Located adjacent to Sorrento’s Surf Life Saving Club, public toilets and car park, these outdoors showers are ideally situated to wash off the sand, salt and sea prior to your journey home. The beautiful and historic Sorrento Back Beach precinct provides all the opportunities to enjoy a day at the beach → swimming, surfing, body boarding, sun bathing, strolling amid the crystal Read more…
Sited directly in front of Sorrento’s Surf Life Saving Club, a picturesque, paved terrace features interesting information signage about the ocean beach area. It includes historical, ecological, directional and useful safety information. Viewing the area as it presents today, it is hard to imagine the Ocean Amphitheatre, Steam Tramway and station, rotundas, and many other historic infrastructures that once adorned the Read more…
The well hidden Bridgewater Bay can be found at the South West End of St Johns Wood Road after it becomes a dirt track and a car park at its termination point, from which a short walk along a sandy track will expose it in its entirety. The approach is from the sculptural sandstone cliffs down a wooden staircase that Read more…
Approaching Sorrento’s breathtakingly beautiful surf beach, or ‘Back Beach’ as it is most commonly referred to, one of the features that strikes you upon the approach is the beautiful lookout set high above . . . The views bestowed on the way to, and, from ‘Coppin’s Lookout’ itself are spectacular !!! The ruggedness of the coastline stretching along Bass Strait, the surf, the ocean, Read more…
Public toilets can be found along the eastern perimeter of the ‘London Bridge Car Park‘ on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria – which are perfectly positioned to service all those enjoying the stunning natural beauty, walks, beach and sporting pursuits that this area has on offer. These public toilets are wheel chair accessible. Helpful Hints: – Located approximately 3 km South of the Portsea Town Centre Read more…
The Barque ‘Craigburn’ was a 4 Masted Iron Hulled Sailing Ship, built by W.B. Thompson, in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1884. ” . . . The Craigburn was a four-masted barque and one of the loftiest ships that ever entered Port Phillip. She was declared to be one of the finest ships afloat. She had arrived with a general cargo from England on April 8, 1891, and she was outward bound in ballast Read more…
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…
‘London Bridge’, located on Portsea’s ‘Back Beach‘ – a beautiful coastal location which enjoys magnificent views over Bass Strait, including the wild surf of the open ocean, as well as the tranquility of the rock pools that surround the ‘Bridge’. Is the landmark of ‘London Bridge’ falling down ??? The information signage located centrally within the car park would suggest that Read more…
Picnic tables and large square benches are strategically positioned all around the beautiful and historic Sorrento Back Beach foreshore – designed to capitalise on the mesmerising ocean views. Surf, beach, fresh salt air – perfect accompaniments for a delicious picnic. Once the tummy is full – a walk along the beach below → to the Lookout above → or on the many Read more…
Two viewing platforms are located at either end of the ‘Middle Car Park‘ at Portsea’s ‘Back Beach‘ on the Mornington Peninsula. Though they are only some 30 m above sea level, the views are amazing. For surfers, they are perfect to observe the waves – for visitors, the panoramas are so big and beautiful, they are literally breathtaking. Bench seats are provided on which to Read more…
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