Greater Geelong
Greater Geelong is the second largest city of Victoria with old and new architecture, shopping, galleries, theatres, and large parks and wineries. There is a lot more to Greater Geelong than just the principal city, such as the Bellarine Peninsula dotted with small towns and wineries, and the massive You Yangs Regional Park to the north of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Geelong and Queenscliff.
Geelong
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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.
Queenscliff
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Queenscliff is an historic maritime community perched on a small spit of land in the south-eastern most corner of the Bellarine Peninsula. Located in the Greater Geelong region of Victoria, the town was settled only a few years after Melbourne, and is characterised by its strong European heritage, maritime and seafaring character and its lasting connection to the sea.
Lara
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Lara is a country town in the Greater Geelong region of Victoria. It is home to a few historic buildings, some nice restaurants and the splendid Serendip Sanctuary.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Portarlington.
Portarlington
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Portarlington is a small fishing village and tourist town on the northern edge of the Bellarine Peninsula within the Greater Geelong region of Victoria.
Greater Geelong
- Type: local government area of Victoria with 222,000 residents
- Description: current local government area in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “City of Greater Geelong” and “Greater Geelong City”
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Greater Geelong” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Грэйтэр-Джыланг (раён)”
- Belarusian: “Грэйтэр-Джыланг”
- Belarusian: “раён Грэйтэр-Джыланг”
- Cebuano: “Greater Geelong”
- Chinese: “大吉朗市”
- Dutch: “City of Greater Geelong”
- Dutch: “Greater Geelong City”
- Esperanto: “City of Greater Geelong”
- French: “Ville du Grand Geelong”
- German: “City of Greater Geelong”
- German: “Greater Geelong City”
- Hebrew: “ג’ילונג הרבתי”
- Hebrew: “העיר ג’ילונג הרבתי”
- Hebrew: “עיריית ג’ילונג הרבתי”
- Hebrew: “עיריית ג’ילונג הרבתית”
- Italian: “città di Greater Geelong”
- Italian: “Città di Greater Geelong”
- Japanese: “シティ・オブ・グレイター・ギーロング”
- Polish: “City of Greater Geelong”
- Russian: “Грейтер-Джелонг”
- Russian: “Сити-оф-Грейтер-Джелонг”
- Sardinian: “tzitade de Greater Geelong”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de Greater Geelong”
- Swedish: “Greater Geelong”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Greater Geelong”. Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.