Marine Discovery Centre

Marine Discovery Centre is in Victoria, Australia. Marine Discovery Centre is situated nearby to the nature reserve Queenscliff Natural Features Reserve, as well as near the islet Tip Island.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queenscliff railway station and Point Lonsdale Lighthouse.

Queenscliff railway station

Railway stop

Photo: Jjron, GFDL.

Queenscliff railway station was the terminus of the Queenscliff branch line in Victoria, Australia, which left the main Warrnambool line near South Geelong station. Queenscliff railway station is situated 2 km east of Marine Discovery Centre.

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. Point Lonsdale Lighthouse is situated 3 km southwest of Marine Discovery Centre.

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 4 km south of Marine Discovery Centre.

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 10 km west of Marine Discovery Centre.

Marine Discovery Centre

Latitude

-38.27031° or 38° 16′ 13″ south

Longitude

144.63779° or 144° 38′ 16″ east

Open location code

4RH6PJHQ+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 324946365

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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