The Port of Corner Inlet

The Port of Corner Inlet and Port Welshpool is the second largest of the five Gippsland Ports. It encompasses the water from the tip of Wilsons Promontory to McLaughlin's Beach at the Western end of Ninety Mile Beach. It includes Barry Beach, Port Welshpool and Port Albert.

The Port is easily reached by road and is adjacent to the historic town of Foster and the Wilsons Promontory National Park. Most of the waters of the Port are encompassed within Victoria's largest Marine Park, Nooramunga.

As well as providing for the needs of amateur and professional fishermen and leisure boating, the Port has facilities for small commercial coastal craft.

Vessels with a draught of up to 5.5 metre can use the Port at any state of the tide (subject to swell conditions). 5.5 metre is available alongside at the Esso terminal, 5 metre depth is available at the Port Welshpool Shipping Pier and 3 metre at the Ferry berth and Marginal Wharf.

A ferry terminal was built in 1991 and used for the Seacat ferry service between Port Welshpool and Georgetown, Tasmania until 1993. The facilities remain and negotiations are underway to resume the service in the near future.

The Port includes the Barry Beach base for the Esso/BHP oil and gas rigs in the Bass Strait. This facility is reached from the ocean via Corner Inlet Entrance and Toora Channel.

Corner Inlet Port Facilities and Services.