Cherry Lake, Melbourne

Name: Cherry Lake
Address: Melbourne, Australia

#236 among attractions in Melbourne

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Cherry Lake is part of historical coastal wetlands in Altona, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The wetlands were converted to a lake with construction of retaining walls, levees, and flow channels. The lake and surrounding reserve is an important wildlife habitat and popular recreational destination. ()

Average depth: 3 ftElevation: 3 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 37°51'32"S, 144°50'6"E

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Hobsons Bay (Altona)Melbourne Australia

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Cherry Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Federation Trail, Newport Railway Museum, Altona Gate Shopping Centre, Scienceworks.

3 miNE
Cycling, Bike path
Federation Trail, Melbourne
76 min walk • The Federation Trail is a 23-kilometre-long shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which mainly follows the heritage-listed Main Outfall Sewer through the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2.8 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Newport Railway Museum, Melbourne
72 min walk • The Newport Railway Museum is located on Champion Road, Newport, Victoria, near the North Williamstown station.
2.2 miN
37°49'40"S • 144°50'53"E
Altona Gate Shopping Centre, Melbourne
58 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
3.7 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
Scienceworks, Melbourne
95 min walk • Scienceworks is a science museum in Melbourne, Australia. It is a venue of Museums Victoria which administers the cultural and scientific collections of the State of Victoria. It is located in the suburb of Spotswood.
1 miE
Park
Altona Coastal Park, Melbourne
27 min walk • Altona Coastal Park, a 70 hectares intertidal and salt marsh area located 11 km from Melbourne CBD in the western suburb of Altona, is an important recreational and nature conservation area, providing habitats for a large biodiversity of flora and fauna.
2.2 miN
Cemetery
Altona Memorial Park, Melbourne
56 min walk • Altona Memorial Park is a cemetery and crematorium serving the western suburbs of Melbourne. The park opened in January 1961, and is currently operated by Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
2.7 miE
City, Area
Melbourne/Hobsons Bay, Melbourne
70 min walk • Williamstown is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district in the local government area of the City of Hobsons Bay.
3.8 miNE
Cycling, Bike path
Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail, Melbourne
97 min walk • The Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the coast line of Hobsons Bay in the inner western suburbs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
3.6 miE
Harbor
Port of Melbourne, Melbourne
92 min walk • The Port of Melbourne is the largest port for containerised and general cargo in Australia. It is located in Melbourne, Victoria, and covers an area at the mouth of the Yarra River, downstream of Bolte Bridge, which is at the head of Port Phillip, as well as several piers on the bay itself.
3.6 miE
Church
St Mary's Catholic Church, Melbourne
93 min walk • St Mary's Catholic Church is located in Melbourne's first seaport of Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia. Originally constructed in the early 19th century, St Mary's was only the second Catholic Church to be constructed in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, after St. Francis Catholic Church, in Melbourne.
2.5 miE
Museum
Steamrail Victoria, Melbourne
65 min walk • Steamrail Victoria is a not-for-profit volunteer group established in 1965 to restore and operate historic locomotives and rolling stock used on the railways in Victoria, Australia.