Located on the open Ocean Beach at Flinders on the Mornington Peninsula and covering 80 hectares in area, Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary supports the most diverse intertidal rocky reef communities in Victoria. The Marine Sanctuary comprises an extensive rock platform, with sheltered rock pools and coves protected by a shallow reef on the ocean side.

Flinders is about 80 km south of Melbourne and the Ocean Beach is part of the Mornington Peninsula National Park.

I visited the Sanctuary on Tuesday afternoon November 3, 2009. ... (more)