Bells Beach
District of Bellbrae
Victoria - Australia

Aireys Inlet

Aireys Inlet is a small coastal inlet and town located on the Great Ocean Road, southwest of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Aireys Inlet is located between Anglesea and Lorne, and joined with Fairhaven to the west. At the 2006 census, Aireys Inlet had a population of 1,148. Many surfers holiday in Aireys Inlet to take advantage of the popular Fairhaven beach. As the inclination of the beach can change dramatically between years, the surf is regarded as unpredictable.

Located at -38.46, 144.107 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Towns in Victoria (Australia)

Bells Beach, Victoria

Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc. It is named after John Cavert Bell of the family that first took up a pastoral run there in the 1840s.

Located at -38.3669, 144.285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Geography of Victoria (Australia), Towns in Victoria (Australia), Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Surfing locations in Victoria (Australia), Beaches of Victoria (Australia)

Torquay, Victoria

Torquay is a township in Victoria, Australia, which faces Bass Strait, 21 km. south of Geelong and is the gateway to the Great Ocean Road. It is bordered on the west by Spring Creek and its coastal features include Point Danger and Zeally Bay. At the 2006 census, Torquay had a population of 6,695.

Located at -38.33, 144.32 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia), Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Surfing locations in Victoria (Australia)

Offshore Festival

The Offshore Festival was a camp-out rock and alternative music festival held during Easter at a farm near Torquay, Victoria, Australia in the late 1990s, 2000 and 2001. It was run by the same organisers as the Falls Festival, held at nearby Lorne on New Year's Eve. It interlinked with the major Rip Curl Pro surfing event, held at nearby Bells Beach. The policy reason behind starting the festival was to keep the youth entertained and off the streets of Torquay while the contest was on.

Located at -38.324, 144.294 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Music festivals in Australia

Waurn Ponds, Victoria

Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and Honeys Road.

Located at -38.2167, 144.283 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Suburbs of Geelong

Jan Juc, Victoria

Jan Juc is a coastal town of Victoria, Australia, adjacent to Torquay, Victoria. At the 2006 census, Jan Juc had a population of 3,158.

Located at -38.3333, 144.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Surfing locations in Victoria (Australia), Beaches of Victoria (Australia)

Anglesea, Victoria

Anglesea is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Great Ocean Road in the Surf Coast Shire local government area. At the 2006 census, Anglesea had a population of 2,290. Originally known as Swampy Creek, the area's name was changed to Anglesea River in 1884 when the township was established. A Post Office under that name opened on 16 April 1886 and was renamed Anglesea in 1950. Alcoa of Australia operate a power station and open-cut coalmine in the town.

Located at -38.403, 144.19 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Towns in Victoria (Australia)

Mount Duneed, Victoria

Mount Duneed is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The Geelong Airport is located in Mount Duneed. Though the airport continues to operate, the site is for sale as of July 2005, and it appears likely that it will be demolished to make way for housing. Much of the locality north of Lower Duneed Road is part of the large Armstrong Creek Growth Area with urban development beginning in 2010.

Located at -38.25, 144.333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Suburbs of Geelong

Moriac, Victoria

Moriac is a rural town in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 25 kilometres west of Geelong. It forms part of the Surf Coast Shire. At the 2006 census, Moriac had a population of 594. The town was surveyed in the 1920s as a village based around the Moriac railway station on the Port Fairy line. The station had been provided to serve the adjacent community of Mount Moriac.

Located at -38.2333, 144.167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia)

Moriac railway station

Moriac is a closed station located in the town of Moriac, on the Warrnambool railway line in Victoria, Australia. Remaining facilities include a bluestone platform, with a timber goods platform opposite. Moriac was the junction of the short branch line south to Wensleydale which opened in 1889, and was closed in 1948. The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the New Deal timetable for country passengers.

Located at -38.24, 144.173 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Railway stations closed in 1981, Disused railway stations in Victoria (Australia)

Connewarre, Victoria

Connewarre, Victoria, Australia, is located in southern Australia in an area that is sparsely populated. At the 2006 census, Connewarre and the surrounding area had a population of 78. Part of Eastern Precinct of the large Armstrong Creek Growth Area was within Connewarre when urban development began in 2010.

Located at -38.2667, 144.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia)

Breamlea, Victoria

Breamlea, Victoria, Australia, is a secluded seaside hamlet located 18 km south of Geelong on the south coast of Australia halfway between Barwon Heads and Torquay on the Bellarine Peninsula. At the 2006 census, Breamlea and the surrounding area had a population of 244.

