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There's a new style and sophistication here, and an air
of the Mediterranean that makes you feel you're a world away from
Melbourne.
Seaside villages such as Portsea, Sorrento, Rosebud
and Rye started the love affair between Melburnians and the Mornington Peninsula
a long time ago. Like many love affairs, this one has changed over the years -
but fortunately for the better!
You can dine,
wine, golf, shop and adventure - and at the end of the day just slip into
a day spa for a soothing natural mineral water soak and a massage.
Here are five top tips for your
stay:
- Point Nepean, right at the tip of the Peninsula, is the best-known feature
of the Mornington Peninsula National Park. It was closed to the public for more
than 100 years, but you can now walk it, cycle it and delve into a remarkable
military history that dates back to the 1880s.
- There's seriously good golfing on the Southern Peninsula, with eight coastal
and rural courses ready to challenge you. Our golfing tour operators can plan
your stay and your play for you.
- There's full-on adventure too, with beach and bush trail rides, dolphin
swims, scuba diving, fishing, sea kayaking and fishing. At a more leisurely pace
are guided bush and beach walks, and strolls through some of the Peninsula's
most beautiful gardens.
- The Sorrento Pier is the starting point for lots of tours and activities,
including the Sorrento-Queenscliff ferry which can take you and your vehicle
across to Queenscliff and the Great Ocean Road.
- Call into our villages: Portsea (multi-million dollar cliff-top mansions, a
hotel right on the beach, golf, a busy front beach with pier, a turbulent back
beach), Sorrento (great style, lovely old limestone buildings, noted eateries,
shops and galleries); Rye, Blairgowrie, Rosebud and Dromana all have tranquil
bays and a great variety of seaside accommodation.
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