Geelong
Nº 06 · 38.1°S 144.4°E · Melbourne 60 km
Search across Geelong
Geelong's data skews heavily toward small batch producers, with wineries, cidermakers and distillers spread across Bellarine, Curlewis, Wallington, Drysdale and Moorabool rather than clustered in one strip. The city centre carries the cultural weight — gallery, museums, performing arts centre — while craft makers scatter into quieter corners like Newtown, Moolap and Clifton Springs. Op shops and secondhand dealers sit mostly in North Geelong. The pattern reads as a working region: a compact urban core supporting culture and heritage, surrounded by a wider rural and coastal belt where cellar doors, glass studios and jewellers operate on their own terms, often by appointment or limited hours.
Best time to visit
With cellar doors, cideries and open studios spread across Bellarine, Curlewis and Wallington, weekends suit the region best, since several venues keep limited or appointment-only hours. Cooler months favour the museums and gallery in Geelong itself, while the botanic gardens and outdoor cellar doors reward milder, drier stretches of the year.
What sets it apart
The sheer weight of small batch producers — 41 of 60 listings — set against a modest but solid cultural core in Geelong itself is the clearest signal here. Wine, cider, gin and vodka makers spread across a dozen small towns rather than a single strip, many run by named individuals working small parcels or single stills. Culture concentrates centrally, craft disperses into towns like Moolap and Point Lonsdale, giving the region a lopsided but coherent shape: a modest city anchoring a wide, thinly settled productive hinterland.
Where to start
Generated from 60 verified listings · Last updated 6 July 2026
Towns & localities
Guides to Geelong
Highlights
A selection of standout places across Geelong
Tuckerberry Hill
Five minutes east of Drysdale, where the Bellarine Peninsula's paddocks begin…
ShopsWombat Gully Plant Farm
Spread across two and a half acres at Moolap, just outside Geelong, this is one…
Wine & spiritsD'Sas Wines
Andrew Santarossa and Matthew Di Sciascio met while studying wine science…
NatureGeelong Botanic Gardens
On the crest of Eastern Park overlooking Corio Bay, Geelong's botanic gardens…
MakersDavid Hobday's Benwerrin Glass Studio
David Hobday's Benwerrin Glass Studio brings the ancient art of glasswork to…
VintageVintage & Collectables On Hesse
An independent vintage and collectables shop on Queenscliff's main street,…
Wine & spirits
Anther Geelong Distillery
North Geelong, VIC
Named after the pollen-bearing part of a flower, this North Geelong distillery builds its gins…
BAIE Wines
Curlewis, VIC
Sixteen years on the Bellarine Peninsula, and the Curlewis-grown Pinot Gris remains the calling…
Banks Road Vineyard
Marcus Hill, VIC
William Derham planted the first five acres at Marcus Hill in 2002 — Pinot Noir and Chardonnay…
Bellarine Distillery / The Whiskery
Drysdale, VIC
Russ Watson built the still himself — fitter-and-turner background, no shortcuts. The property, a…
Bellarine Estate
Bellarine, VIC
Pete and Liz Kenny planted the first vines on the Bellarine Peninsula's rolling hills; sons James…
Bellarine Spirits
Breakwater, VIC
Former professional tennis player Glenn McColl now applies the same precision to distilling on the…
Bennetts on Bellarine
Bellarine, VIC
Every bottle starts in the vineyard, shaped by Bellarine Peninsula coastal air. The cellar door…
Blackmans Brewery Geelong
Grovedale, VIC
Jess and Renn Blackman started with two taps in Torquay in 2014. The Grovedale site is their…
Curlewis Winery
Curlewis, VIC
On the Bellarine Peninsula an hour south-west of Melbourne, Curlewis pours cool-climate wines…
