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Whether you are seeking a holiday house for the family or a weekend of luxury and indulgence in a hotel, motel, resort, guesthouse or bed and breakfast, you are sure to find exactly what you want in Portland and Cape Bridgewater.

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Portland and Cape Bridgewater Accommodation - Featured Properties

Panoramic Drive

Panoramic Drive Holiday House, Cape Bridgewater (Portland)

Fantasic 3 Bedroom Family Holiday House with magnificent views of Cape Bridgewater. Plenty of room for cars boats and even a horse if you like.

10 minutes from Portland

Come vist the whales!

About Portland (including Cape Bridgewater and Cape Nelson)

Portland is an attractive and scenic holiday centre situated on Portland Bay 360 km west of Melbourne and 75 km east of the South Australian border. As the only deep-sea port between Adelaide and Port Phillip it is a major exporting centre. Other contributions to the local economy are made by an aluminium smelter (employing 700 people), the fertiliser industry, woolstores, and the fishing industry (focusing particularly on crayfish, lobsters, shark, abalone and deep-sea trawling).

Portland is steeped in history, with many of its 200 heritage buildings, from the 1800's, now fine places to dine and/or to stay. Visitors can enjoy the special ambience and when it comes to dining, the local fishing industry ensures only the freshest seafood is on the menu. Portland Bay is ideal for boating, fishing and sail boarding. There are many fine surfing spots, some of the best surf west of Bells Beach.

Portland has a vibrant cultural and artistic diversity, with many potters, painters, musicians, jewelers, sculptors, actors and writers for a lively theatre scene.

In November during the weekend preceding the Melbourne Cup, the city comes alive with the Portland Bay Festival. 
Portland has a current population of around 12,000. Read more about Portland
 
 

Portland Accommodation

Portland is a large regional city and is well serviced with hotels, motels and resorts. There are some wonderful bed & breakfasts and self contained cottages in historic buildings In Portland and the neighboring Cape Bridgewater and Cape Nelsn you will find, resorts, motels, hotels, self contained accommodation, self catering cottages or cabins, bed and breakfast accommodation (sometimes referred to as b and b’s, b & b’s, b n b’s, bnb’s or bed & breakfasts), guesthouses, holiday houses, apartments or units (condos for North American travelers) and caravan parks & tourist parks. Use the SEARCH BOX above to find individual properties.
 
 

What to See and Do 

The Portland Maritime Discovery and Visitors' Centre is located on the foreshore of Portland, adjacent Lee Breakwater Rd. It functions as the local information centre and it also has displays concerning aspects of local maritime history whaling, navigation, rescue, shipwrecks, marine life, marine exploration and the story of European immigration and settlement. It is open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily. Maps are available for the Historic Shipwrecks Trail which follows a series of signposts around the coastline to wreckage sites, and the Wood Wine and Roses Forest Drive which heads north-west through the Cobboboonee State Forest to Heywood Historic Walks The Mary MacKillop Walk - This takes in buildings and sites which were in existence during Mary MacKillop's stay at Portland from 1862 to 1866. A leaflet from the Visitors Centre outline the significant places.

General Historic Walk – Portland precedes Melbourne as the first settlement in Victoria. Starting at the corner of Bentinck Street and Tyers Street you can take an extensive tour of old Portland.  See What to See and Do

 

Tours and Tour Companies

Have the local experts show you the spots you don’t know about and would never find on your own, or have a unique experience through an organized tour.


Car and Camper Hire

The ideal way to tour The Great Ocean Road is with your own transport. If you don’t have your own wheels, or want to camp out why not hire or rent a car, motor home, campervan, caravan or camper trailer. These can be arranged from Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide or one of the main towns along the Great Ocean Road. 


Flights

The major airports are Melbourne’s Tullamarine and Avalon, near Geelong. To book and save on your airfare.


Spas & Health Retreats

Why not indulge the senses, pamper the body and just relax.


Shops and Galleries

There are unique specialty shops and wonderful craft and art galleries to tempt you with a memento of your holiday.


Restaurants

Restaurants, cafes and bars are plentiful with many using local produce.


Wineries & Vineyards

With nearly 170 wineries and vineyards along the Great Ocean Road and the surrounding areas of Geelong and the Bellarine Penisula, there is more than enough boutique wines to attract the wine connoisseur.


Clubs & Sports

The towns of the Great Ocean Road are known for beautiful locations for golf courses, bowls and other sporting clubs. Several have spectacular views of the southern ocean and a few come with the added attraction of natural fauna.

 

How to Get to There

If traveling by car from Melbourne there is a choice ...  Why not use the Google Route Planner and print out detailed instructions. Daily rail and coach services are available from Melbourne. Find the accommodation you want by using the Accommodation Search Box above. More information on How to Get There


Surf Cam, Weather & Climate

Check out the nearby live surf video camera or have an idea of the next 24 hour or 7 day weather forecast … Surf Cam, Weather & Climate

 

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