Newhaven

Newhaven is a rural and holiday township on the eastern end of Phillip Island in Western Port Bay, 85 km in a direct line south-east of Melbourne.

It is the entry point to Phillip Island, since the building of a bridge across the Eastern Passage from San Remo in 1940.

Before the bridge, Newhaven was the most remote part of the island for travellers to and from Melbourne, and rapid tidal movements through the Eastern Passage could make crossings hazardous. Most travellers came by boat from the Mornington Peninsula to Cowes.