Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads is a town on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, and is bounded to the west by farmland, golf courses and the saline ephemeral wetland of Murtnaghurt Lagoon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 4,350 residents
- Description: town in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Barwon Heads, Victoria” and “Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Murtnaghurt Lagoon.
Murtnaghurt Lagoon
Murtnaghurt Lagoon, also known as Murtnaghurt Swamp or Lake Murtnaghurt, is a shallow, ephemeral wetland west of the town of Barwon Heads on the southern coast of the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. Murtnaghurt Lagoon is situated 3 km west of Barwon Heads.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean Grove.
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Town
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Victoria's second largest city, Geelong is a bustling port city in the state's South West Coast region, about 75 km southwest of Melbourne. It forms the gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula, a popular family getaway destination, and the world-famous Great Ocean Road. Ocean Grove is situated 3 km northeast of Barwon Heads.
Barwon Heads
- Category: town
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Barwon Heads” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Barwon Heads”
- Basque: “Barwon Heads”
- Dutch: “Barwon Heads”
- French: “Barwon Heads”
- Japanese: “バーウォンヘッズ”
- Portuguese: “Barwon Heads”
- Spanish: “Barwon Heads (Victoria)”
- Spanish: “Barwon Heads”
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