Public listings checked 25/10/2026. Dates use each event’s local time. Check organiser details before travelling.
Explore the region
Explore Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula towns. The Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road are separate trips; ferry services need their own planning.
Listings across Barwon Heads, Drysdale, East Geelong, Geelong, Highton, Lara, North Geelong, Ocean Grove, Point Lonsdale, Portarlington, Queenscliff, South Geelong.
Attractions and places to visit
45 places in this selection. Opening hours, access and admission vary; check the place details.
A challenging, yet fun and unique course, Lonsdale Links is ranked 20th in Australia and 8th for Public Access golf courses in Australia (Golf Australia Magazine Top 100 rankings).
Designed by renowned course architects OCM, the intention was to create a strategic course, which reveals more of itself each time you play. Drawing inspiration from trailblazer, Charles Blair Macdonald, and his colleagues Seth Raynor and Charles Banks, OCM designed the course as a deliberate throwback to an earlier age with template holes featuring throughout.
The Clubhouse is designed by architect Wood Marsh. Sitting at the highest point on the course overlooking the Lake Victoria, the state-of-the-art facility is welcoming to both golfers and non-golfers with a restaurant, outdoor kiosk, and children's playground - a venue the whole family can enjoy.
The Portarlington Golf Club is a golf club and a community hub on the magnificent Bellarine Peninsula.
The golf course is near the beach, but it's not a links; it has beautiful trees, but nor is it a parkland course. You can play championship events here, or just knock about on a shorter layout with mates. It's a wonderfully prepared layout which has that rare and much-sought combination of challenge and fun for players at all levels.
It features superbly conditioned bent greens, drains quickly and is an easy walk with only gentle undulations. Even better, with a range of tee choices, you will find a length and difficulty that suits your level of play.
Inside the modern clubhouse, the bar and bistro are about sharing greatness - great food, great occasions, and great people. The menu provides a tasty mix of modern and traditional cuisine, all with as much local produce as possible – and the fridges are stocked with a wide variety of beverages, highlighting the world-renowned Bellarine vineyards.
The golf course pro shop opens daily from 7am most of the year, but at 8am in mid-winter. It operates until 6pm most of the year, but later in the height of summer. The clubhouse opens from 10am daily, closing late at night with meals from 11.30am to 8pm. Check the website for details.
The Bellarine Railway is a volunteer-operated organisation offering steam and diesel train rides and experiences between Queenscliff and Drysdale, featuring a unique collection of locomotives from across Australia.
Scenic train trips along Swan Bay depart from Queenscliff Station on most Sundays, public holidays, and additional days during the Victorian school holidays. The Seaside Explorer departs from Drysdale Station on selected days throughout the year.
Family fun days and special events include Day Out With Thomas, Easter Weekend Specials, Steamlight Nights Trips and The POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride.
Experiences include private carriage hire, special-occasion bookings, and group charters. The Bellarine Railway is also home to the Blues Train and Q Train.
For further information on these services and experiences, please visit the website, email, or call during business hours.
Victoria's historic coastal town of Queenscliff is home to the world's one and only Blues Train. It is a unique experience that combines four of Australia's best live acts and the beautiful scenery of the Bellarine Peninsula while aboard a moving heritage train.
At each stop, swap carriages and by the end of the night you will have seen all four acts performing on the train.
Sit back, relax and listen to the music with a drink in one of the seated carriages or get up and boogie the blues away in the dance carriage.
Upcoming Dates:
10 October 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
17 October 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
24 October 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
31 October 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
7 November 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
14 November 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
5 December 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
12 December 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
9 January 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
16 January 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
23 January 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
30 January 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
6 February 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
13 February 2026, 6:45pm-11:00pm
20 February 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
27 February 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
The Queenscliff Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club boasts excellent facilities in the beautiful and historic seaside town of Queenscliff. These include - three excellent lawn bowling greens; two plexipave tennis courts with lights for evening play; Four Pickleball Courts available for hire and equipment. Top class lawn for Croquet who also make use of the grass bowling greens on occasion.
