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paddle board or kayak; play with the kids on safe beaches; cast a line from a pier or book
a fishing charter. An amazing underwater world where cooler waters of western Victoria meet and mix with warm water from eastern Australia, the peninsula is home to 500+ species of fish and 1000+ marine plant species plus more than 60 shipwrecks.
7. nATiOnAL & STATE PARKS
Hike and Explore.
This boot-shaped promontory separating Port Phillip and Western Port bays has diverse landscapes, a coastline of more than 190 kilometres, and more than 25,000 hectares
of National Parks plus several large Marine National Parks for you to explore. Walk to the western tip of the peninsula at Point Nepean
National Park; explore 26km of the Bass Strait coastline in Mornington Peninsula National Park. For views of the bays, city and distant ranges, visit the peninsula’s highest point, Arthurs Seat State Park. At night see the lights sparkling right around Port Phillip.
8. HiSTORY Diverse history. Victoria’s first European settlement in 1803 was near Sorrento. Cape Schanck lighthouse was built in1859. Fort Nepean’s military tunnels, forts, gun emplacements date from the 1880s to World War II; 50 heritage-listed buildings are at the nearby historic Quarantine Station; visit Cheviot Beach where former Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared in 1967. Explore humble 1844 McCrae pioneer homestead; stately
1895 Coolart Homestead; richly-furnished 1863 summer home Beleura; and opulent Mulberry Hill, once home to artist Sir Daryl and author Lady Joan Lindsay.
9. TREE SURFing & ZiP-LinES
Enchanted Adventure Garden.
This hidden gem at Arthur’s Seat provides an unforgettable day for the whole family - from the adult’s Grand Course of five levels, 50 challenges and five zip-lines, to the children’s Nippers Course with three levels, 30 obstacles and three zip-lines. Climb the Home Tree to begin your aerial adventure of suspension bridges, trapeze ropes, cargo nets, an eight-meter Tarzan swing, and zip- lines through the beautiful forest canopy. Thrill seekers take the 170-metre long,
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