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Length: 13km
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Duration: 4hrs
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Grade: 3
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Style: Return
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Start: Boneo Road carpark
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End: Boneo Road carpark
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Location: Mornington Peninsula
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Closest Town: Cape Schanck
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Distance from CBD: 105km
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State: VIC
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Latitude: -38.473347
Longitude: 144.927521
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Sandy Trail
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Hike Summary
The beautiful Bushranger Bay & Cape Schanck hike comprises of a sandy beach surrounded by basalt cliffs. This serene location is contrasted by dark and brooding headlands and wild waves that often crash onto jagged rocks guarding the entrance to the bay.
Bushrangers Bay hike is accessed along Main Creek from the Boneo Road car park and picnic area (2.5km). This section of the Two Bays Walking Track provides fine views and passes through shady Banksia groves.
From Bushrangers Bay follow the 2.6km Bushrangers Bay Track to the Cape Schanck car park to see some of the best coastal scenery near Melbourne. This section of the park was purchased from abutting farms in 1977.
Return via the same route.
Note
Swimming is not recommended at this site as the beach is unpatrolled and often hazardous due to strong rips and large waves.
GPX File
Max elevation: 99 m
Min elevation: 4 m
Total climbing: 441 m
Total descent: -442 m
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30 thoughts on “Bushranger Bay & Cape Schanck (13km)”
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Hi,
I did this hike just the other day. Bushrangers Bay is a nice little hidden gem, but I can agree about the swimming! Even though it was a hot day, big swells and it’s relative isolation kept me out of the water! Spent some time on the beach though, just looking around and taking it all in, it was great.
Hi,
Could someone please confirm if this is 4 hours return?
Thanks
That is correct. Provided you walk at approximately 3km per hour. If you want to spend time on the beach is allow five hours
Hi. Just did this today. Really beautiful and relaxing. Thanks so much for sites like this.
Thank you for your review. ..will be doing this on saturday ?
Lénou Noir
Jodie Alexander this is a nice one to add to the list!
Our husbands need to get higher paying jobs so we can quit work!!! P.s have a great holiday!
Haha I know this feeling!
Sonia Louisa
Looks beautiful
an amazing place
Claire- ✅
Gary Singh
let’s do it
Nora Bone this would be a good one to do ?
Heather King
Louise Higgins
Brad Lester
Looks like a nice walk. Is the hike you did?
Part of the two bays walk. Did one way of it.
Amber Richardson, Jodie Pullin, Steve Shaw, Margaret Talbot….. training!
yep
Yep
Looks good
when
Tania this would be a nice one to do
Have hiked this twice in the last two years. Winter & Summer. Nice easy walk and even though I was carrying plenty of water I was happy to see a cafe selling ice cold drinks at the cape shank end on the summer walk. Wildlife is everywhere. Have seen Kangaroos, Wallabies, Lizards, Echidna and Snakes. The Ti tree tunnel is especially cool.