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Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Stunning coastal circuit hosting MotoGP and Superbikes with a museum and driving experience centre.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Capel Sound
Victoria, Australia · Oceania
About Capel Sound
Capel Sound sits on the route: 10 minutes from McCrae, 52km from Bells Beach.
Capel Sound is in Victoria, Australia, with about 5,200 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is McCrae, about 5 km away.
Capel Sound is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 61 km (38 mi) south of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Capel Sound recorded a population of 5,246 at the 2021 census.
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of Capel Sound is the Tootgarook Swamp, the largest example left of a shallow freshwater marsh in the Port Phillip bay region. The swamp is also described by Melbourne Water as a ground water dependent ecosystem. The 381 hectare swamp is found on the lower section of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. A large portion of the Tootgarook Swamp is zoned as residential and industrial, with roughly half of the actual swamp inside the green wedge and half within the urban growth boundary.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Capel Sound?
Within an hour or so of Capel Sound: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (34 km), Bells Beach (52 km), Sandown Raceway (53 km), Luna Park Melbourne (56 km).
Where is Capel Sound?
Capel Sound is in Victoria, Australia, about 5 km from McCrae.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,246
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Victoria
- Timezone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Coordinates
- -38.3673, 144.8788
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Australia
112 works from mobiles. Distances between fuel stops in the outback can exceed 200 km: plan ahead. Wildlife is most active at dawn/dusk.
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Worth the detour from Capel Sound
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
beach
Bells Beach
Australia's most famous surf beach near Torquay at the start of the Great Ocean Road, home of the world's longest-running surfing contest, the Rip Curl Pro, each Easter.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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Sandown Raceway
A fast, flat 3.1km circuit inside a Melbourne horse racing course, running since 1962 and one of the last surviving old-school Australian touring car venues.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Luna Park Melbourne
Historic St Kilda amusement park opened in 1912 with its iconic laughing face entrance on the waterfront.
56 km · about 65 min drive
racetrack
Albert Park Circuit
Melbourne's lakeside street circuit, traditional F1 season opener
58 km · about 65 min drive
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