Buckley’s Cave

Buckley’s Cave is a cave in Borough of Queenscliffe, Victoria. Buckley’s Cave is situated nearby to Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, as well as near Point Lonsdale Reef.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Point Lonsdale Lighthouse and Lake Victoria.

Point Lonsdale Lighthouse

Photo: Stephen Bain, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, also known as the Point Lonsdale Signal Station, is close to the township of Point Lonsdale in the Borough of Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia.

Lake Victoria is a 139-hectare shallow saline lake on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria in Australia, close to the township of Point Lonsdale and part of the Lonsdale Lakes Nature Reserve administered by Parks Victoria. Lake Victoria is situated 3 km northwest of Buckley’s Cave.

Fort Nepean

Castle

Photo: Honk squeak, Public domain.

Fort Nepean is a former defensive facility occupying part of Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia. It was part of a network of fortifications, commanded from Fort Queenscliff, protecting the narrow entrance to Port Phillip. Fort Nepean is situated 3½ km east of Buckley’s Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queenscliff and Point Nepean National Park.

Queenscliff

Photo: andrewkneebone, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Point Nepean National Park

Photo: Junedee Balili, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Point Nepean National Park is a national park in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. There are 70 registered Aboriginal archaeological sites within the Point Nepean National Park.

Ocean Grove

Town

Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Public domain.

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 8 km west of Buckley’s Cave.

Buckley’s Cave

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Borough of Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.29214° or 38° 17′ 32″ south

Longitude

144.6137° or 144° 36′ 49″ east

Open location code

4RH6PJ57+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2274960488

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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