Half Moon Bay@Mornington Peninsula (my rating B)

we went to explore 3 beaches on Monington Peninsula yesterday: Rye Beach, Rosebud Beach and this one, Half Moon Bay at Mt Eliza.

To me, this is the best among the 3 beaches, though still, I love other beaches on A list better than this one, (Sorry, Half Moon Bay)

Nice beach, easy parking, toilet & shower facilities.  I'll be happy to re-visit this beach.

 

(Entry to the beach)

 

(on the beach)

 

(on the beach)

Rosebud Beach@Mornington Peninsula (my rating C)

Rosebud Beach (100m west and 200m east of the car park opp. Murry Anderson Drive) is an offleash beach when it's not in Day Light Saving days.

The car park is big, plenty of spots given it's not summer.

But the beach is very narrow (not sure if it was because of the tides?), with foreshore vegetation, there isn't much room for beach walk, unless you're happy for the waves splash on your feet, which I did, and I love to wet my feet in the water.......

 

(car park)

 

(entry to the beach)

 

(on the beach)

Rye Beach@Mornington Peninsula (my rating C)

Rye Beach (between Daly Avenue and Shirlow Avenue) is an offleash beach when it's not Day Light Saving.

Looks like it's a popular place for water gliding.

The beach was narrow (not sure if it was because of the tide?)

We brought the beach chairs and toys, but didn't feel like to spend too much time there........... :-(

We had a short walk on the beach though......

 

(The entry to the beach, also where to park)

(on the beach)

 

(we found a jelly, and watched how waves slowly carry it into the water again, so the jelly's life keeping going....)

The cafes and restaurants on Mornington Peninsula are soooo nice, great food and great people...... 

We've tried the ones in Mornington, Rye, Rosebud, Mt. Eliza,  Sorrento, etc.  and none of them disappointed me yet......

Urquhart Bluff Beach@Great Ocean Road (Urquhart Bluff) (my rating A)

Urquhart Bluff Beach is about 6km past Anglesea Information Centre (towards Aireys Inlet).  You'll see the sign "Urquhart Bluff Beach & Car Park - 300m" on the left of the road.  The car park is right next to the beach.  There're toilet facilities at this beach.  There are picnic tables and benches at the car park, next time, we'll bring lunch here. :-)

 The right side of the beach access is offleash all year round.  The left side is offleash between March and November (excluding Easter).  You would enjoy most of it when the tides are low.

 The beach walk can be as fun as possible, as relaxing as possible.......  that's what we had this afternoon.......

The beach walk can be made between Pt Roadknight and Urquhart Bluff.  Pls note that dogs are not allowed at Pt Roadknight Beach.

(View from the Car park)

 

(Urquhart Bluff Beach - marked on the map)

Bald Hill Park@Clarinda (my rating A)

Bald Hill Park is a big park in Clarinda (Clayton South), 40min away from Melbourne City (via M1).  The bike path is very nice.  The adventure playground is awesome!  It has on-leash and off-leash areas.  There're dog exercise equipments in the off-leash area!

The offleash area and the dog exercise equipments is near Eulinga Road (closer to Bunney Road End).

The playground (and the toilets) is near Inverness St (car park  is off Inverness St).

 

(dog exercise equipments)

 

(adventure playground)

 

(adventure playground)

 

(adventure playground)

 (overlooking from the hilltop)

(map downloaded from Kingston City Council website)

******* Extracted from Kingston City Council Website:
This 13 hectare park has walking paths, abundant natives and waterholes for birds. Included are picnic shelters, 4 BBQs, a playground and public toilets (with access for people with a disability). Dog off leash area
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Raffey Lake Park@Doncaster (my rating A)

Raffey Lake Park at Doncaster (or Doncaster East?) is definitely on my A list.  It's a huge park with on-leash and off-leash areas, 2 fantastic adventure playgrounds.  The path is suitable for bikes/scooters.  There are several entrances and car parks. 

I were amazed with this park / playground that I forgot to take any photos.

We'll visit this park again for sure!  And I'll take lots of photos......... :-)

 

(map from Manningham City Council website)