Shoreham, Victoria
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| Shoreham Victoria |
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| Population: | 416 (2001 census) |
| Postcode: | 3916 |
| Location: | |
| LGA: | Shire of Mornington Peninsula |
| State District: | Nepean |
| Federal Division: | Flinders |
Shoreham is a town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the southern Mornington Peninsula region on the Western Port. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is a coastal recreation resort notable for its pine-covered cliffs and foreshore reserve.
It started life as a port for timber export from the surrounding area. Early reports of the area suggested the region was "thick with honeysuckle and sheoak" and early settlers in the Balnarring and Hastings region were involved in wattle bark stripping and cutting piles and sleepers for shipping to Melbourne via the town.[1]
Shoreham today is a small coastal town containing a general store, tennis courts, community hall and CFA, while the area contains picnic and barbecue facilities, a boat ramp and various accommodation options such as B&Bs, caravan parks and camping sites.[2]
Shoreham is served by the 782 bus route operated by Peninsula Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Graeme Butler & Associates. Volume 2, Environmental History. Hastings District Heritage Study Stage Two. Retrieved on November 27, 2006.
- ^ Map 257, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
- ^ 782 Frankston-Flinders, effective 19 April 2004. Accessed 2006-11-27.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula | |
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Arthurs Seat | Balnarring | Balnarring Beach | Baxter | Bittern | Blairgowrie | Boneo | Cape Schanck | Crib Point | Dromana | Flinders | Hastings | HMAS Cerberus | McCrae | Main Ridge | Merricks | Merricks Beach | Merricks North | Moorooduc | Mornington | Mount Eliza | Mount Martha | Point Nepean | Point Leo | Portsea | Red Hill | Red Hill South | Rosebud | Rosebud West | Rye | Safety Beach | Shoreham | Somers | Somerville | Sorrento | Tootgarook | Tyabb |
