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Mornington Peninsula · Do

Best Family Activities

The things to do that actually work with kids in tow.

5 hand-picked places · curated by locals

  • 01
    Hot springs$$$

    Peninsula Hot Springs

    Soak in mineral pools scattered across a hillside, with a valley view from the top pool. The signature.

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  • 02
    Coast

    Cape Schanck

    A lighthouse, a dramatic boardwalk down to the rock platform, and big Southern Ocean views.

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  • 03
    Towns & beaches

    Sorrento & Portsea

    Genteel seaside towns with calm bay beaches, ice creams and the back-beach surf nearby.

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  • 04
    Gondola$$

    Arthurs Seat Eagle

    A gondola up the peninsula's highest point for the view across the bay to Melbourne.

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  • 05
    National park

    Point Nepean National Park

    Cycle or walk past forts and tunnels to the tip, where the bay meets the ocean.

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