Exploring Crunchie Point - Point Leo, Westernport Coast

These pictures were taken on April 17 2011 at Crunchie Point, on the Westernport Coast, 80 km south of Melbourne.

This location is within the Point Leo precinct.

The tide was low, exposing marvellous rock pools.

The views across the Bay towards Phillip Island were excellent.

My visit was a 3 km hike from the Point Leo Boating Club, then on to Crunchie Point, out to the the rockpools, up the stairway to the main walking track, past the camping ground, and back to the car.

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Coastal hike to Honeysuckle Point, Shoreham

These pictures were taken on Tuesday afternoon July 27, 2010, on a beach hike on the Shoreham Coast, Westernport Bay, 70 km SE of Melbourne.

My hike started at the foreshore carpark, over Stony Creek on to Honeysuckle Point, then return, and an extension to the west head.

There was interesting surf running, with several body-surfers enjoying the action, some doing the new stand-up "paddle surfing"!

See all of the Photos of my visit, which includes an historical image dated to 1940, showing the jetty, which was dismantled in the early 1950s. This jetty was used by boats which picked up produce from the nearby farms, and for supplying them with fresh supplies. It was also used by fishing boats, which would unload their catches on to waiting trucks, destined for the railway at Balnarring, or to Melbourne.

The hike distance was about 4 km.

Action at Tulum Beach, Westernport Coast!

The Tulum Beach is a 3 km strip of sandy coastline, extending from the Balranning Beach to Somers Beach, about 70 km south of Melbourne, on Westernport Bay.

The Merricks Creek Bushland and Coolart Woodlands border the Beach.

It is a popular spot for small boats, kayaking, yachts, surfboarding, wind-kites, land kites, swimming, paddling, sand castles, lying on the sand and beachwalking!

I visited this Beach on Saturday November 7, 2009, a hot day (32 degrees!) for the 4 km return beach walk to Somers Beach.

There was plenty of action, and many yachts were out in the main channel, off Phillip Island.

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Mid-winter coastal hike - Point Leo to Shoreham

On Tuesday afternoon July 7, 2009, a beautiful sunny cloudless mid-winter day, I travelled down to the Westernport Coast, about 70 km south of Melbourne.

My destination was Point Leo, the start of an exploration of the coastline to Shoreham Beach, a return beachwalk of about 5 km - temperature was about 12 degrees.

By 3pm, the sun was very low in the northern sky, casting long shadows along the beach.

The views across Westernport Bay were superb, to Phillip Island, and further along the coast to Flinders.

The On Tuesday afternoon July 7, 2009, a beautiful sunny cloudless mid-winter day, I travelled down to the Westernport Coast, about 70 km south of Melbourne.

My destination was Point Leo, the start of an exploration of the coastline to Shoreham Beach, a return beachwalk of about 5 km - temperature was about 12 degrees.

By 3pm, the sun was very low in the northern sky, casting long shadows along the beach.

The views across Westernport Bay were superb, to Phillip Island, and further along the coast to Flinders.

See the complete set of Photos of my visit, which show features of my beachwalk, with many hounds, other beachcombers, a cyclist, the foreshore, the reefs, and the track leading up to the Shoreham Camping Ground on the top of the cliff.

The waves were not good for surfing on this day!

Point Leo Coastal Hike to the Reef, Westernport

Point Leo is a small settlement on Westernport Bay, about 70 km south of Melbourne.

It has an excellent surf beach, and extensive reefs are exposed at low tide.

I visited Pt Leo on Wednesday afternoon May 20, 2009, doing a 4 km (return) beachwalk from the car-park west to the big reef.

There was a very low tide, exposing the reefs, but not much surf!

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