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Bellarine Rail Trail -> Point Lonsdale Loop  
by BlueMM

The way points of this bicycle route:

Breakwater

Trail starts at the intersection of Carr street & Breakwater road. Car parking available at Geelong Showground (same block). Plans to extend Rail trail to South Geelong station.

Thomson

Cross St. Albans road

Newcomb

Cross Boundary road

Cross Wilsons road

Moolap

Cross Coppards road

Cross Bellarine highway (Queenscliff road) carefully

Cross Moolap Station road

Cross Kildorary street

Cross Whitehorse road

Leopold

Cross Clifton avenue. Is gated either side of Rail trail, so should be fine.

Cross Melaluka road

Cross Kensington road

Cross Christies road

Cross Bawtree road

Curlewis

Cross Curlewis road

Cross Geelong-Portarlington road (Drysdale road)

Drysdale

Cross Jetty road

Cross Geelong-Portarlington road

Drysdale station. Trail follows beside the Bellarine Peninsula Railway line till almost Queenscliff. Drysdale shops up High street to the Northeast.

R around paddock

L along railway line

Cross Bridge street and switch over to the other side of the railway

Cross Princess street

Cross Andersons road

Mannerim

Marcus Hill

Cross Sway Bay road

Abandoned railway carriages

Many abandoned railway carriages

Mannerim

Cross Banks road

Marcus Hill

Swap sides here somewhere

Point Lonsdale

Cross Queenscliff-Portarlington road and L onto trail (detour of railway siding)

Follow Yarram Creek lane to get back to railway

Swan Bay

Cross railway and continue along

Queenscliff

R onto Fellows road then L onto path alongside Murray road

L over Murray road & follow path beside Bellarine highway (Queenscliff road)

Path follows railway to Queenscliff station

Cross railway

Historic Queenscliff railway station on R

L along path

Path finishes at bridge to Swan Island. Head back along the path. Option, loop around waters edge to Ferry (to Portsea), Queenscliff foreshore & lighthose.

R along path

Historic Queenscliff railway station on L

Cross railway

L over Bellarine highway (before Murray road)

Point Lonsdale

Veer L through car park then R onto shared path

Point Lonsdale Lookout & Lighthouse. Head back along path.

L up to car park

Queenscliff

Cross over Bellarine highway, follow path on L side of Murray road

Swan Bay

R onto Fellows road then L onto trail

Point Lonsdale

Cross railway and veer R along Yarram Creek lane

L along path to get back to railway

Cross Queenscliff-Portarlington road and R onto trail

Marcus Hill

Swap sides here somewhere

Mannerim

Marcus Hill

Cross Banks road

Many abandoned railway carriages

Abandoned railway carriages

Mannerim

Cross Sway Bay road

Drysdale

Cross Andersons road

Cross Princess street

Cross Bridge street and switch over to the other side of the railway

R then L around paddock

Drysdale station. Drysdale shops up High street to the Northeast.

Cross Geelong-Portarlington road

Cross Jetty road

Curlewis

Cross Geelong-Portarlington road (Drysdale road)

Cross Curlewis road

Leopold

Cross Bawtree road

Cross Christies road

Cross Kensington road

Cross Melaluka road

Moolap

Cross Clifton avenue. Is gated either side of Rail trail, so should be fine.

Cross Whitehorse road

Cross Kildorary street

Cross Moolap Station road

Cross Bellarine highway (Queenscliff road) carefully

Cross Coppards road

Cross Wilsons road

Thomson

Cross Boundary road

Breakwater

Cross St. Albans road

Plans to extend Rail trail to South Geelong station. Also connection with the Bay trail and Barwon River trail

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