Queenscliff Cricket Nets

Queenscliff Cricket Nets is a pitch in Victoria, Australia. Queenscliff Cricket Nets is situated nearby to the pitch Queenscliff Netball Courts, as well as near Queenscliff Community Sports Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queenscliff railway station and Fort Nepean.

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 1 km northeast of Queenscliff Cricket Nets.

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 south of Queenscliff Cricket Nets.

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 4 km east of Queenscliff Cricket Nets.

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.