However, they are relatively protected from south-westerly swells due to the location of far away King Island, Tasmania.

Both parks draw their name from the Australian Aboriginal Bunurong people who are the traditional owners of the land and water in the region.

[3] The principal features of the park are the striking rock formations including the large rock structure called Eagles Nest, located adjacent to the coastline at the eastern end of the marine national park.

[2] Australia’s first dinosaur bone, the Cape Paterson Claw, was discovered in 1903 by William Ferguson at what is now Bunurong Marine Park at Eagles Nest beach in Inverloch.

Since then more than 6,000 bones and teeth of small dinosaurs, mammals, birds, turtles and fish have been excavated.