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Golf Course Cape Schanck 4.5 h

Moonah Links

  1. Two golfers carry their bags along a fairway at Moonah Links between deep sand bunkers towards a distant flag
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  2. A golfer swings on a fairway at Moonah Links as a partner waits by the bags, the long low clubhouse on the rise beyond
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  3. A golfer plays a shot from the tee at Moonah Links while a partner watches beside the bags, rolling scrubby dunes behind
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  4. A golfer lines up a shot on a tree-lined fairway at Moonah Links while a partner stands by the golf bags
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  5. A golfer holds the flag while another putts on a green at Moonah Links, the angular clubhouse building behind
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  6. Two golfers carry Titleist bags down a fairway at Moonah Links, with bunkers and the resort buildings among trees ahead
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  7. A golfer follows through on a fairway at Moonah Links as a partner waits by a bag, the clubhouse under a glowing evening sky
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  8. A golfer takes a swing near a bunker at Moonah Links while a partner stands by the bags, the clubhouse on the ridge behind
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  9. Two golfers on a green beside a pot bunker at Moonah Links, with a lone pine and the long clubhouse under evening cloud
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  10. A golfer drives from the tee while a partner waits beside two golf bags, with a low modern clubhouse and pine tree in the background.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  11. Two golfers play a chip shot beside a bunker on a rolling fairway at Moonah Links, with the clubhouse under a moody evening sky.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  12. Aerial view of two golfers playing towards greens and deep bunkers at Moonah Links Golf Course, Fingal, with rural land beyond.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  13. Two golfers carry their bags across a fairway towards a modern clubhouse under a broad, cloudy sky.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  14. Aerial view of a golfer mid-swing from the tee at Moonah Links, with a second golfer, bags on the grass and sandy dunes behind.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  15. Two golfers on a green beside a bunker at Moonah Links Golf Course, Fingal, with the low modern clubhouse on the rise behind.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  16. Two golfers walk over a grassy rise towards a flag against a soft pink and blue sunset sky.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  17. Golfers on a green beside a bunker and a leaning tree, with the Moonah Links clubhouse and signage behind.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  18. Two golfers carrying bags walk a fairway between bunkers towards the clubhouse at Moonah Links Golf Course under a dramatic evening sky.
    Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria

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Two golfers carry their bags along a fairway at Moonah Links between deep sand bunkers towards a distant flag
Two golfers carry their bags along a fairway at Moonah Links between deep sand bunkers towards a distant flagMoonah Links, Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula.Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria

Moonah Links is the Peninsula's most complete golf property - two championship courses (Open and Legends), on-site accommodation, and the integrated infrastructure a small group needs. The Open Course hosted the Australian Open in 2003 and 2005; the Legends Course is the more forgiving sibling, better for mixed groups. Both are firm, links-style, and exposed to Bass Strait weather. The resort angle matters here. Unlike St Andrews Beach (which is just a course), Moonah Links lets you stay on property, play twice in 24 hours, eat without getting back in the car, and treat the weekend as a destination in itself. Book the Open Course if you are a serious golfer; book the Legends if the group is mixed. Package deals with accommodation are often the best value. Midweek pricing is significantly better than weekends. Non-golfers have less to do on-property than at St Andrews Beach - the surrounding area is quiet. Plan for drives if anyone in the group isn't playing.

Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria

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Restaurant Cape Schanck

Barragunda Dining

165 Boneo Rd, Cape Schanck VIC 3939

Chef Simone Watts's farm dining room on a 1000-acre regenerative estate at Cape Schanck, one of the Peninsula's most compelling new voices.

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Suite Cape Schanck

The Cape Retreat

41 Trent Jones Drive, Cape Schanck VIC 3939

Twelve guest suites and shared living spaces at a Cape Schanck retreat with Bass Strait and nearby golf-course outlooks.

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Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens
Attraction
Shoreham

Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens

Ashcombe Maze holds Australia's oldest symmetrical hedge maze, a circular rose garden, a lavender labyrinth, and a small café that sells lavender everything, ice cream, scones, shortbread, tisane, from a room that smells exactly like the fields outside. The gardens are at their peak in spring when the lavender is up, but the maze works in any season and the café is reason enough in autumn. The place is deliberately low-tempo. You walk the maze, you sit in the lavender, you drink tea, and you leave feeling like you have stumbled into a slightly older, gentler version of the Peninsula. It is a good rainy-afternoon reset and an even better spring morning plan. Pair it with Flinders Sourdough on the way through or Flinders General Store afterwards. Bring the kids. Bring older visitors. Do not try to be cynical about it, the charm wins.

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Bushrangers Bay
Beach
Cape Schanck 2 h · Moderate

Bushrangers Bay

Bushrangers Bay is an ocean beach reached through coastal heathland from the eastern carpark at Cape Schanck Lighthouse. Parks Victoria describes this route as a 5.4-kilometre return walk taking about two hours, before extra time for stops. The sandy, narrow, unsealed paths include steep stairs. The dramatic rock formations and Southern Ocean views are the reason to come. This is an unpatrolled beach with unpredictable rips, strong currents, rocky reefs and large waves; Parks Victoria does not recommend swimming, and emergency access is limited. Stay on established paths and keep out of signed Hooded Plover habitat. Bring water and check Parks Victoria's current conditions and fire advice before setting out. Dogs are not permitted; assistance dogs are subject to Parks Victoria's entry requirements.

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Bushrangers Bay and its distinctive rock stacks, viewed from Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula
Walk
Cape Schanck 2 h · Moderate

Bushrangers Bay Walk

From the eastern carpark at Cape Schanck Lighthouse, this walk leads through coastal scrub to Bushrangers Bay. Parks Victoria describes a 5.4 km return trip taking about two hours. Allow more time for stops and the return climb: the sandy, narrow, unsealed path includes steep stairs. Dogs are not permitted; check Parks Victoria entry requirements for assistance dogs. Swimming is not recommended. The beach is unpatrolled, with strong currents, rips, rocky reefs and large waves, and emergency access is limited. Check Parks Victoria changed conditions and current fire advice before setting out. Stay on the track, follow signs protecting nesting shorebirds, and allow enough daylight for the return.

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Trail Guide 6 min

Cape Schanck - The Complete Guide

22 April 2026

The 1859 limestone lighthouse, the boardwalk to Pulpit Rock and Pebble Beach, and the 5.4km return walk to Bushrangers Bay. Cape Schanck lighthouse grounds are free from 6am - lighthouse tours are ticketed. Here is everything.

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