Edwards Point (Victoria)

Edwards Point is a 4 km long sand spit extending southwards between Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay, at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.

The spit is entirely included within the Edwards Point Wildlife Reserve, established in March 1971 to protect the vegetation communities and fauna of the area.

These communities include the last remaining stand of coastal woodland on the Bellarine Peninsula, saltmarsh and beach.

The adjacent Swan Bay contains extensive areas of intertidal mudflats that are important for waterbirds and migratory waders.

[2] Birds of conservation significance for which the area is known include the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot as well as the little tern, fairy tern, eastern curlew, Lewin's rail and white-bellied sea-eagle.