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Planning a trip to The Mornington Peninsula

Visitor Information

The Mornington Peninsula Visitor Information Centre, 359 Point Nepean Road, Dromana (tel. 1800/804 009 in Australia, or 03/5987 3078; www.visitmorningtonpeninsula.org), has plenty of maps and information on the area and can also help book accommodations. It's open daily from 9am to 5pm, except December 25 and Good Friday.

Getting There

From Melbourne, take the Mornington Peninsula Freeway to Rosebud, and then the Point Nepean Road. If you want to cross Port Phillip Bay from Sorrento to Queenscliff, take the Sea Road Ferry (tel. 03/5258 3244; www.searoad.com.au), which operates daily every hour on the hour between 7am and 6pm in both directions. The one-way fare is around A$62 for a car and driver, and A$7.50 per extra adult passenger, A$5.50 children 5 to 15 and A$1 children under 5. Foot-passenger fares (one-way) are A$10 for adults, A$9 for students 16 and over, A$8 for children 5 to 15, and A$1 for children under 5. You can take a bike for A$2. The crossing takes 35 to 40 minutes.