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Getting here and around – Mornington Peninsula

Queenscliff - Sorrento Car and Passenger Ferry

The Mornington Peninsula is within easy reach of Melbourne. Here's how:

By car
By car the Mornington Peninsula is only 90 minutes travel from Melbourne. There are three main highways through the Peninsula. The Nepean Highway hugs the coast from Melbourne via Frankston down to Portsea or, for a faster journey, you can join the Mornington Peninsula Freeway between Edithvale and Rosebud. Alternatively you can travel along the M1 from Melbourne and then take the Western Port Freeway to Hastings on the Western Port side of the peninsula.

By rail and bus
Metropolitan train services run from Spencer Street station in Melbourne to Frankston, with further connections through Hastings to Stony Point on Western Port Bay. Buses travel from Melbourne to all areas and local bus routes operate around each town.

For detailed information on timetables and costs please contact Metlink on (in Australia only) 13 1638 or visit www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au

There is also an airport bus that operates between Melbourne Airport, Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. For more information phone 03 9783 1199 or visit www.fapas.com.au.

By ferry
Ferry services operate between Queenscliff and Sorrento and also between the Mornington Peninsula and French Island and Phillip Island.

Queenscliff/Sorrento Ferries

Queenscliff Sorrento Car and Passenger Ferry

The 40-minute ferry service between Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula, and Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula, operates every hour from both locations, 7am to 6pm. There are extra trips during summer holidays when daylight saving time applies.
Depart from Sorrento Pier
Ph 03 5258 3244
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