Chateau Baudin

The French Island National Park is a national park located in the Greater Melbourne region of Victoria, Australia. The 11,100-hectare (27,000-acre) national park is 61 kilometres (38 mi) southeast of Melbourne on French Island within Western Port and accessible only via water.

Corinella is a town in Victoria, Australia, located 114 km south-east of Melbourne via the M1 and the Bass Highway, on the eastern shore of Western Port. The town serves as a holiday destination, with a focus on recreational fishing, and has a pier and boat ramp. Limited vehicular access is also provided to French Island from Corinella, via a privately operated barge.

Silverleaves is a small town on Phillip Island, situated east of Cowes. At the 2016 census, Silverleaves had a population of 211. The name “Silverleaves” is believed to derive from the silvery-grey leaves of the coast banksia trees abundant in the dunes and foreshore in the area. In 1950, the area, then basically scrubby, unfarmed sand dunes east of Cowes, was subdivided into housing allotments f