Torquay - VIC

  Town

Position

DEG: -38.330849 144.326385
DMS: 38º 19' 51.06" S 144º 19' 34.99" E
UTM: 55 H 5754092mN 266302mE
Altitude: 19.77m

Description

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

80.1kms SouthWest of Melbourne - Driving 104 km (1 hour 21 mins)
546.69kms SouthWest of Canberra - Driving 751 km (7 hours 31 mins)
565.8kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 830 km (1 day 1 hour)
636.16kms SouthEast of Adelaide - Driving 725 km (8 hours 0 mins)

Address & Contact

1 Zeally Bay Rd
Torquay VIC 3228
Phone: 03 5261 4219
Email: torquayvic@surfcoast.vic.gov.au
Web: https://www.visitvictoria.com/regions/great-ocean-road/travel-information/visitor-information-centres/torquay-visitor-information-centre

Information

The seaside resort of Torquay is located at the north-eastern end of what Victorians know as The Surf Coast. Torquay's ocean beach faces into Bass Strait, so is a genuine surf beach with excellent surfing waves in the right conditions.

Torquay is just 21 km south of Geelong and is the gateway to the Great Ocean Road. The town has a population of about 13,000 but that number increases substantially during the Summer holiday season and at long weekends.

From the 1860s, after British settlement of the area, picnickers began to frequent the location. Originally known as Spring Creek, it was later known as Puebla and became Torquay in 1892.

Torquay is a thriving commercial centre with caravan parks and a wide variety of hotels, motels and other privately provided accommodation options. As the north-eastern gateway to the Great Ocean Road it is a convenient stocking point for the trip with a shopping area featuring some of the big names of retail.

Appropriately, Torquay is the home of the Surf World Surfing Museum and many outlets for surfing needs. Although primarily a beach town, it provides access to an extensive hinterland of farm country, small towns and mountainous areas providing many walking, hiking and driving opportunities. And, of course, the surf beaches in the area are suitable for fishing.
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Closest Weather Station

Geelong Racecourse at 10/12:00pm EDT
Distance from Torquay 11.88km N
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
17.8°C15.7°C59%9.7°C1024.2hPa0.0mmSSE11km/hr
6knots
24km/hr
13knots

Closest Climatic Station

Grovedale (Geelong Airport)
Distance from Torquay 11.88km N
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C24.524.823.120.217.014.513.915.016.518.620.722.7
Mean Min. °C12.913.612.09.57.85.95.45.86.67.69.510.9
Mean Rain mm37.331.532.045.246.542.249.249.149.751.352.840.1

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