Tootgarook (/ˈtʊtɡərʊk/ TUUT-gə-ruuk) is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 62 km (39 mi) south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area.

The town is named from the pastoral run of J. Purves established adjacent to the west of the Tootgarook Swamp (now Wetland).

[6][7] A Tootgarook Post Office opened in 1858 and was renamed Rye in 1870.

This wetland is about 300 hectares in size and supports many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna.

[citation needed] Most of the wetland is in private ownership and some is vulnerable to development.