Rockpooling at Point Leo Veach - Westenport Bay

Point Leo is a small coastal village on Westernport Bay, about 80 km south of Melbourne. It is popular with surfers, swimmers, beachwalkers, beachcombers, campers and rockpoolers.

I visited Pt Leo on Thursday aftrernoon October 29, 2009, an unusually hot day (29 degrees), exploring the reefs and beach on a 3 km (return) coastal hike towards the community of Merricks!

The tide was well out, exposing the spectacular reefs and rock pools.

A large group of students were on the beach, as part of a Surf School, learning to surf and being instructed in the skills of lifesaving.

See the complete set of Photos of my beach walk!

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!