Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area, Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park

Name: Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area
Address: Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park, Australia

#1 among attractions in Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park

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Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area

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Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area, Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park

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The Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area comprises a cluster of disparate sites centred at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, and the southern end of Port Phillip, in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. As well as providing core wintering habitat for orange-bellied parrots, it is important for waders, or shorebirds, and seabirds. ()

Elevation: 0 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 38°14'43"S, 144°39'18"E

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Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park Australia

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Day trips

Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, Fort Nepean, Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, Queenscliff High Light.

3.9 miSW
Lighthouse
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse
100 min walk • Standing sentinel at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse in Australia is a beacon of maritime safety and historical significance. Erected in 1902, this imposing structure has been guiding vessels safely through the treacherous waters known...
4 miS
Historical place, View point, Forts and castles
Fort Nepean
103 min walk • Fort Nepean, located at the tip of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, is a historical military fortress that played a significant role in the country's defense system. Situated within the Point Nepean National Park, this former coastal defense site marks...
1.5 miSE
Museum, Military museum, Maritime museum
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, Queenscliff
38 min walk • The Queenscliffe Maritime Museum is a regional maritime museum in the town of Queenscliff at the entrance from Bass Strait to the bay of Port Phillip in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It lies within walking distance of the Searoad ferry terminal.
1.8 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, Vernacular architecture
Queenscliff High Light, Queenscliff
48 min walk • The Queenscliff High Light, also variously known as the Black Lighthouse, Fort Queenscliff Lighthouse or Shortland Bluff Light, stands in the grounds of Fort Queenscliff in Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia.
1.6 miS
Museum, History museum
Historical Museum, Queenscliff
40 min walk • The Queenscliffe Historical Museum is a regional cultural history museum in the town of Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. The museum is part of the Museum Accreditation Program.
1.5 miS
Museum, Military museum
Fort Queenscliff, Queenscliff
39 min walk • Fort Queenscliff, in Victoria, Australia, dates from 1860 when an open battery was constructed on Shortland's Bluff to defend the entrance to Port Phillip.
4.3 miS
Historical place, Forts and castles
Fort Pearce
109 min walk • Fort Pearce 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.
2 miS
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Queenscliff Low Light, Queenscliff
51 min walk • The Queenscliff Low Light, also known as the Queenscliff White Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in the township of Queenscliff in the Borough of Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia, at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula.
6.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Lorne
177 min walk • Lake Lorne, a small 12-hectare freshwater lake on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, is located immediately south-west of the township of Drysdale.
3.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Victoria
99 min walk • Lake Victoria is a 139-hectare shallow saline lake on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria in Australia, close to the township of Point Lonsdale and part of the Lonsdale Lakes Nature Reserve administered by Parks Victoria.
4.8 miS
Protected area
Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
124 min walk • Point Nepean marks the southern point of The Rip and the most westerly point of the Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria, Australia.