Things to do in Dromana, Victoria: What are the best attractions?

The best things to do in Dromana, Victoria include taking the cable car to Arthurs Seat, swimming at Dromana Beach and enjoying the gardens at Heronswood.

Dromana, Victoria, is one of several towns on the Mornington Peninsula with plenty to interest tourists. It’s between Mount Martha and Rosebud on Port Phillip Bay, while wine hub Red Hill is to the south-east.

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Things to do in Dromana, Victoria: Beach and Foreshore Reserve

If you want beach time, Dromana Beach is perfectly decent, with the bay waters usually being suitably calm for swimming. Behind it, the Dromana Foreshore Reserve offers picnic spots, walking tracks, colourful beach boxes and a limited amount of camping. There are also plenty of shops and cafés along Point Nepean Road.

If you want heritage, then the Dromana and District Historical Society Museum provides the obligatory small town museum dose of old photographs and rusty farm equipment.

But the best things to do in Dromana are set back from the beach. First up is Heronswood, home of the Diggers Club gardening community. This handsome old historic home comes with a couple of acres of beautifully-presented gardens.

Heronswood is really just an appetiser for Dromana’s top attraction, however. Arthurs Seat is the highest point on the Mornington Peninsula. It’s hardly a mountain – this granite hill is only 314m high. But the walk up to Arthurs Seat State Park is something of a Mornington Peninsula rite of passage.

13 fabulous Mornington Peninsula experiences to book

There are dozens of Mornington Peninsula tours available from Melbourne. The experiences listed below are aimed at those staying on the Peninsula, or with their own transport.

Half day dolphin and seal swim from Sorrento.
Peninsula Hot Springs fire, ice and bathe experience.
Moonlit Sanctuary wildlife park entry ticket.
Guided e-bike tour in Arthurs Seat State Park and beyond.
Wildlife kayaking tour from Portsea.
Waterbike tour from Mornington.
Point Nepean National Park bike hire.
French cooking class in Fingal.
Dolphin and seal watching cruise from Sorrento.
Mornington Peninsula wineries hop-on, hop-off bus.
Montalto Vineyard discovery wine-tasting with lunch.
Enchanted Garden entry ticket.
Snorkelling with sea dragons in Portsea.

Things to do in Dromana, Victoria: Arthurs Seat Lookout

The views from the Arthurs Seat Lookout are fantastic. On a clear day, you can see the Melbourne skyline, Mt Macedon and the You Yangs across Port Phillip Bay. There are also several walking trails within the Arthurs Seat State Park, while the Enchanted Adventure Garden provides mazes, massive slides and treetop adventure courses. You can drive up to Arthurs Seat, but the most fun way of getting there is on the Arthurs Seat Eagle cable car.

Arthurs Seat Eagle cable car, Mornington Peninsula — The Arthurs Seat Eagle cable car from Dromana is the most fun way to reach Arthurs Seat State Park on the Mornington Peninsula.

The other attraction in Dromana potentially worth knowing about is the Dromana Drive-In. This drive-in movie theatre shows new release movies on massive screens, and you watch either in or next to your car.

Dromana accommodation

There are plenty of good Dromana accommodation options. These include holiday homes at the Rosewater Townhouses, lakeside villas at the Crittenden Estate Vineyard and the Kangerong Holiday Park, just two minutes’ walk from the beach.

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