Fort Nepean Walk

Mornington Peninsula National Park

Distance: 3.5 kilometres
Duration: 1.5 hours one way
Track condition: Good
Grade: Flat
Start: Gunners car park
Finish: Fort Nepean
Nearby: Portsea
Permits/bookings: Cycling permitted every day from 10am to 3pm

Built in 1882, Fort Nepean was in service until the end of World War Two. In that time, its guns fired just two shots in aggression. Today you can explore the tunnels leading to gun emplacements, ammunition stores and bunkers, and inspect the historic cemetery.

The walk passes Cheviot Beach, where Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared in 1967, and The Rip, the treacherous divide between Point Nepean and Point Lonsdale that has claimed many ships since European settlement.