Geelong, Australia
Melbourne's Waiting Room
"Where the Bay Meets the Bypass"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing a rusted Ford Falcon rampant upon a field of woolstore bricks, flanked by two Geelong Cats supporters mid-cheer, beneath a bay dotted with the famous bollards, each one silently judging passers-by.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Nice waterfront, I'll give it that, and Eastern Beach is genuinely lovely on a sunny day. But we drove in expecting the 'Pivot City' rebrand to mean something and mostly just found the old Ford plant is now a car park and everyone talks about the Cats like it's a religion. Kardinia Park was rocking on game day though, so three stars for the atmosphere alone. Would visit again if I'm ever stuck between Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road with nothing better to do."— Trevor Doonan, Ballarat
Property Listing
Stunning bayside lifestyle opportunity just 75 minutes from Melbourne (traffic permitting, and it never permits), offering unrivalled access to the Great Ocean Road, a passionate AFL culture, and a skyline once dominated by wool stores now dominated by cranes building apartments nobody asked for. A blue-chip investment for the astute buyer who enjoys seagulls and sudden wind.
Twinned With
Newcastle — Both are proud port cities that lost their big manufacturing employer and rebuilt their identity around a football club and a waterfront redevelopment.
Supporting Evidence
Geelong's Eastern Beach foreshore is decorated with over 100 hand-painted wooden bollards depicting local historical figures, a whimsical public art project born from a 1990s slump when the town desperately needed something to photograph.