Spa Fingal
Alba Thermal Springs & Spa
282 Browns Road, Fingal VIC 3939
Contemporary geothermal bathing and spa treatments in a landscaped Fingal setting.
St Andrews Beach Golf Course
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Gary Lisbon, courtesy of Visit Victoria 
Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
St Andrews Beach is the Peninsula's strongest public-access golf story. Tom Doak architecture, world-ranking credibility, and an address anyone can book - that combination is rarer in Australian golf than the prestige market would have you believe. The course sits in coastal duneland near Fingal, with enough exposure to the Bass Strait weather to make the same round play differently depending on when you show up. Go in autumn when the light flattens and the crowds thin. Book well ahead for weekends. Pair it with the hot springs or a southern Peninsula lunch and the whole day holds together as a proper trip rather than an isolated round.
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Spa Fingal
Peninsula Hot Springs
140 Springs Ln, Fingal VIC 3939
The original Peninsula thermal springs, still the biggest, still the most complete wellness circuit for people who want the full ritual.
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Lodge Fingal
Peninsula Hot Springs Eco Lodges
140 Springs Lane, Fingal VIC 3939
Eco lodge accommodation at Peninsula Hot Springs in Fingal, a separate option from glamping for a stay centred on geothermal bathing.
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Plan
The Peninsula Golf Weekend
Two nights at Jackalope, one round at St Andrews Beach, vineyard meals and a short coastal alternative for non-golfers.
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Attraction 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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Beach 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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Walk 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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Journal pieces that deepen this stop
Service 9 min
Mornington Peninsula Golf: Stay and Play
14 April 2026
Peninsula golf courses, nearby stays, and the booking checks that make a trip work.
Service 5 min
Mornington Peninsula Springs Weekend
9 April 2026
One Fingal bathhouse, two nights and an unhurried Sunday.