[3]) The town of Venus Bay is situated on a narrow peninsula of land located 180 km south-east of Melbourne.

The Third Estate is a sparsely populated and underdeveloped area leading to the tip of the peninsula (Point Smythe).

The Tour de Tarwin is held every Easter and is a joint Venus Bay/Tarwin Lower initiative.

[6] In recent years the residents of Venus Bay and nearby Tarwin Lower (5 km closer to Melbourne) have fought off developers seeking to drain the environmental wetlands and set up marina and resort developments.

In 2017, the locals at Venus Bay stated their displeasure over excessive harvesting of the pipi shellfish by daytrippers who came from Melbourne.

However, the locals urged that the anger was not racially charged, but was a misguided attempt to safeguard the ecological balance of the region by attacking pipi collectors rather than seeking regulatory change from appropriate authorities.