Geelong

Geelong is a city located 70 km south west of Melbourne, Australia, on Corio Bay, part of Port Phillip Bay. With over 150,000 population it is the second-largest city in the state of Victoria.

Understand

• Geelong & Great Ocean Rd Visitor Information Centre, Stead Park, Princes Highway, Corio, 7km north of Geelong town center, toll free 1800 620 888, 5275 5797 (fax 5223 2069). Every day 9am-5pm. There is another information office in the Market Square shopping center. http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/

• Geelong - National Wool Museum Visitor Information Centre, 26 Moorabool St (cnr Brougham St), Geelong, toll free 1800 620 888, 5222 2900 (fax 5223 2069). Every day 9am-5pm.

Get in

Frequent V/Line trains run from Spencer St Station in Melbourne to Geelong and take about an hour.

Car/passenger ferries cross the mouth of Port Phillip Bay between Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula and Sorrento on Mornington Peninsula. They depart each terminal on the hour every hour 7am-6pm every day. From 26 Dec. until end of daylight saving there are also 7pm sailings. Foot passengers adult $8, 5-15 years $6, under 5 years $1, foot passenger’s bicycle $2, tandem $3; passengers with vehicle adult $4, 5-15 years $2, under 5 years $1; vehicle rates vary with season – car up to 5.5m between $38 and $45. http://www.searoad.com.au/

McHarry’s Buslines run to Geelong from Queenscliff (30 km) and other Bellarine Peninsula towns.

Geelong is serviced by Avalon Airport with flights to / From Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney. The airport is approx 20 mins out of the CBD, A shuttle bus operates from the City Centre.

See

• National Wool Museum, 26 Moorabool St (cnr Brougham St), Geelong. Every day 9:30am-5pm except Good Friday and Christmas Day. Allow 90 minutes. Includes a tourist information office. $7:30 adult, $5.90 concession, $3.65 child.

Sleep

Budget

• National Hotel Backpackers, 191 Moorabool St, Central Geelong, 5229 1211, 0410 529 935 (nationalhotel@primus.com.au, fax 5229 0373). From $19. http://www.nationalhotel.com.au/

• Irish Murphy’s Backpackers, 30 Aberdeen St, Geelong, 5221 4335, (geelong@irishmurphys.com, fax 5223 3055). From $19. http://www.irishmurphys.com.au/

Get out

Visit the Bellarine Peninsula or the Great Ocean Road.

External links

Visiting Geelong from the City of Greater Geelong

The authors of this document are Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel, Evan Prodromou and the following WikiTravel users: Hypatia, Nurg, Maj. The original version of this article can be seen at http://wikitravel.org/en/Geelong.