Geelong | Bellarine Peninsula
Geelong | Bellarine Peninsula - Suburbs, Shires & Councils - Around Melbourne
Geelong runs from Lara in the north to Waurn Ponds in the south, Corio Bay to the east. Geelong is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality including the Bellarine Peninsula.
--> Batesford
Batesford is a rural village on the Moorabool River near where it is crossed by the Midland Highway between Geelong and Ballarat. It is 10 km. north-west of Geelong and 67 km. south-west of...
--> Belmont
Belmont is a residential suburb 3 km. south-east of Geelong. It is bounded on the north and east side by the Barwon River and the riverside Belmont Common, on the south by Waurn Ponds Creek and on...
--> Avalon
Avalon is an aeronautical establishment 55 km. south-west of Melbourne between the Princes Freeway and Corio Bay. The nearest town is Lara, 4 km. to the west. An early owner of large land acreages...
--> Bell Post Hill
Bell Post Hill is a residential suburb north-west of Geelong, adjoining the Midland Highway or Ballarat Road. Its name is thought to have arisen from a look-out post or warning bell on a post...
--> Ceres
Ceres is a small township with an extensive district. The township is 8 km. west-south-west of Geelong; and the district's perimeter includes Ceres Lookout, 3 km. east of the township, the Barrabool...
--> Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads is a seaside township on the west side of the Barwon River where it enters Port Phillip Bay on the south side of the Bellarine Peninsula. It is 18 km. south-east of Geelong. The name...
--> Breakwater
Breakwater, an industrial and residential area on the Barwon River, is 4 km. south-south-east of Geelong. Its name came from a rock ford constructed across the Barwon River by Geelong's first Police...
--> Barrabool
Barrabool is an agricultural district 11 km. west of Geelong. It was also a shire until 1994. The name is thought to be an Aboriginal word with several recorded meanings: oyster, or a slope down...
--> Bell Park
Bell Park is a residential suburb between Geelong North and Bell Post Hill. It was named after the Bell Park homestead, built by an early settler, John Bell. Part of the homestead is preserved in the...
--> Queenscliff
Queenscliff is a township at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, named by Lt. Governor C. J. La Trobe after Queen Victoria in 1853. Before then the settlement had been called Whale Head and Shortland's...
--> Geelong
Geelong, Victoria's largest provincial urban region, is 65 km. from central Melbourne across the Port Phillip and Corio Bays. It is on the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Victoria's Western...
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