Barwon Heads Geelong, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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![]() The old Barwon Heads Bridge | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 38°17′S 144°30′E / 38.283°S 144.500°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 3,875 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3227 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Bellarine | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Corangamite | ||||||||||||||
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Barwon Heads (previously known as Point Flinders[2]) is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, while it is bounded to the west by farmland, golf courses and the saline ephemeral wetland of Murtnaghurt Lagoon. At the 2016 census, Barwon Heads had a population of 3,875.[1]