San Remo

Overview

San Remo is one of Victoria’s significant ocean and bay fishing ports. It still has a fishing village feel and visitors can enjoy ocean fishing charters and or ocean adventure tours. Pelicans are fed daily at midday on the foreshore adjoining the main jetty and Fishermen’s Co-operative area.

Several nature walks offer gorgeous scenery and points of historic interest. A fifteen minute walk from the bridge connecting Phillip Island to the mainland follows the foreshore and leads to Foots Beach and its excellent surf beach. The George Bass Coastal Walk begins at the southern end of Punchbowl Road and is a spectacularly scenic seven kilometre coastal walk to Kilcunda.

History

The area around what is now San Remo was originally occupied the Bunurong people, and frequented by sealers before the Europeans settled the area in 1835.  In 1840 a deepwater port was established at Griffiths Point in order to provide exports of wattle bark, farm produce, cattle, and later coal starting in the 1870s.

The township that grew up around the port became a popular tourist spot and in 1888 was renamed San Remo after the town on the Italian Riviera. Commercial fishing in San Remo began around 1909 when rail links with Melbourne enabled quick transport to city markets.

Places of interest

Jetty
Bridge linking Phillip Island to mainland
Foreshore Promenade
Fishermen’s Co Op
Fishing Fleet
Coastal walks

Accommodation

San Remo is serviced by all types of accommodation including luxury resort apartments, hotel, motel, caravan parks, B&Bs and private house rentals. For accommodation and other information go to www.visitbasscoast.com or phone 1300 366422.

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