Boneo

Boneo is an inland rural locality on the Mornington Peninsula, with farmgate produce and access to Greens Bush; Boneo Discovery Park and the thermal springs are in neighbouring Fingal.

Boneo is an inland rural locality with working farms and access to Greens Bush. Hawkes Farm's farmgate shop is in Boneo, and Boneo Park hosts equestrian events. The similarly named Boneo Discovery Park, Peninsula Hot Springs and Alba are in neighbouring Fingal. Choose a farmgate stop or a Parks Victoria walk here, then check each operator's address and access details before adding a nearby attraction.

A farmgate stop, a bush track and a quieter inland route through the Peninsula.

Peninsula Insider - editor's note

Is Boneo the right base?

Who this place rewards - and who should keep driving

It's for

farmgate stops
bushwalking
equestrian events

It's not for

a walkable cafe strip
a beachfront base

Do not navigate to Boneo Discovery Park by town name alone. Its entrance is in Fingal at 695 Limestone Road.

Boneo in brief

Boneo in 5 points

01 Boneo is farm and bush country inland from the bay, with no town-centre shopping strip.
02 Best for: a farmgate stop at Hawkes Farm, a Greens Bush walk, or an event at Boneo Park.
03 Check the address: Boneo Discovery Park is at 695 Limestone Road, Fingal, despite its name.
04 Allow a few hours for a stop or walk; a hot-springs booking in Fingal is a separate outing.
05 Use current Parks Victoria and operator advice for track access, events and opening times.

A perfect day here

A day in Boneo

Begin at Hawkes Farm on Boneo Road, then choose a signed Greens Bush walk using Parks Victoria's current access advice. If Boneo Park has an event you want to attend, check its programme and visitor details. Keep Fingal's hot springs or Discovery Park as a separate planned stop.

For an easy planning check: Hawkes Farm is in Boneo; Boneo Discovery Park is in Fingal. The similarly named places do not share an address.
- Editor's note

What's mapped here

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Golf Course

Boneo 4.5 h

Eagle Ridge Golf Course

Eagle Ridge is the Peninsula's hinterland option - a parkland-feel 18-hole course set among gum trees and dams in the Boneo valley, away from the coastal exposure of the Cape Schanck courses. That makes it the better choice on windy days and in mid-winter when the links courses are playing hard. It is also consistently one of the better-value rounds on the Peninsula. The course is public-access, bookings are easy, and the pricing sits well below St Andrews Beach, Moonah Links, and The Dunes. Architecturally less celebrated than the top public courses, but the conditioning is good, the layout is varied, and for a casual or mixed-skill round it punches above its price. Practice facilities are solid. The clubhouse restaurant is decent - worth a post-round lunch if you're not planning to drive up to Red Hill. Best used as the second round on a 36-hole weekend, or as the round you book when the wind forecast is over 30 knots.

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Where it sits

Boneo on the Peninsula

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Ocean Coast · cape

Cape Schanck

Cape Schanck is where the Peninsula finally runs out of land, dropping off the plateau into Bass Strait with a drama that still takes first-timers by surprise. The 1859 lighthouse stands on the last headland, the boardwalk threads down through tea-tree to a basalt beach that disappears at high tide, and on a clear afternoon the horizon carries nothing but open ocean all the way to Tasmania. This is the Peninsula's most cinematic short walk, and the cleanest case for why the southern end is worth the drive beyond the vineyards. Come for the lighthouse and the lookout, stay for the Bushrangers Bay walk west along the coast, and time your arrival for the last two hours of daylight.

Ocean Coast · village

Fingal

Fingal sits quietly between Rye and Cape Schanck on the Peninsula's ocean-coast flank, and it is the kind of place that earns its reputation through what happens there rather than through what it calls itself. Peninsula Hot Springs has made it a pilgrimage destination for a particular kind of weekend - thermal pools, early morning mist off the coast, a round at Moonah Links, and nothing much else demanding your attention. The Cape Schanck lighthouse is fifteen minutes south. The back beaches are wild and within reach. Fingal rewards the visitor who wants comfort rather than activity.

Bay Coast · town

Rye

Rye sits on the lower Peninsula between Tootgarook and Blairgowrie. The bay-facing front beach has a pier and sheltered water; the ocean-facing back beach is a separate outing with different conditions. Point Nepean Road gives visitors places to eat and shop, while the Fingal hot springs are a drive inland. Use Rye as a base for both coasts, and check beach conditions before swimming.

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Events in Boneo

Coming up in Boneo, pulled from the events registry.

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✦Boneo Community Market
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Peninsula's longest-running volunteer-run community market. Third Saturday, year-round, all weather. Make it, grow it, bake it: real homemade and homegrown.
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