Overlooking Sorrento’s beautiful ‘Back Beach’, just offshore a single pillar rises above the ocean surface – proudly and defiantly resisting the powerful surf. One can’t help but be drawn to, and captured by, this natural landmark. We later learn: ” . . . Here may be seen the “league long roller” breaking on the shore, and the curious isolated rock, called Darby’s monument. Read more…
Located a short 1.5 km from the bayside township of Sorrento, which is located on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, the ‘Sorrento Back Beach’ precinct is situate on the ‘surf-side’ of the Mornington Peninsula – abutting Bass Strait. The ocean beach is captivatingly beautiful revealing a sandy cove protected by rocky outcrops at each end – as the surf rolls in . Read more…
Leaving the car ahead of the entrance entitled ‘Collins Settlement 1803 – the First Official European Settlement in Victoria‘, a short stroll of only 225 m along a mostly bitumen pathway will reveal another lookout which takes in the beauty of both ‘Sullivan Bay’ and ‘Cameron’s Bight’. Further information signage reveals the geological evolution of the area, the sunklands between the Fault Lines, of which Read more…
A short stroll of only 175 m from an entrance entitled ‘Collins Settlement 1803 – the First Official European Settlement in Victoria‘, along a mostly bitumen pathway which ascends to high point that overlooks Port Phillip Bay, four unmarked graves are encountered – the stories of which seem to have been lost in history . . . ” . . . But what little we Read more…
Located at the ‘Eastern Sister’ end of the historic ‘Collins Settlement‘ of 1803 to 1804, this large monument is a reminder of the very first attempt to settle the southern shores of the continent of Australia just over 200 years ago. Arriving on the 9th October 1803, the settlement was to last barely 4 months when, on the 30th January 1804 the Read more…
This stunning location possesses the fame of being the very first official attempt at a European settlement on the south-eastern coast of mainland Australia. Lieutenant-Governor David Collins was charged with establishing a settlement in late 1803 selecting: ” . . . Sorrento, when it formed the infant penal settlement of Collins, was officially known as Sullivan Bay and Sullivan Camp, after Mr. John Read more…
Leaving the car ahead of the entrance entitled ‘Collins Settlement 1803 – the First Official European Settlement in Victoria‘, a short stroll of only 160 m along a mostly bitumen pathway will reveal the ‘JP Fawkner Lookout’ which overlooks a beautiful cove housing a multiple of yachts and boats, as well as a jetty. The lookout is sited at what was once know as the Read more…
Crossing through an entrance-way entitled ‘Collins Settlement 1803 – the First Official European Settlement in Victoria‘, a large stone monument commemorating this momentous event in the evolution of Australia over the past 200+ years is revealed. Located in close proximity to another monument commemorating the people who were involved in this settlement whether they be convicts, constabulary or free settlers; an information Read more…
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