About Drysdale
Drysdale sits at the heart of the inner Bellarine Peninsula, about 25km south-east of Geelong CBD along the Bellarine Highway. It's the main service town for the surrounding communities of Clifton Springs, Portarlington and the inner Bellarine farming districts — with the famous Bellarine Railway terminus nearby. Tourism traffic has grown steadily as the Bellarine Peninsula becomes a more established day-trip and weekend destination from Melbourne and Geelong, with wineries, cycling trails and coastal beaches all within easy reach. The Drysdale Hotel on Collins Street is the town's local pub, a well-established community venue that's been serving the Peninsula since the 1930s.
Drysdale Pub Pick — The 1930s Collins Street Bistro, Beer Garden, Sports Bar and Gaming Lounge at the Bellarine Junction
The Drysdale pub scene runs to one long-established venue: The Drysdale Hotel at 14 Collins Street, the town's five-road junction pub since the 1930s. For a Drysdale pub with a full bistro, an open beer garden, a sports bar with tank beer, a gaming lounge, a bottle shop and a kids' room all under one roof, this is it — open 7 days, walking distance from the Bellarine Railway terminus and the Murradoc Road shops. Locals stopping in after work, day-trippers off the Bellarine cycling trails and Peninsula weekenders coming back from Portarlington or Ocean Grove all end up at the same Drysdale pub before the drive home.
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