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Cowes, Australia
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Cowes packs an unusually dense café and restaurant scene into its compact-town footprint, making it the social hub of Phillip Island on Victoria's Gippsland coast. The north-facing beach fronting Western Port Bay was ranked among Australia's best beaches for 2025, with calm conditions suited to swimming. Melbourne is roughly two hours away by road, or reachable by passenger ferry from Stony Point on the Mornington Peninsula.

  • Population4,770
  • Nearest water from center3.5 km
  • Nearest mountain from center2.1 km
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