Explore Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Port Fairy, VIC map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Victoria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Port Fairy and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Port Fairy.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Port Fairy |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Moyne Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -38.32284 |
| Longitude | 142.16968 |
| Population | 3,285 |
| Density | 28.5 /km² |
| Area | 115.2 km² |
| Elevation | 10 m |
| Postcode | 3284 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 251 km west-southwest |
Port Fairy is a locality in the Moyne Shire local government area of Victoria, Australia. It has a population of approximately 3,285. The locality covers an area of 115.2 km², giving a population density of about 28.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 10 m above sea level. It lies approximately 251 km west-southwest of Melbourne. Port Fairy is located at 38.3228°S, 142.1697°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3284. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Port Fairy rests at the wild edge of the continent, where the Southern Ocean’s breath is a constant presence, shaping the very character of the land. It lies 29.0 km west of Warrnambool, VIC (from Warrnambool, VIC: bearing 280°T), and is situated 17.9 km west-south-west of Koroit. The coastline here is a rugged embrace of dark, volcanic rock, softened by the white lace of breaking waves and the pale gold of sandy coves. Inland, the terrain unfolds in a gentle, fertile plain, crisscrossed by the silver threads of rivers and creeks, their banks often fringed with the deep green of native grasses and the silver-grey of eucalyptus. Even on a calm day, the air carries a faint tang of salt, a reminder of the vast, untamed waters that lie just beyond the sheltering arms of the harbour. The light here, particularly as dusk deepens, can be breathtaking – a soft, diffused glow that paints the sky in hues of apricot and lavender, casting long shadows that stretch across the paddocks and the weathered roofs of the town.
This place, Port Fairy, carries the echoes of its maritime past with a quiet dignity. Once a bustling whaling and sealing station, its fortunes have since turned towards the bounty of the sea and the richness of the surrounding farmland. The harbour, a natural haven, still shelters a fleet of fishing boats, their colourful hulls bobbing against the weathered timber of the wharves, a living testament to an enduring connection with the ocean. Beyond the coast, the Moyne Shire is a landscape of rolling pastures, where sheep and cattle graze, and fields of grain shimmer under the wide Australian sky. The town itself, with its beautifully preserved Victorian architecture, speaks of a prosperous era, a legacy of the merchants and sailors who once navigated these waters. The rhythm of Port Fairy is one of a deep-seated calm, a place where the natural world, from the powerful ocean swells to the quiet flow of the Moyne River, dictates a pace of life that feels both enduring and serene.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Port Fairy, Victoria. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Port Fairy, in the Moyne Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Port Fairy includes the postcode (3284), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Moyne Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Port Fairy is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |