Cattle Jetty

Cattle Jetty is a ruins in Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Cattle Jetty is situated nearby to Point Nepean Cemetery, as well as near the historic site Gunners Cottage.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cheviot Beach and Fort Nepean.

Cheviot Beach

Beach

Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS Cheviot, which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887. Cheviot Beach is situated 1½ km southwest of Cattle Jetty.

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 2½ km west of Cattle Jetty.

Pope’s Eye

Islet

Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0.

Pope's Eye is the uncompleted foundation for an island fort intended to defend the entrance to Port Phillip in the state of Victoria, Australia. The undefined area of the fort, generally assessed at 4 hectares, is one of six separate areas that comprise the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and is a popular site for divers. Pope’s Eye is situated 3½ km northeast of Cattle Jetty.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Nepean National Park and Queenscliff.

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.

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.

Cattle Jetty

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.30549° or 38° 18′ 20″ south

Longitude

144.68096° or 144° 40′ 52″ east

Open location code

4RH6MMVJ+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 429099986

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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