Planning
Mornington Peninsula First Visit: What to Know Before You Go
Two coasts, no gate and one thing to book ahead: how long you need, where your day starts and what to book before you go.
Mornington Peninsula Travel Blog
Short answers to the questions you ask before a day south of Melbourne. What is there to know on a first visit? Which town suits you? Can the children come? Comparing Mornington Peninsula tours? The fares sit side by side there.
Start with the first-visit post if you have never been, and the town-by-town post if you are choosing where to stay. One post collects the facts about the forts and the shipwrecks at the tip, the family post covers ages and child fares, and the last weighs the peninsula against the Yarra Valley for a wine day. Longer planning pieces are in the guides.
Where to go
The Mornington Peninsula Town by Town, Mornington to Portsea
Mornington, Mount Martha, Dromana, Rye, Sorrento, Portsea, Red Hill and Flinders: what each town is for, and which one suits your day.
History
Mornington Peninsula Facts: Forts, Quarantine and a Vanished Prime Minister
Gun emplacements at the tip, a quarantine ground of heritage buildings, a lighthouse from 1859 and the beach where a prime minister disappeared.
Families
Mornington Peninsula with Kids: Springs, Gondola and Boats
Which pools take children and at what age, child fares on the gondola, the cruises families like, and the days sold to adults only.
Compare
Mornington Peninsula vs Yarra Valley: Which Wine Day from Melbourne?
Sea air or the ranges, Pinot and Chardonnay in both, lunch in the fare or not, and the hot springs as the tiebreak.
The practical answers are in the visitors guide and the FAQs, and every day is compared on Mornington Tours.