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Date: 2nd March 2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 150 kms from Wilsons Promontory to Queenscliff  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Rosebud and Queenscliff  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Collendina Holiday Park, $35pn , N38.27143, E144.55630  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first hour of our drive from Wilsons Prom is in drizzling rain but as we get closer to Melbourne the sky clears. Our loose plan is a couple of days in Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula, then the ferry from Sorrento to Queenscliff. That saves us the long drive around Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne and Geelong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We couldn\u2019t get a booking in our preferred campsite (once again), so settle for a small family park a km or so east of Rosebud. Why would you name a town after the dying words of Charles Foster Kane ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we have an ensuite site with a fabulous pool for a couple of days. At $65 a night it\u2019s more than we would usually pay. Life travelling on the road is getting very expensive if your anywhere near the coast. Cannot complain about $65 with excellent facilities when we have been paying $50 for a patch of dust in some places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rosebud<\/a> is a reasonable size suburb, lots of newish homes intermingled with older holiday houses closer to the water. There is a Woolworths every 2 kms along Point Nepean Drive and the odd pier out into Port Phillip Bay. We walk the shoreline do some shopping and find a surprising good Vietnamese Restaurant for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A large stingray swims under the pier, he was at least 1200mm wide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We take an afternoon drive down to Sorrento and Portsea which was an eye opener. Portsea in particular is lined with large Victorian style mansions set on 1 or 2 acre blocks. However the traffic is chaotic and we don\u2019t really have an opportunity for any descent photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday morning we say goodbye to our ensuite hitch up the Suzuki and make for the ferry terminal in Sorrento. We arrive an hour early but get herded straight onto a ferry due to depart right now, so on we roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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