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Cape Bridgewater is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the western shore of Bridgewater Bay, 21 kilometres south-west of Portland, and 383 kilometres from Melbourne. It lies within the Discovery Bay Coastal Park.The area was settled in the 1860s and a Post Office opened in 1863 (closed 1968) though known as Bridgewater Lower for some years.[1]Both Cape Bridgewater and Bridgewater Bay were named by named after the Duke of Bridgewater (1756-1829), by Lieutenant James Grant sailing on the Lady Nelson on 4 December 1800.[2][3][4][5]Travel about 20 k west of Portland and you will soon spot the lovely area of Cape Bridgewater. You MUST put the word Cape in your GPS or you will end up several hundred k north! I never actually saw them but was told that Cape Bridgewater is home to a colony of up to 650 Fur seals. There are cliffs which locals claim is the highest coastal cliff in Victoria. These cliffs are the best spot around to observe Southern-Right Whales in winter and spring. My Mother wife and I was there earlier in the year with my Father, who died recently so Mother and I went there to reminisce and get the great fish and chips and friendly service at the beach cafe. Pity I was there in December as we missed them.The Cape itself also boasts a large blowhole and a feature known as the petrified forest, but now known to be hollow tubes of limestone, eroded as a result of millions of years of rainfall. Bridgewater Bay and the adjacent Cape form a partially submerged volcanic caldera.[Calderas are huge holes in the ground that form when a volcano empties out, then collapses in upon itself. The eruptions that create them are beyond enormous.] To the west is a large area with huge sand dunes. For these reasons the Cape and the nearby coastal area is classed by the government as the second most important coastline in Victoria, after the 'Twelve Apostles', along the Great Ocean Road. Put it on your MUST SEE