Plan Your Visit

Queenscliff rewards a little planning: the best accommodation books out ahead of summer weekends and festivals, the Blues Train sells out, and the ferry, markets and fort tours all run to timetables worth knowing before you arrive. These guides pull the practical details together so you can spend your time enjoying the town rather than researching it.

Guides

• A Perfect Weekend in Queenscliff — a two-day itinerary covering where to stay, eat, walk and what to book before you come.
• Queenscliff Day Trip from Melbourne — a one-day itinerary: the 90-minute drive, morning coffee, fort tours, harbour lunch and how to finish the afternoon.
• Queenscliff to Sorrento Ferry Guide — sailing times, car versus walk-on, parking at the terminal and what to do on both sides of the bay.
• Things to Do in Queenscliff with Kids — steam trains, the Marine Discovery Centre, fort tours, calm beaches and rainy-day back-ups.

For the practical basics, see getting here, what's on, and accommodation.