Port Campbell

Port Campbell Victoria
Aerial photograph of Port Campbell
Port Campbell
Coordinates	38°37′0″S 142°59′0″E / 38.61667°S 142.98333°E / -38.61667; 142.98333Coordinates: 38°37′0″S 142°59′0″E / 38.61667°S 142.98333°E / -38.61667; 142.98333
Population	599 (2006 census)
Postcode(s)	3269
Location	224 km (139 mi) SW of Melbourne 67 km (42 mi) E of Warrnambool
LGA(s)	Corangamite Shire
State electorate(s)	Polwarth
Federal Division(s)	Wannon
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 20 °C 68 °F 7.5 °C 46 °F 80.9 mm 3.2 in
Localities around Port Campbell: Port Campbell roc

Port Campbell /pɔːt ˈkæmbəl/ is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite. At the 2006 census, Port Campbell had a population of 599.

The town was settled in the 1870s, with the first wharf being built in 1880. Port Campbell Post Office opened on 19 March 1874. It was renamed Port Campbell West in 1881 when a new Port Campbell office opened near the wharf. At the 2001 census, Port Campbell had a population of 372. At the 2006 census, Port Campbell had a population of 599. At the 2011 census, Port Campbell had a population of 618.

Port Campbell is now a popular tourist destination for visiting the The Twelve Apostles, located 12 kilometres to the east of the town and the Port Campbell National Park, as well as maintaining a small crayfishing community.

The town seen from the war memorial lookout

The headland of the harbour at Port Campbell

The fishing docks

Lord Street