Geelong
Geelong is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the western end of Corio Bay and the left bank of Barwon River, about 75 km (47 mi) southwest of Melbourne.
Geelong is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the western end of Corio Bay and the left bank of Barwon River, about 75 km (47 mi) southwest of Melbourne. With an estimated population of 282,809 in 2023, Geelong is the second-largest city in the state of Victoria. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality, which is Port Phillip's only regional metropolitan area, and covers all the urban, rural, and coastal reserves around the city including the entire Bellarine Peninsula and from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west.
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Worth seeing in and around Geelong
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Deakin University
Deakin University is a public research university in the state of Victoria, Australia. Its largest campus is in Victoria's state capital Melbourne, with regional campuses in Geelong and Warrnambool.
7.7 km · public university in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Kardinia Park
Kardinia Park is a stadium located within Kardinia Park in the Victorian suburb of South Geelong. It is primarily used for Australian rules football as the home ground of the Geelong Football Club, which competes in the Australian Football League.
1.1 km · stadium in Geelong, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Buckley Falls
Buckley Falls is a waterfall consisting of a series of rapids on the Barwon River in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located between the suburbs of Highton and Fyansford. The falls form part of a popular riverside reserve featuring walking trails, lookouts and historical sites.
4.6 km · Waterfall in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 04St Mary of the Angels Basilica
The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels is a Roman Catholic basilica located in Yarra Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Since the completion of the Gothic Revival bluestone building in 1937, St.
400 m · church in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Eastern Beach
Eastern Beach is a popular swimming and recreation area in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on the shores of Corio Bay. Built during the 1930s in the Art Deco style, a shark-proof sea bath is provided, as well as a children's swimming pool, kiosk, and dressing room pavilion.
1.2 km · beach and heritage-listed bathing complex in Geelong, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Geelong Art Gallery
Geelong Gallery, formerly known as Geelong Art Gallery, is a major regional gallery in the city of Geelong in Victoria, Australia. The Gallery forms Geelong's Cultural Precinct, along with the adjacent Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, Geelong Arts Centre, and the Geelong Courthouse.
300 m · art gallery in Geelong, Australia · Wikipedia - 07St. John the Baptist Macedonian Orthodox Church, Geelong
The St. John the Baptist Macedonian Orthodox Church (Macedonian: Македонска Православна Црква "Св.
7.5 km · church in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Covenant College
Covenant College, formerly known as Geelong Christian School, is a Christian parent-controlled school in Bell Post Hill, Victoria. Established in 1979, the school's programs are academic.
6.9 km · Christian parent-controlled school in Bell Post Hill, Victoria · Wikipedia - 09Christ Church
The Christ Church is an Anglican church located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Designed by Edmund Blacket, the church is the oldest Anglican church in Victoria, in continuous use on its original site.
500 m · Anglican Church in Geelong, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Lewis Bandt Bridge
The Lewis Bandt Bridge is an Australian feature bridge over the Moorabool River, close to the southern end of Stage 2 of the Geelong Ring Road. Section 2 from the Midland Highway to the Hamilton Highway at Fyansford,, was officially opened on Sunday, 14 December 2008.
4.8 km · bridge in Australia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Geelong Waterfront
A working maritime area, incorporating cafes, a carousel and botanical gardens.
- 02Geelong Maritime Museum
- 03National Wool Museum
26 Moorabool St (cnr Brougham St).
- 04You Yangs Regional Park
Branch Rd, Little River (55 km south-west of Melbourne and 22 km north of Geelong.
- 05Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
- 06Marine Sanctuaries
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Things to do
See an Aussie rules football match Kardinia Park, located on Moorabool Street is the home of the Geelong Cats, the local Australian Football League team. They are somewhat of a local institution. There are about half a dozen home games per year from April to August; the rest of Geelong's home games are played in Melbourne. Expect to pay about $20 for an adult, $12 concession and $5 for a child.
- 01Australian International Airshow
Described by the organizers as the biggest airshow in the Southern Hemisphere (and the 2017 show had more than 200,000 visitors), it takes place biannually in odd years.
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Where to eat
- 01Sailor's Rest
3 Moorabool St, enquiry@sailorsrestgeelong.com.au.
- 02Elephant and Castle Hotel
- 03Geelong Boat House
Western Foreshore Rd (Turn off the Esplanade at Cunningham Pier and turn hard left past the Skate Park.), thegeelongboathouse@aussiebb.com.au.
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Getting to Geelong
- Airports
- Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 15 km · Melbourne (MEL), 68 km
- Stations
- North Shore, 5.7 km · South Geelong, 1 km · Marshall, 5.5 km
- Melbourne → Geelong65 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · A$9–12
- Hobart (Cambridge) → Geelong585 km · quickest by air, 6h 18m · A$180–280
- Adelaide → Geelong627 km · quickest by air, 6h 36m · A$200–300
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Geelong
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Geelong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe popular Spirit of Tasmania car ferry service to Devonport relocated to in Geelong from Station Pier in Melbourne since October 23, 2022.
- Get inCar and passenger ferries cross the mouth of Port Phillip Bay between Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula and Sorrento on Mornington Peninsula.
- Get inPort Phillip Ferries operates regular passenger services from Geelong to the Bellarine Peninsula town of Portarlington to Melbourne's Docklands and vice versa.
- Get inPort Phillip Ferries opened a Cunningham Pier ferry in 2019, operating services from Cunningham Pier, to the suburb of Docklands in Melbourne.
- Get inThe ferry takes a little longer than the Princes Highway, taking an extra half hour.
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