninsula

Tuerong, Victoria

Tuerong is a rural locality of the Mornington Peninsula on Western Port, lying inland between the coastal suburbs of Mount Martha, Hastings and Moorooduc South. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Located at -38.3, 145.105 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.986 miles away.
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Mornington Peninsula

Balcombe Grammar School

Balcombe Grammar School is an independent, co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Ecumenical System of Schools (VESS) which comprises eighteen schools throughout Victoria and is a member of the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV).

Located at -38.2735, 145.032 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.985 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 2007, Private schools in Victoria (Australia), Grammar schools in Australia, High schools in Victoria (Australia)

Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve

The Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve, or just Coolart, is an 87.5 ha estate on the Western Port coast of the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria, south-eastern Australia, about 70 km south-east of Melbourne. It comprises a late 19th century mansion-like homestead and surrounding grounds west of the village of Somers. The homestead is set in a garden with adjacent wetlands and coastal woodlands with walking tracks. It is managed by Parks Victoria and is open to the public.

Located at -38.3869, 145.14 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.984 miles away.
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Mornington Peninsula, Historic house museums in Australia, Birdwatching, Western Port, Nature reserves in Victoria (Australia), Museums in Victoria (Australia)

Mornington Peninsula (wine)

The Mornington Peninsula is an Australian wine region located south of Melbourne, Victoria. It is a cool climate region that focuses on Pinot Noir production but has had success with other varietals including Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Tempranillo. The region is known for its medium bodied, dry wines and sparkling wines that show structure and complexity. The still wine versions of Chardonnay reflect a diversity of styles, all typically unoaked, from more citrus to more tropical fruit flavors.

Located at -38.351, 145.064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8.982 miles away.
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Australian wine, Wine regions of Victoria (Australia), Geography of Victoria (Australia)