A Peninsula Pedestrian

For quite some time I’ve wanted to visit the Mornington peninsula.

For those who don’t know this area, it’s a popular Victorian wine region located south of Melbourne with a beautiful coast line, great beaches and heaps of nature reserves.

My goal was to visit as many towns and beaches as I could and attempt to walk a trail every day.

This post is a snap shot of my 3 favourite places I visited and treks I walked while there.

Bushranger Bay

The 3klm walk to the beach and cliff area was easy and risky at the same time. The trek is all sand and has tree roots snaking out of the ground all along the way making for many trip hazards. Of course, it was inevitable they would catch me out and sure enough I rolled my ankle more than once.

This walk was about the destination and not the journey and it was well worth it.

The bay itself is popular for the rock pools that are great swimming holes, but one must be careful because the waves will crash over the rocks and flood the landings.

I nearly got caught out, one rock pool looked so inviting and I was just about to strip off and settle in when a giant wave crashed over and sent me scurrying up the rock face.

Before

After

Balcombe Creek

This was one of my favourite treks. Mainly because Mount Martha Beach was the destination and a great place to stop after a 3.5klm walk in 30-degree heat. The landscape was typically Aussie with water holes, scrub and dense bush along the way.

Port Nepean National Park

Right at the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula is Portsea and the Port Nepean National Park. I gave myself half a day to explore the area and used every bit of it.

The trekking took me along cliff edges, numerous bays, dense bushland and to historical fortifications from WW1.