Located at -38.296, 144.391 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia), Towns in Victoria (Australia), Bellarine Peninsula

Grovedale College

Grovedale College (formerly known as Grovedale Secondary College) is an Australian public high school located in Grovedale, Victoria, a suburb in the city of Geelong. It was established in 1979 and as Grovedale Technical High School. Under the guidance of the founding principal Mr R "Roly" Arnup the new school prospered and developed a unique status at the time as a model of progressive education.

Located at -38.211, 144.327 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Schools in Geelong, High schools in Victoria (Australia)

Point Impossible Beach

Point Impossible Beach is a clothes-optional beach located at Torquay, west coast, in the State of Victoria, Australia. It is designated as a legal nudist beach under the Nudity (Prescribed Areas) Act 1983.

Located at -38.3131, 144.365 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Nude beaches, Beaches of Victoria (Australia)

Southside Beach

Southside Beach is a clothes-optional beach located near Torquay, in the State of Victoria, Australia. It is designated as a legal nudist beach under Nudity (Prescribed Areas) Act 1983.

Located at -38.3842, 144.255 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Nude beaches, Beaches of Victoria (Australia)

Shire of Barrabool

The Shire of Barrabool was a local government area about 100 kilometres southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 575.18 square kilometres, and existed from 1853 until 1994.

Located at -38.3333, 144.317 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Former Local Government Areas of Victoria (Australia)

Joseph H. Scammell (ship)

The Joseph H Scammell was a Canadian sailing ship that was built at Eatonville, Nova Scotia in 1884 and shipwrecked at Point Danger, Torquay, Victoria, Australia in 1891. Her wreck triggered a large scale episode of shipwreck pilfering and smuggling.

Located at -38.3419, 144.332 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Shipwrecks of Victoria (Australia), Maritime history of Canada, Transport in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Tall ships of Canada, Individual sailing vessels, Ships built in Nova Scotia, Victorian-era merchant ships of Canada, Sailing ships of Canada, 1884 ships, Full-rigged ships

Anglesea Heath

Anglesea Heath is a 72 km area of natural heath, woodland and forest in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It is about 100 km south-west of Melbourne, just north of the coastal town of Anglesea and accessible from the Great Ocean Road. It comprises 67 km of land managed for conservation and 5 km of land used for coal mining and power generation at the Anglesea Power Station by Alcoa Australia.

Located at -38.3667, 144.133 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Protected areas of Victoria (Australia), Register of the National Estate

Bellbrae, Victoria

Bellbrae is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia located on the Great Ocean Road between Torquay and Anglesea. At the 2006 census, Bellbrae had a population of 1,388.

Located at -38.34, 144.27 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Towns in Victoria (Australia)

Reedy Lake

Reedy Lake, historically also known as Lake Reedy, is a shallow 5.5 km freshwater lake or swamp on the lower reaches of the Barwon River, on the Bellarine Peninsula near the city Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is included in the Lake Connewarre State Game Reserve, which is managed by Parks Victoria. It is the largest freshwater swamp in central Victoria, and is part of a wetland complex which includes Hospital Swamp, Lake Connewarre, Salt Swamp and the Barwon estuary.

Located at -38.2083, 144.425 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Lakes of Victoria (Australia), Geography of Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Ramsar sites in Australia, Important Bird Areas of Victoria (Australia)

Armstrong Creek Growth Area

The Armstrong Creek Growth Area is a southern extension to the urban growth boundary of the metropolitan area of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It comprises parts of the localities of Grovedale and Marshall south of the Warrnambool railway line, and parts of the localities of Mount Duneed and Connewarre from some distance to the north of Lower Duneed Road and generally to the west of Barwon Heads Road.

Located at -38.2376, 144.345 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Suburbs of Geelong

Anglesea River

The Anglesea River is a river in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It arises in the Otway Ranges and enters Bass Strait through the town of the same name. The river was named named after Anglesey, an island in Wales .

Located at -38.3444, 144.133 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Rivers of Victoria (Australia)

Point Addis Marine National Park

Point Addis Marine National Park is a 4,600-hectare marine park near Anglesea, Victoria, Australia. It extends along 10 kilometres of coastline east of Anglesea, around Point Addis to the eastern end of Bells Beach and offshore three nautical miles to the limit of Victorian waters.

Located at -38.4167, 144.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Marine parks of Australia, Marine parks in Victoria (Australia)

Point Danger (Torquay)

Point Danger is a limestone headland on the coast of south-western Victoria, Australia on the northern side of Bass Strait. It is adjacent to the coastal town of Torquay, separating the town’s front and back surfing beaches. It is the site of Torquay’s war memorial and a venue for ANZAC Day services.

Located at -38.34, 144.327 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Headlands of Victoria (Australia), Bass Strait