Boat ramps in Victoria
We list 732 boat ramps in Victoria. Recorded facilities: 120 with toilets, 146 with car or trailer parking.
Records for Victoria say little about lanes or fees. A lane count is recorded for just 38 of the 732 listed ramps, 11 of them with 2 lanes or more, and none of those has more than 2. Launching is recorded as free at 49 ramps and as chargeable at 2.
Parking is recorded at 145 ramps. Vicmap, from the Victorian Government, is the source for 613 of the listed ramps, and 111 are known only from OpenStreetMap. A ramp with no facility recorded is unknown, not necessarily without one.
East Gippsland has the most listed ramps among the council areas, ahead of Mornington Peninsula and Greater Geelong, with Wellington, Mansfield and Greater Bendigo also near the top. Eildon leads the localities with 12. The Murray River is the waterway with the most ramps recorded by Transport for NSW.
Highlights
Most launching lanes
- Bank Street Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Lake Boga - Ski Club 2 lanes
- Majors Creek Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Mildura Boat Ramp - Murray River (VIC) 2 lanes
- Nicholson St Bundalong 2 lanes
Most facilities recorded
- Boat ramp, Tooradin (2) 9 facilities
- Boat ramp, Mornington (2) 8 facilities
- Boat ramp, Rippleside 8 facilities
- Port Fairy Slipway 7 facilities
- Boat ramp, Lilydale 7 facilities
Facilities recorded at the ramp or mapped within 150 m.
Pontoon at the ramp
- Majors Creek Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Thompsons Beach Ramp 2 lanes
Usable at all tides
- Bank Street Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Lake Boga - Ski Club 2 lanes
- Majors Creek Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Nicholson St Bundalong 2 lanes
- Thompsons Beach Ramp 2 lanes
Water access at all times (Transport for NSW) or not tide limited (Queensland TMR).
Ramps by local government area
| East Gippsland | 61 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mornington Peninsula | 55 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Geelong | 41 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campaspe | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mansfield | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Bendigo | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moira | 27 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Mildura | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Murrindindi | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenelg | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surf Coast | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bass Coast | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swan Hill | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Kingston | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Gippsland | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gannawarra | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobsons Bay | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Horsham | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballarat | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bayside | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colac Otway | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moyne | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warrnambool | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Grampians | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latrobe | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loddon | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wodonga | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indigo | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Port Phillip | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alpine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardinia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Goldfields | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corangamite | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hindmarsh | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Grampians | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathbogie | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Wimmera | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ararat | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankston | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Towong | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyndham | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baw Baw | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Alexander | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wangaratta | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benalla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Shepparton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moonee Valley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yarriambiack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other areas (fewer than 3 ramps each) | 27 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Boat ramps near a town
Other boat ramps
- Boat ramp, Beaufort (1)
- Boat ramp, Beaufort (2)
- Boat ramp, Burnley
- Boat ramp, Eden (1)
- Boat ramp, Eden (2)
- Boat ramp, Footscray
- Boat ramp, Lauriston
- Boat ramp, Lilydale
- Boat ramp, Myrniong
- Boat ramp, Narraport
- Boat ramp, Peck Point (1)
- Boat ramp, Peck Point (2)
- Boat ramp, Queenscliff
- Boat ramp, Scoresby (1)
- Boat ramp, Scoresby (2)
- Boat ramp, Sea Lake
- Boat ramp, Seymour (1)
- Boat ramp, Seymour (2)
- Boat ramp, Tortoise Head
- Boat ramp, Tylden
- Boat ramp, Weir Views
- Boat ramp, West Melbourne
- Deep Rock Canoe Ramp
- Kayak/Canoe Launch point
- Queenscliff Boat Ramp
- Tankerton Boat Ramp
- Wittons Reserve Canoe Launch
Questions and answers
How many boat ramps are there in Victoria?
Boat Ramp Spots lists 732 boat ramps in Victoria: 120 with toilets recorded and 146 with parking recorded.
Which boat ramp in Victoria has the most launching lanes?
11 ramps share the most launching lanes recorded (2): Bank Street Boat Ramp, Lake Boga - Ski Club and Majors Creek Boat Ramp, among others.
Which boat ramps in Victoria have a pontoon?
A pontoon at the ramp is recorded at 2 ramps, including Majors Creek Boat Ramp and Thompsons Beach Ramp.
Can I launch at any tide in Victoria?
State records list 26 ramps as usable at all tides, including Bank Street Boat Ramp, Lake Boga - Ski Club and Majors Creek Boat Ramp. For the other ramps the tide range is not recorded: check tides before you go.
Do I have to pay to launch a boat in Victoria?
A launch fee is recorded at 2 ramps and free launching at 49 ramps. For the other ramps no fee information is recorded.
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