Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Moorooduc Hwy (11) and Point Nepean Rd (B110) both feed into the Mornington Penin-
sula Fwy (M11), the main peninsula access. Alternatively, exit the Moorooduc Hwy to
Mornington and take the coast road around Port Phillip Bay.
Frequent Metlink trains run from Melbourne to Frankston, Hastings and Stony Point.
BOAT
Inter Island Ferries (
Click here
)
runs between Stony Point and Cowes via French Island
(
Click here
)
.
Queenscliff-Sorrento Car & Passenger Ferries
(
03-5258 3244;
www.searoad.com.au
;
one-way foot passen-
ger adult/child $10/8, 2 adults & car standard one-way/return $69/132; hourly 7am-6pm, to 7pm Jan & long week-
ends)
sails between Sorrento and Queenscliff, enabling you to cross Port Phillip Bay by car
or bicycle.
BUS
Portsea Passenger Service
( 03-5986 5666;
www.ptv.vic.gov.au
)
runs the following services:
788 from Frankston to Portsea via Mornington, Dromana and Sorrento
786 from Rye to St Andrews Beach
787 from Safety Beach to Sorrento
Peninsula Bus Lines
( 03-9786 7088;
www.grenda.com.au
)
runs bus 782 from Frankston train station
to Flinders via Hastings and Balnarring.
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Mornington
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Pretty Mornington, with its cute bathing boxes and swimming beaches, is the gateway to
the peninsula's holiday coastal strip - just beyond the reaches of Melbourne's urban
sprawl. Originally part of the lands of the Boonwurrung people, it was founded as a
European township in 1854. The town thrived and by 1890 there were steamers and a
daily train service from Melbourne - now sadly defunct.
