Pearcedale, Victoria

Pearcedale is a town in Victoria, Australia, 49 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey and the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government areas.

Pearcedale is a township and rural locality on the northwestern corner of Western Port, in the northern extremities of the Mornington Peninsula.

A meeting of rate payers was held in November 1905 and it was voted to rename the original town Pearcedale, to avoid confusion with this new settlement of New Langwarrin.

Nathaniel and his wife Mary Grace are first listed in the Shire of Cranbourne Rate Books in 1894, when they purchased an orchard on 26 acres (about 10 hectares) at Langwarrin Estate.

Weighing 23 kilograms it has been registered in the collections of the National Museum of Victoria and is on a long-term loan to the City of Casey, for display purposes.

CSIRO took possession shortly after and it has since been classified as the third largest Mars based meteorite found in the southern hemisphere.

The town is surrounded by many horse and hobby properties, market gardens, cattle, egg and poultry farms.

Local attractions include the multiple award-winning Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park, which operates during the daytime and has special evening tours that allow visitors to see endangered Australian animals.

Here employees and volunteers care for homeless cats and dogs as well as rescued horses and ponies from the Peninsula region.

It supplies washed salad greens, mixed leaves and a variety of culinary herbs and vegetables to leading companies in the food service sector.

Yaringa Marina, located a short drive south-east of the township in neighbouring Somerville, provides boat access to Western Port.

With its convenient proximity to Cranbourne, Mornington and metropolitan racecourses Pearcedale is home to numerous racehorse trainers, jockeys and others associated with Victoria's thoroughbred racing industry.

Local pony clubs provide dressage, show jumping and cross-country facilities for young equestrian enthusiasts.

Rural sunset, Pearcedale, Victoria, Australia