In addition, the clubhouse provides very good dining facilities in the spacious upstairs Ripview Bistro with magnificent views of the 'Rip' and passing ships. Two bars and an outside barbecue area are also available to keep members and visitors entertained.
The Club offers formal, informal and casual opportunities to play many sports, visitors enjoy the opportunity to drop in for a casual hit of tennis, pickleball or to have a go at some barefoot bowls, so drop in for a drink from the bar and a casual game or two to add some recreational fun to your visit to Queenscliff.
Queenscliff Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club strives to be an open, member based community club providing the best possible sporting and recreational facilities and services through partnerships in the region.
The Queenscliffe Historical Museum is a regional cultural history museum located in Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia.
A new exhibition was created for the museum's new home in the newly-built Queenscliffe Hub, Wirrng Wirrng, which opened in October 2022.
The exhibition covers the history of Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale through story-telling across three themes: Origins and Environment (including pre-European colonisation); Creating Community; Queen of Watering Places (tourism). The museum holds temporary exhibitions, the latest (2024-2025) on Swan Bay and Swan Island. A new exhibition Living in the 70's will be installed in late 2026.
Visitors can spend an hour or so in the museum, viewing displays, historical films and photographs. There is also a corner with toys for young children and a quiz for children aged from five to about 12.
The museum welcomes research inquiries, either in person or via the website.
The museum is operated and managed by volunteers. Anyone can join as a member. Members receive a monthly newsletter and a quarterly research-based eMagazine, plus discounted access to the popular monthly talks.
The museum is an incorporated body and is accredited by the Community Museum Accreditation Program (CMAP).
Parking is available in Hesse Street and the museum is accessible for people in wheelchairs. There are accessible toilets in the hub.
The ultimate objective of the Fort Queenscliff Museum is a fully restored Fort and the development of a museum, which will allow visitors to tour the Fort and inspect a multitude of indoor and outdoor displays.
Today visitors are encouraged to look upon Fort Queenscliff as a part of the national heritage which belongs to all Australians. Accordingly, the Fort Queenscliff Museum creates an environment that evokes public interest and reminds visitors of our early military history.
Sea, sand and sail are the key to Queenscliff’s history. Visit Queenscliffe Maritime Museum to discover the treasures of its rich maritime heritage, shaped by its proximity to the entrance of Port Phillip and its notorious ‘rip’.
From sea pilots to sailors, fishermen to boat builders, light keepers or ferry captains, the sea has created a world full of stories of boats and maritime industry.
Highlighted is the lifeboat 'Queenscliffe' which operated for fifty years rescuing people and ships. Manned by the light keepers and volunteers, including many fishermen, this was the last of the lifeboat service which operated for 120 years.
Shipwrecks are numerous in the area, so discover their stories and artefacts amongst the exhibitions. See the old diving equipment and try the diving bell helmet for yourself.
Lighthouses have been beacons along the coast, despite changing technologies. The museum has an extensive display of equipment and see inside a Fresnel lens at the museum and join a guided tour of Point Lonsdale Lighthouse on Sunday mornings.
With Queenscliff’s unique couta boats, its brave fishermen, and a maritime history stretching back into the early days of Victoria as a colony, there is much more to discover on a visit.
Located at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum along the Southern Port Phillip coast, the Escape Room Experience is an all-ages thrilling game of puzzles-solving and creative thinking.
You have been taken captive by the notorious pirate Benito Bonito, also known as Benito of the Bloody Blade. Shackled and imprisoned in the bowels of the pirate ship Relampago you have one hour to escape before you are forced to walk the plank.
Benito allows you to choose your favourite plank.
To escape and claim the hidden treasure, you must decode the clues, solve puzzles and navigate through treacherous waters of this escape room.
Beware, for time is of the essence.
