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Point Nepean Shuttle info and group bookings History Location and access Call (03) 5986 5666 or visit venturabus.com.au Indigenous history How to get there [email protected] Point Nepean is part of Boonwurrung country. Point Nepean is located 90km from . Bike and audio tour hire The Boonwurrung people lived on and around Visitors can catch a train from Melbourne to Point Nepean Information Point Nepean for thousands of years gathering Frankston and then a bus to Portsea (stops at Centre Call (03) 5984 6014 shellfish and other foods along the coastline. park entrance gate) and walk in. The Sorrento to The interaction with early settlers and ceremony Queenscliff passenger ferry operates on the hour Caring for the make it an important place. Extensive shell middens from 7am to 6pm (with extended summer hours). environment are reminders of their enduring association. Help us look after this park by Getting around the park remembering these guidelines: Early settlement Visitors can park at the Quarantine Station and Please take all rubbish Point Nepean has evidence of some of the earliest begin their park discovery from here. Alternatively with you when you leave European settlement in Victoria, including pastoral visitors can park at Gunners Cottage and walk or Fires and camping activities and lime burning. Shepherd’s Hut, cycle the 2.6 kilometres to Fort Nepean. Bikes can are prohibited located in the Quarantine Station, is one of the be hired from the Point Nepean Information earliest intact limestone buildings in Victoria. Its Centre. An all-terrain beach wheelchair is available Keep to walking tracks cellar dates to 1845. for visitors who are frail or have physical Access to much of the disabilities. The chair can be borrowed for free coastline is prohibited for conservation and Quarantine Station and booked in advance by contacting the safety reasons Established in 1852, it was the place for Information Centre. Wheelchair access is available Swimming is not advised quarantine purposes in Victoria until 1979 and in key areas, see map. closed in 1980. The site later become home to the Dogs, cats and other A hop on hop off shuttle service operates domestic pets Army Officer Cadet School (1952–1985) and the from 10:30am to 4:00pm daily between the are prohibited School of Army Health (1985–1998). In 1999, Quarantine Station and Fort Nepean. Timetable selected buildings were used to accommodate All native plants and information can be obtained from the Point Nepean wildlife are protected – Kosovo Refugees. Visitors can see remarkably Information Centre, at designated stops or at keep a safe distance intact historic buildings with artefacts spanning www.venturabus.com.au. Tickets can be Fishing is only permitted from over 150 years of quarantine and army use. purchased from the shuttle bus. Group bookings the Quarantine Station shoreline can be arranged by calling (03) 5986 5666 or Portable gas BBQ’s Defence email [email protected] may be used in the The entrance to Port Phillip was the most Quarantine Station only heavily forted port in the Southern Hemisphere. Self-guided tours Use of remote controlled There are many Colonial and Commonwealth Award winning virtual audio tours offering an model planes or structures from 1880s–1940s located around the ‘Drones’ is prohibited. insight into the history and cultural significance of park. Fort Nepean is considered to be one of the the park are available for hire at the Point Nepean Boat landing is permitted best examples in Australia of a major fort complex Information Centre. The audio guides can also on the beach at exhibiting the changes in military engineering designated areas near the be downloaded for free onto an MP3 player at Quarantine Station over the 19th and 20th centuries. www.parks.vic.gov.au or to an iPhone through the iTunes store in advance to visiting the park. Please don’t throw this Flora and fauna park note away. Self-guided brochures are also available in the park Keep it, recycle it or return The remnant flora and fauna of Point Nepean is for the Quarantine Station and Fort Nepean areas. it for others to use. of very high significance. A remote and protected location, it is home to the White-footed Dunnart, Want to volunteer? Be FireReady Long-nosed Bandicoot, Black Wallaby, Singing and stay safe If you are interested in lending a hand there Honeyeater, Blue-winged parrot and Hooded are volunteer groups involved in maintenance, Many parks and forests are Plover. The park also comprises the largest and conservation and heritage protection programs, located in high fire risk areas. most intact area of remnant coastal vegetation please call 13 1963. On days of forecast Code Red remaining on the southern Mornington Peninsula. Fire Danger this park will be Native plants and vegetation communities include closed for public safety. Point Nepean National Park Coastal Moonah Woodland, Coastal Dune Scrub, Open everyday You may not receive a remnant grasslands and threatened orchids. personal warning that the End of Point Nepean Road, Portsea park is closed so check the latest conditions by calling The marine life Vehicles can enter the park between 13 1963 or visit Surrounding Point Nepean is Port Phillip Heads 8am–5pm and exit at any time www.parks.vic.gov.au Marine National Park. The diversity and abundance of marine flora and fauna in these waters are greater Point Nepean Information Centre than many comparable habitats elsewhere in the Open everyday (except Christmas day) world. Its intertidal zone is a habitat for a wide from 10am–5pm variety of shellfish, marine invertebrates, dramatic underwater gorges, colourful sponge gardens, (03) 5984 6014 tall kelp forests and emerald sea-grass beds. [email protected] NO BIKES BEYOND THIS POINT Ramp (wheelchair access) NO VEHICLES BEYOND THIS POINT

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