Coastal Towns

When you think of the perfect place to take a relaxing sea-side holiday, I think it would be fair to say that the first place that comes to mind is rarely Blairgowrie, Victoria.

Deliberately jumping into way-too-shallow water is just one of the appealing holiday options of the Mornington Peninsula

With its scenic Post Office (opened in 1947), wheelchair accessible public toilet (open 24 hours) and its exceptionally high blowfly-to-person ratio (no stats available), Blairgowrie is not far from Rosebud. Known for being the death-place of Nobel Prize winner Rhys Isaac, Blairgowrie is also close to Sorrento.

In the heart of Victoria’s “Budget Coast” section of the Mornington Peninsula, Blairgowrie is just 87 km from cosmopolitan Melbourne on what may be the longest stretch of foreshore caravan parks in the world (no stats available). There are more caravans camped on the not-really-very-scenic foreshore here than there are caravans in the rest of the world (maybe).

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  • Lorri says:

    08:05pm | 21/12/11

    Yeh , Wayne , Hervey Bay is even more beautiful now, with a wonderful water park for kids of all ages, great camping on the beach , A walk way bike way around the Esplanade for about 20 ks with no cars . Come back and see us again soon. Read more »

  • stephen says:

    08:02pm | 20/12/11

    W. Wyalong seems a quite un-Australian town, in that it’s narrow and twisted, and was particular enough for Russ. Drysdale to paint his impressions of it. Un Aussie coz our country main -streets resemble - or should - the main street of Rocky, (that’s Rockhampton for all you southerners). The… Read more »

 

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