About Frankston

Frankston City has long been Melbourne's favourite family playground offering the best beaches, beautiful parks, gardens and playgrounds and, of course, your entry point to the Mornington Peninsula. Frankston City is the entertainment capital of Melbourne's south-east, boasting galleries, theatres, cinemas, nightlife, waterfront restaurants and hip urban bistros.

The Frankston Cultural Drive

Currently signposted as Route 12 the Frankston Cultural Drive includes a tour of Frankston City's unique cultural and heritage attractions.The selfdrive tour takes you to parks, gardens, galleries and homesteads as well as showcasing the City's vast collection of contemporary sculpture.

An audio CD is also available to listen to on the drive which tells you about each attraction.

Some of the attractions include:

• Frankston Arts Centre
• George Pentland Botanic Gardens
• Ballam Park Homestead and playground
• Cruden Farm
• McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park
• Mulberry Hill Nation Trust Property...and many more

Route 12 new brochure 2009 

You start at the Frankston Visitor Information Centre, Pier Promenade, Frankston Waterfront and finish the drive off by returning to Frankston via Humphries Road to Sweetwater Creek Reserve and see the stunning bay views from Oliver's Hill, Nepean Highway back to the Waterfront.

For more information contact the Frankston Visitor Information Centre on 1300 322 842 seven days,  9:00am - 5:00pm all year (except Christmas Day and Good Friday) or
e-mail tourism@frankston.vic.gov.au or visit www.visitfrankston.com.

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