Mount Martha is a seaside town in Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia 60 kilometres (37 mi) south-
east of Melbourne's central business district. Its
local government area is the Shire of
Mornington Peninsula. Mount Martha is on the
south-eastern shores of Port Phillip and offers a
bathing beach. A boardwalk winds its way for
more than 5 kilometres (3 mi) along the
Balcombe Creek, its North beach mouth to the
Briars Historic Park. The suburb's highest point
bears the area's name and reaches 160
metres (520 ft).

More recently from the 1990s to the present the
Mount Martha area has experienced significant
population growth particularly in the south with
the Martha Cove marina development as well
as east towards the Moorooduc
Highway.

Mount Martha is home to a volunteer CFA fire
brigade responding on average to 180 calls a
year for assistance from the community.
Incidents range from grass and scrub fires,
motor vehicle accidents, to house fires.