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Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is a city in Victoria, Australia, and is the oldest European settlement in the state. It is also the main urban centre in the Shire of Glenelg and is located on Portland Bay.
Portland offers a great range of activities. Fantastic beaches, fishing, whale watching, tours of aboriginal sites, shopping, history and botanical gardens.
Take to the water along the Great Ocean Road and choose from an abundance of sporting activities including sea kayaking, surfing and scuba diving. Explore Portland and Discovery Coast and spot seals at Cape Bridgewater, watch blue whales off Cape Nelson or traverse the Great South West Walk.
- Portland Cable Trams. Many of the spots on this list are linked by a cable tram network that is not quite as old as it looks. The 3.7-kilometre line, running from Henty Park to the World War II Memorial Lookout, is a tourism initiative but also caters to the rail heritage enthusiasts who run the line as volunteers.
- Portland Powerhouse Motor and Car Museum. This transport museum is housed in Portland’s 1930s powerhouse, with its own stop on the tram route. With numerous rarities, the Powerhouse Motor and Car Museum stands out for its array of veteran, vintage and classic cars by marques like Dodge, Riley, Austin, Pontiac, Ford and Studebaker.
- Portland Botanical Gardens. Portland boasts of the oldest botanical gardens in Australia, and the second-oldest in Victoria. On a plot bounded by Salt Creek, the garden was designed in the 1850s by William Allitt and has held onto its original layout.
- Cape Nelson Lighthouse. Standing ten metres tall, the lighthouse among the heathland atop rugged Cape Nelson was completed in 1884. At that time a project of this size was a big undertaking, and the material for the project had to be carted via Portland from a quarry 11 kilometres away.
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