Welcome to Geelong

Geelong General Tourist Info

Geelong is the second largest city in the state of Victoria, situated on Corio Bay, within a short drive from popular beach-front communities on the Bellarine Peninsula. It is also the gateway to the renowned Great Ocean Road, which begins just south of Geelong city at Torquay.
Geelong is a large commercial center extending to the foreshore and providing visitors with the chance to explore the beach-front attractions like the Eastern Beach, the Steampacket Gardens, the Cunningham Pier, and other beautiful coastal walks. Elegant architecture, beautiful colorful gardens and parks, and the backcloth of Corio Bay are all symbolic of what locals refer to as the “city by the bay”. Other places of interest in the city include the National Wool Museum, the Old Geelong Gaol, the Botanic Gardens at Eastern Park, the Ford Discovery center and numerous other museums, galleries and historical edifices.
The Barwon River meanders through Geelong and its surrounding suburbs, fronted by a number of attractive parks and the scenic Buckley Falls in Fyansford. On its journey to the coast, the river flows through the wetlands of Lake Connewarre before entering Bass Strait at the twin towns of Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove.