Bellarine Peninsula Rail Trail - Trail Description

The trail runs beside the tourist railway between Drysdale and Queenscliff. Bellarine Peninsula Rail Trail

Location: Bellarine Peninsula, 75km from Melbourne

Start/end: South Geelong to Queenscliff

Region: Melbourne Metropolitan, Victoria

Length open: 32.5km

Surface: Fine gravel

Description

This trail is a great day or weekend destination close to Melbourne and Geelong. The Bellarine Peninsula has fine wineries, beaches and landscapes, and a wealth of other recreation opportunities.

From Drysdale to Queenscliff the trail is beside the Bellarine Peninsula Tourist Railway. The tourist railway is happy to take bicycles on their trains if you don't want to ride in one (or both!) directions of this section. They even have a bicycle hire facility at Drysdale station. refer to their website at the links below.

The trail is managed by the City of Geelong with assistance from a Friends group.

For more information on this trail see the book Rail Trails of Victoria and South Australia.

Trail Map

See Rail Trails of Victoria and South Australia for a much more detailed map. The maps in the book include all trail access points, facilities along the trail and gradient profiles (example).

Web Links

• Friends of the Bellarine Peninsula Rail Trail
• Geelong City
• Bellarine Peninsula Railway

Note: Railtrails Australia has no control over the content of external web sites.

Related Information

• Discuss this trail in our Victoria Rail Trails Forum
• More trails in this region
• Find other trails with our Rail Trail Finder

Rail Trails of Victoria and South Australia This trail is included in our guide book Rail trails of Victorian and South Australia. The book features 25 rail trails. It includes plenty of photos, detailed descriptions and full colour maps. It is available from book shops and bike shops or order direct.

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