D'Sas Wines
Newtown, VIC
Andrew Santarossa and Matthew Di Sciascio met while studying wine science together, and, sharing…
Danny Boy Distillery
Grovedale, VIC
Grovedale's own limoncello producer, Danny Boy also turns out Australian single malt whisky, vodka,…
Das Bierhaus
Geelong, VIC
A German bar and restaurant on Moorabool Street in central Geelong, pouring imported beers from…
Museums & galleries
Geelong Arts Centre
Geelong, VIC
Geelong Arts Centre is the region’s principal performing arts venue, on Little Malop Street in…
Geelong Botanic Gardens
East Geelong, VIC
Geelong's botanic gardens have held Tree Cities of the World status four consecutive years — a…
Geelong Gallery
Geelong, VIC
Geelong Gallery sits in Johnstone Park, its permanent collection anchored in Australian art. The…
Geelong Maritime Museum
Geelong, VIC
Geelong Maritime Museum celebrates Corio Bay's rich maritime heritage through a collection of…
National Wool Museum
Geelong, VIC
The source material is almost entirely a council website homepage with no usable content about the…
Old Court House Museum
Drysdale, VIC
The Bellarine Historical Society occupies Drysdale's Old Courthouse, an 1888 shire hall behind four…
Wathaurong Booln Booln Cultural Centre
Grovedale, VIC
Run by the Wathaurong Aboriginal community on Wathaurong Country at Grovedale, this centre takes…
Makers
David Hobday's Benwerrin Glass Studio
Point Lonsdale, VIC
David Hobday's Benwerrin Glass Studio brings the ancient art of glasswork to regional Victoria,…
Fabric of Humanity
Newtown, VIC
Fabric of Humanity operates from Rutland Street, Victoria, as a studio dedicated to textile craft…
Headrush Jewellery
Clifton Springs, VIC
A solo jewellery maker on the Bellarine Peninsula turning out handmade earrings, bangles, rings and…
John McAleer Handcrafted Jewellery
Curlewis, VIC
Forty years in the trade and a 'Jewellery Apprentice of the Year' title early on. John McAleer…
Katherine Wheeler Ceramics
Newtown, VIC
Katherine Wheeler works mainly in porcelain, drawing from the Great Ocean Road coastline — the same…
LoomTex
Breakwater, VIC
A weaving mill and dyehouse in Breakwater with roots going back to 1920, when the site opened as a…
Rebecca Share Millinery
Geelong, VIC
Rebecca Share has been making headwear since 1997, a Victorian milliner who styles herself…
The Foundry Pottery Studio
Moolap, VIC
The building on Wattlepark Avenue once cast the MCG's bronze doors. Now Storm and Frant Bucek run a…
Places to stay
19W Lofts
Barwon Heads, VIC
Benambra Queenscliff Boutique Accommodation
Queenscliff, VIC
A Victorian house in the seaside town of Queenscliff, on the Bellarine Peninsula, given over to…
Bonnies at Barwon
Barwon Heads, VIC
Campbell Point House
Leopold, VIC
Eden Oak Geelong
Geelong, VIC
Grand Hotel
Portarlington, VIC
On Newcombe Street in the coastal town of Portarlington, this 1888 hotel looks out toward Port…
Lon Retreat
Point Lonsdale, VIC
Oakdene Vineyards
Wallington, VIC
Ocean Grove Cedar Cabins
Ocean Grove, VIC
Scotchmans Hill Accommodation
Drysdale, VIC
The Nest Point Lonsdale
Point Lonsdale, VIC
Ti-Tree Village
Ocean Grove, VIC
Nature
Edwards Point Wildlife Reserve
St Leonards, VIC
Between the quiet water of Swan Bay and the open sweep of Port Phillip, this reserve south of St…
Geelong Botanic Gardens
Geelong, VIC
On the crest of Eastern Park overlooking Corio Bay, Geelong's botanic gardens combine a heritage…
Ocean Grove Nature Conservation Reserve
Ocean Grove, VIC
The largest patch of non-coastal indigenous vegetation left on the Bellarine Peninsula — a remnant…
Serendip Sanctuary
Lara, VIC
On the volcanic plains near Lara between Melbourne and Geelong, Serendip is a wetland and grassland…
The You Yangs
Little River, VIC
