Port Fairy - town in Victoria, Australia

Port Fairy is a town on the South West Coast of Victoria.

Understand

Port Fairy is where the Princes Hwy touches the ocean in Victoria. A nice spot to break the journey between Adelaide and Melbourne via the Princes Highway or coastal route.

Get in

The easiest way to get into Port Fairy by car and is about a 30 km drive west of Warrnambool via the Princes Highway west and takes about a 20 minute drive. The V/line Warrnambool line does not serve Port Fairy though but is sometimes a stopover on V/line buses to Mount Gambier.

Get around

See

• Port Fairy Museum and Archives, 30 Gipps St, -38.387618°, 142.240039°, +61 3 5568 2263. Varies by season. Local history museum located in an old courthouse built in 1859. 2021-11-08
• Port Fairy Lighthouse, Griffiths Island (on Port Fairy Coastal Reserve), -38.391073°, 142.253917°. Historic lighthouse. 2021-11-08

Do

Go to the annual Sausage Dog race!! The Daschund Dash is an annual event in early June. See Port Fairy Winter Weekends.

Buy

Eat

• Yellow House Cafe & Thai Restaurant, 19 Bank St, -38.383611°, 142.23638°, +61 3 5568 3322. M-Sa 11AM-11PM, Su 3-11PM. General Thai cuisine, and you can get most things available at any Australian Thai restaurant. 2021-10-27
• Le Crêpe Man (Le Crêpe Man of Belfast), 43 Sackville St, -38.384632°, 142.236835°. W-Sa 8:30AM–2PM, Su 9AM–2PM. As the name of the place suggests, this place sells crepes. 2021-10-27

Drink

Sleep

• Port Fairy YHA, 8 Cox Street, -38.3854°, 142.2387°. Hostel in one of the oldest buildings in town. Rooms from $40, beds from $23 2015-06-09
• Central Motel Port Fairy, PO Box 73, Port Fairy 3284 VIC, -38.3839°, 142.2366°, +61 3 5568 1800. Located in the centre of town in a quiet landscaped garden off the main street

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