I Do Like To Be Beside The Sea

This grand residence could become a great guests' getaway, writes Mary Kerley. Queenscliff 15 Swanston Street $2.5 million-plus Private sale Agent Fletchers, 5258 2833 Melway Map 500 H1

Relive Boom Times On A Walk Through Queenscliff

IN 1853, James Baillieu came to Port Phillip as a sailor on the Priscilla, which anchored at the quarantine station off Portsea. Tired of the captain's bullying, he jumped ship and was washed up across the bay at Shortland Bluff, Queenscliff. Baillieu found work as a boatman before becoming assistant lighthouse keeper of the Point Lonsdale lighthouse. By then it was the booming 1880s and the enterprising Baillieu managed to borrow enough money to build what is now known as the Ozone Hotel - one ...

Music Will Fill The Queenscliff Air This Weekend

IN ITS eight-year history, the Queenscliff Music Festival has received many honours as the most significant festival at both the Victorian and National Tourism Awards. This year, the event's consistent success was recognised by an induction into the Victorian Tourism Awards Hall of Fame. The acknowledgment has cemented the event's importance for Queenscliff tourism and - judging by this year's line-up - reinforced its reputation as an essential stop on the national music festival circuit.

Music Festival Head To Bow Out

The artistic director of the Queenscliff Music Festival, Hugo T. Armstrong, will step down from the role after seven years, saying he wants to go out while the festival is thriving.

Camp Queenscliff

An idyllic, bayside location is the perfect spot for one of Victoria's great unsung institutions for children. John Gascoigne reports.

Write Your Own Music History At Queenscliff Music Festival

So, you missed out on Woodstock '69? Well, there is no better excuse to create your own musical history by attending Queenscliff Music Festival. In its seventh year, this premier music festival has won the Victoria Tourism Award for Significant Festivals and Events for the last two years.

Let's Do The Time Warp Again

When you've had enough of the Grand Prix you can head for the 19th century. Hilary Doling went time travelling. IT may be only an hour and a half from Melbourne (less if you drive like Michael Schumacher) but the town of Queenscliff is about as far away from burning rubber and petrol fumes as you ca

Surfing The Market

MELBURNIANS' summer Surf Coast exodus brings to Victoria's western shores its annual peak property-market activity. Estate agents and rental investors are inundated with demand for their services and for holiday accommodation, as thousands of visitors throng to seaside havens stretching from Queens

Town Shoulders Arms Over Loss Of Army Fort

Queenscliff residents still hope to keep the army in town, despite a decision to turn the local historic fort into a museum and motel. The Defence Minister, Mr Ian McLachlan, last week attempted to end speculation over the picturesque red brick fort's future, announcing his endorsement of a Defen

Five Stars Help Beacon Shine Brightest

TO THE untrained observer, Beacon Resort Caravan Park in Queenscliff appears just like any other in the summer holiday peak. Caravans, tents, cars and boats jostle for space while parents lounge in the shade watching swarms of hyperactive children playing around them. But to the keen eye of RACV

Queenscliff Is Serving Up Her Old Charm Again

HISTORY, when it hankers to repeat itself, is often tardy, fickle and unpredictable. Queenscliff, which has known lush times and lean, has waited a long time for history to return with a smile of good fortune. Slowly but surely, it's on its way. It was once Victoria's most exclusive, then most f

Artists Flock To A Clifftop Experience

The gentle beaches of historic Queenscliff have drawn a number of artists, Christopher de Fraga reports. THE lure of the sea with cliffs, beaches, good restaurants, coffee shops and nearby vinyards has turned Queenscliff into a mecca for artists in the 1990s as poets, writers, potters and artist

Coastal Playground Draws Buyers

Victoria's south-west coast is the drawcard for many holidaymakers who eagerly check prices for house and land bargains. Although bargains exist, the area is highly prized and remains relatively expensive, reports Antony Catalano. FROM the historic township of Queenscliff to the spectacular surf

Lorne - Sought For Its Sun, Sand, Surf And Swimming

THE feeling of relief and optimism about the property upturn among real estate agents from Queenscliff along the surf coast and the Great Ocean Road, is also shared by Mr Ken Smyth of Smyth Real Estate in Lorne. ``For the past two years, we have been listing houses but not selling them; now we a

Tracks To Nowhere

Victoria's country rail network again faces drastic surgery, with more lines to be axed. CHRISTOPHER RICHARDS boards the nostalgia special to describe the way it was. FLOWING skirts and full-sleeved blouses among the ferns of the Dandenongs or on the beach at Queenscliff. Boaters and ornate whisk

Bain Rests After Eye Surgery

THE Queenscliff pro Robbie Bain is out of the water for at least three weeks after an operation on his left eye to remove a pterygium. It is the second time in eight years that Bain, 24, has had this surgery. "I first had it done in 1979 but it grew back again. This time, when they