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Cape Schanck
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38° 29' 33" S
144° 53' 12" E
Cape Schanck Lighthouse
About the town
Cape Schanck
Right at the southern tip of the peninsula, Cape Schanck is less a town than a meeting point of cliff, lighthouse and open ocean. It's remote, wind-scoured and completely unlike the bay side, and that's exactly the appeal.
The 1859 lighthouse, the boardwalk down to Pulpit Rock, two famous golf courses and the long coastal walk to Bushrangers Bay make it worth a full day, or a night at the resort if you can manage it.
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Cape Schanck Lighthouse
Built in 1859, the bluestone lighthouse still stands watch over the meeting of Bass Strait and Port Phillip. Take a guided tour up the tower, then follow the boardwalk down past the lookouts to Pulpit Rock and the basalt shoreline below.
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Walks & Coastal
Trails
From the lighthouse boardwalk to the long haul out to Bushrangers Bay, Cape Schanck is best seen on foot. Black Rock, Fingal Beach and the Two Bays Trail all start within a few minutes' drive.
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Winery
Jackalope
Blossom season on the Peninsula is short and spectacular. October and November bring stone fruit flowers
Winery
Jackalope
Blossom season on the Peninsula is short and spectacular. October and November bring stone fruit flowers
Winery
Jackalope
Blossom season on the Peninsula is short and spectacular. October and November bring stone fruit flowers
Winery
Jackalope
Blossom season on the Peninsula is short and spectacular. October and November bring stone fruit flowers
Stay & Dine
Stay a night at the clifftop RACV Resort, or book the historic Barragunda estate for something quieter. Both put you minutes from the lighthouse, the trails and a proper dinner.
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Winery
Jackalope
Blossom season on the Peninsula is short and spectacular. October and November bring stone fruit flowers
Winery
Jackalope
Blossom season on the Peninsula is short and spectacular. October and November bring stone fruit flowers
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