Bellarine

Bellarine is a rural locality in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In the 2011 census, the populace of Bellarine changed into too low to one by one record; however in June 2014 the Victorian Electoral Commission recorded 134 enrolled citizens in Bellarine, living in eighty one residences. The area turned into occupied by using squatters from the past due 1830s, and was initially called East Bellarine to differentiate it from Drysdale, which become then called Bellarine.

A Free Presbyterian Church School opened in 1854, and changed into changed by way of a brand new Presbyterian faculty in 1861. A Church of England college opened in 1855, closed in 1862, and reopened in 1873. A mechanics' institute changed into hooked up in 1858 and amassed a library, though it become compelled to share space with the Presbyterian faculty till its own building turned into erected in 1870.

Bellarine stays in large part rural. It contains several wineries, vineyards and restaurants, the Terindah Estate, Scotchman's Hill, Bellarine Estate, and Jack Rabbit Vineyard wineries are located there. The locality also contains the live song venue Harvester Moon, The Shed restaurant at the Terindah Estate, the Bellarine Brewing Company and the Angasi bar and grill at the Bellarine Estate, and the Jack Rabbit Restaurant.