Mount Martha

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Mount Martha is a suburb of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula, located 68 kilometres south of the Melbourne City Centre. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is on the south-eastern shores of Port Phillip and offers a bathing beach. A boardwalk winds its way for more than 5 kilometres along the Balcombe Creek, its North beach mouth to the Briars Historic Park. The suburb's highest point bears the area's name and reaches 160 metres. The peak was named in 1836 after Captain William Hobson's mother, Martha Jones. ()

Population: 17.8 thous. (2019)Coordinates: 38°16'5"S, 145°1'14"E

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Mount Martha – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dromana Historical Museum, Mornington Cemetery, Mount Martha Public Golf Course, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

5.8 miSW
Museum, History museum
Dromana Historical Museum, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
148 min walk • Dromana Historical Museum is a museum located in Dromana, Victoria, Australia. The museum is run by volunteers of the Dromana and District Historical Society dedicated to preserving the history of Dromana and the surrounding areas of Red Hill, Rosebud, McCrae, Main Ridge, Boneo, and Red Hill South.
1.1 miNE
Cemetery
Mornington Cemetery, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
27 min walk • Mornington Cemetery is a cemetery serving the Mornington Peninsula area of Melbourne. It is located at 40 Craigie Rd, Mount Martha. The cemetery was first Surveyed in 1855, and was originally called the Mt. Martha Cemetery, then the Moorooduc Cemetery. It contains a number of pioneer graves for the district.
1.3 miS
38°17'10"S • 145°1'26"E
Mount Martha Public Golf Course, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
32 min walk • Golf
2.7 miNE
Museum
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
70 min walk • Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is a public art gallery on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east of Melbourne, Australia. The gallery opened in 1971, and holds both traditional and contemporary Australian art.
6.7 miSW
Architecture, Garden, Park
Heronswood, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
171 min walk • Heronswood is a heritage-listed house located in Dromana, on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.
3.8 miN
38°12'49"S • 145°2'2"E
Mornington Yacht Club, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
98 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.1 miNE
38°14'45"S • 145°2'53"E
Bentons Square, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
55 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
4.9 miE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Devilbend Natural Features Reserve, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
125 min walk • Devilbend Natural Features Reserve is a 1,005 ha park on the Mornington Peninsula 55 km south-east of Melbourne, Australia, between Hastings and Mount Martha in the traditional country of the Bunurong people.
5.5 miNE
Beach
Sunnyside North Beach
141 min walk • Sunnyside North Beach is a clothes-optional beach located at Mount Eliza, Port Philip Bay, in the State of Victoria, Australia. It is designated as a legal nudist beach under the Nudity Act 1983. It is the only clothes-optional beach on the east side of Port Philip Bay.
4.6 miE
38°15'22"S • 145°6'14"E
Moorooduc Reserve - home of Moorooduc J.F.C, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
118 min walk • Park