Route via Phillip Island, ca. 85 km

The Motor Camp of Frankston is located at the highest point of the area, so I could start my day rolling downhill on the double lane road before branching off towards Hastings. After this there is a one kilometer long but not so heavy climb. The road to Stony Point is signposted, a pleasant route, with a section on a separate bike lane. The ferry boat to Phillip Island is scheduled daily at 8h30 and 17h00, every other day (Tues, Thurs, ...) also at 12h00. I was lucky that I had caught one of these other days. I was not aware that directly opposite to the pier there is a campsite, otherwise I would have cycled these 24 km the day before, the section is not hard to ride. It seemes the camping guide of the tourist office in Melbourne did not show all the camps around - but I didn't find a better one.

The advantage of this route is to avoid the highway around the Western Port Bay, plus it is a much nicer road. After the ferryboat trip, which turned out to be a speed boat, we arrived in Cowe on Phillip Island. I started biking immediately in the direction of Newhaven, an easy road, but if you have time, it's worth to explore Phillip Island in more detail. A bridge with a separate bike lane is linking the island with the mainland, and after this I passed San Remo - good for buying some food in the local store. From here the route is getting hilly for the first time, I had to climb two steeper sections before I reached the town of Anderson. In Anderson I took the route to Wonthaggi at the roundabout. The next steep climb follows, but after this I could enjoy rolling downhill to the ocean.

The route remains still hilly here, but not so steep as before. In Wonthaggi I already saw a motor camp with tent sites. From here I had two options for the last section of the day. The first is the route via Cape Paterson (with another camp), 22 km long. The second is the direct way, a bit hilly, to Inverloch, 12 km to go, I chose this. There I branched off to Anderson Inlet, and another 1,5 km to reach the local campsite on the Esplanade road. The camp was pretty crowded, but it's beautifully located at the shore. Remark: there are more campgrounds at Inverloch.

Camping Inverloch on OpenStreetMap

Frankston - Inverloch