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Point Lonsdale - VIC

Point Lonsdale

A distant Point Lonsdale viewed from the Spirit of Tasmania

Cape,Headland,Point

Position

DEG: -38.291972 144.614095

DMS: 38º 17' 31.1" S 144º 36' 50.72" E

UTM: 55 H 5759096mN 291343mE

Altitude: 14.09m

Place Type

Geography - Cape,Headland,Point

Location

61.22kms SouthWest of Melbourne - Driving 104 km (1 hour 25 mins)
524.04kms SouthWest of Canberra - Driving 753 km (7 hours 35 mins)
559.26kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 832 km (1 day 1 hour)
654.71kms SouthEast of Adelaide - Driving 735 km (8 hours 6 mins)

Address & Contact

11 Point Lonsdale Rd
Point Lonsdale VIC 3225

Phone: +613 5258 4843

Email: info.centre@queenscliffe.vic.gov.au

Web: https://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/Geelong-and-the-Bellarine/Destinations/Point-Lonsdale

Information

Point Lonsdale is the western headland of The Rip, the entrance to Poet Phillip Bay, when entering or leaving Bass Strait. It is to the right hand (Starboard) side of a vessel leaving Port Phillip Bay for Bass Straight. A prominent lighthouse dominates the headland. The town, named for a police officer William Lonsdale, was the birthplace of former Victorian Premier Thomas Hollway.

The area is now closely settled but in early years was associated with escaped convict William Buckley. A signal station was built there in 1854 and settlement came to the area in the remaining half of the Nineteenth Century.