Day 6
Port Welshpool
Manns Beach
We started the day doing the washing
and having a late cooked breakfast. We sat enjoying the cooler day
and breezes, spending the morning relaxing and reading.
The local bakery provided coffee and
yummy lunch, we then headed off to explore the region and Port
Welshpool was first on the agenda. We saw and walked the historic
long jetty. I had to Google the history and it was unclear but think
it was the longest curved wooden jetty built in the 1800's. It has now been completely restored and probably looks nothing like it did when first built.
Google revealed
Whalers
first used the area as early as the 1830s.
The town built a long jetty for loading and unloading fish catches, cattle and timber. The arrival of the railway in 1891 allowed the local produce to be transported to Melbourne for sale.
The town built a long jetty for loading and unloading fish catches, cattle and timber. The arrival of the railway in 1891 allowed the local produce to be transported to Melbourne for sale.
195
kilometres south-east of Melbourne
An
unfortunate event in town's history was the beaching of 300 whales in
1957 that attracted about 10,000 people to the township.
Population
today is approximately 230
From
there we followed the coast and found Manns Beach, a small community
based near Port Albert. It has a jetty and boat ramp that provides
boating access to the water. It's a real holiday fishing village with
lots of tiny cottages and houses, which was completely deserted today
except for a couple of fisherman coming home. We walked along the
shore admired the mangroves and enjoyed the bird life.
Most
of the day was spent in a haze of smoke from either the Grantville or
Wahalla fires, the evening breeze has thankfully taken it away.
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| A glass of lemonade and a good book. |
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| The LONG jetty, Port Welshpool. |
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| Ibis loving the mangroves at Manns Beach |
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| We were watching them...No, they were watching us. |
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