Altona Beach, Melbourne

Name: Altona Beach
Address: Melbourne, Australia

#536 among attractions in Melbourne

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Facts and practical information

Altona Beach is a beach located in Altona, Victoria, Australia. A long pier is located towards the middle of the beach. From late November through to around Easter each year, volunteers from the Altona Lifesaving Club patrol the beach on the eastern side of the pier. ()

Coordinates: 37°52'20"S, 144°49'16"E

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Altona Beach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.2 miNE
Cycling, Bike path
Federation Trail, Melbourne
107 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.
3.7 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Newport Railway Museum, Melbourne
95 min walk • The Newport Railway Museum is located on Champion Road, Newport, Victoria, near the North Williamstown station.
3.4 miNE
37°49'40"S • 144°50'53"E
Altona Gate Shopping Centre, Melbourne
87 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cherry Lake, Melbourne
31 min walk • 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.
2 miNE
Park
Altona Coastal Park, Melbourne
52 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.
3 miN
Cemetery
Altona Memorial Park, Melbourne
77 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.
3.6 miE
City, Area
Melbourne/Hobsons Bay, Melbourne
92 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.
4.6 miE
Harbor
Port of Melbourne, Melbourne
117 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.
4.4 miE
Church
St Mary's Catholic Church, Melbourne
113 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.
3.5 miNE
Museum
Steamrail Victoria, Melbourne
91 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.
1.1 miW
Park
Truganina Coastal Parklands, Melbourne
27 min walk • The Truganina Coastal Parklands are located 15 km west of Melbourne CBD, on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, stretching from Altona to Altona Meadows and adjacent to the Cheetham Wetlands and the Point Cook Coastal Park.