Outings

BirdLife Bayside Outing

  • Date Saturday, 26 September 2026
  • Time 10:00 am
  • Locations Lake Lorne & McLeods Waterholes Reserve, Drydale & Swan Bay Jetty, Swan Bay

Overview

Join BirdLife Bayside for an outing led by Tania Ireton for an outing to the Bellarine Peninsula: Lake Lorne & McLeods Waterholes Reserve, Drysdale & Swan Bay Jetty, Swan Bay

We’ll walk around Lake Lorne and then have lunch. After lunch we visit McLeods Waterholes Reserve and Swan Bay Jetty. Once we finish birding here you can choose to have afternoon tea or head home, particularly if you are planning to catch the ferry.

Toilets available at Drysdale railway station and Swan Bay Jetty.

Bring morning tea and a folding chair.
Enquiries: Tania on 0433 015 282.

Please wear suitable clothes and shoes for bushwalking, including a hat and sunscreen. Please note that outings are very rarely cancelled, but will be automatically cancelled on days of a Total Fire Ban or severe weather.

Getting There

Meet at Drysdale Station car park (Melway map 456 G 12). The entrance to the car park is on the right, almost opposite Carriage Crescent on the left, and just before the entrance to the car park at the start of Station Street.

The drive to McLeods Waterholes Reserve is about 10 minutes. From the railway station car park, turn left onto High Street and then right onto Jetty Road. Continue to Wyndham Street and turn right. The first road on your left is Central Road, immediately afterwards turn right into McLeods Waterholes Reserve and park amongst the trees near Wyndham Street (Melway map 456 G 10).
After the walk we will head straight to Swan Bay Jetty (486 H 1), about a 20 minute drive. Turn left onto Wyndham Road and then left at Jetty Road and then right onto High Street. Follow High Street past the Drysdale Bypass/Portarlington Road/C123 and straight onto C129, turning right at the large roundabout to continue on C129/Grubb Road. After 3 km, turn left onto Swan Bay Road. Follow the road to the end, about 9.5km.