Rising abruptly from the plains between Melbourne and Geelong, the You Yangs are a cluster of…
Shops
Barwon Heads Winestore
Barwon Heads, VIC
Along the Bellarine Peninsula, this is a shop built around the pleasure of a good bottle chosen…
Collections Concept Store
Newtown, VIC
An independent concept store in Newtown curating an carefully edited selection of contemporary…
Nick's Natives
Wallington, VIC
A small indigenous nursery on Wadawurrung country at Wallington, on the Bellarine Peninsula,…
Plant Addicts Anonymous
North Geelong, VIC
An indoor-plant shop on Douro Street in North Geelong, dog-friendly and stocked with houseplants,…
Quirk
Geelong West, VIC
An independent design store on Pakington Street, Geelong West, trading since 2012 and built around…
Roraima Nursery
Lara, VIC
In Lara, on Swan Street, a specialist grower of cacti, succulents, caudiciforms and bulbs has spent…
Valley Road Nursery
Highton, VIC
Geelong's oldest retail nursery offers a carefully curated range of plants, pots and décor for both…
Wombat Gully Plant Farm
Moolap, VIC
Spread across two and a half acres at Moolap, just outside Geelong, this is one of the larger…
Vintage
Brotherhood of St Laurence Geelong
Geelong, VIC
Brotherhood of St Laurence Geelong is an op shop (charity thrift store) in Geelong, Victoria,…
IHR Antiques
Geelong, VIC
IHR Vintage Antiques deals in the rustier end of the twentieth century from a shop on Slevin Street…
Recycle Warehouse
North Geelong, VIC
Over an acre of secondhand furniture in a North Geelong warehouse — industrial, art deco,…
Vintage & Collectables On Hesse
Queenscliff, VIC
An independent vintage and collectables shop on Queenscliff's main street, where several traders…
Food & dining
Alchemy Bakehouse
Ocean Grove, VIC
An independent artisan bakery on Madeley Street in Ocean Grove, baking fresh sourdough breads,…
Anju Modern Korean Fusion
Newtown, VIC
Modern Korean cooking arrives on Geelong's Pakington Street strip with a playful, boundary-blurring…
Annie's Provedore
Barwon Heads, VIC
A Barwon Heads institution since 2004, part cafe and part gourmet food store, where local oils,…
Archive Wine Bar
Belmont, VIC
A Belmont wine bar and bottle shop that treats the list as the main event, with a by-the-glass…
Born & Bread Bakehouse
Newtown, VIC
A third-generation baker's artisan bakehouse now settled into a larger riverside space on Pakington…
Claribeaux
Curlewis, VIC
A Bellarine Peninsula restaurant working a French-influenced, contemporary line built on…
Fantome Wine Bar & Cocktails
Geelong, VIC
A wine bar on Ryrie Street in central Geelong pouring more than a hundred wines by the glass…
Ket Baker
Wallington, VIC
A 100% sourdough bakery working from a bushland shed kitchen among the gum trees on the Bellarine…
Lard Ass Butter
Ocean Grove, VIC
A small family maker at Ocean Grove churning cultured butter from grass-fed cream in single…
Leega Korean BBQ
Geelong, VIC
Regional Victoria is not overrun with Korean barbecue, and this Gheringhap Street room made the…
Lenny's Ice Creamery
St Leonards, VIC
A seasonal gelato shop on Murradoc Road in St Leonards, on the Bellarine Peninsula, with a rotating…
Ming Terrace
Ocean Grove, VIC
A neighbourhood Chinese restaurant perched upstairs on Ocean Grove's Terrace, its windows framing…
Tours & walks
Based in Geelong
Queenscliff Fishing Charters
Skippered by Tim, with eighteen years and more than a thousand trips behind him, this…
Departs QueenscliffScubabo Dive
A Queenscliff dive charter working more than fifty sites across Port Phillip Bay aboard…
Departs QueenscliffSea All Dolphin Swims
A Queenscliff eco-adventure operator on the Bellarine Peninsula that has spent more than…
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