Port Phillip Bay in Australia
Friday, 25 October 2013 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Australia / Australien Category/Kategorie: General
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The memorial at Sorrento marking the site of the first British settlement on Port Phillip Bay in 1803 © Adam Carr
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Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as
Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just
The Bay ), is a large bay in southern
Victoria ; it is the location of
Melbourne . Geographically, the bay covers 1,930 square kilometres (480,000 acres) and the shore stretches roughly 264 km (164 mi). Although it is extremely shallow for its size, most of the bay is navigable. The deepest portion is only 24 metres (79 ft), and half the region is shallower than 8 m (26 ft). Its waters and coast are home to seals, whales, dolphins, corals and many kinds of seabirds and migratory waders.
The first British to enter the bay were the crews of HMS Lady Nelson , commanded by John Murray and, ten weeks later, HMS Investigator commanded by Matthew Flinders , in 1802. Subsequent expeditions into the bay took place in 1803 to establish the first settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento , but was abandoned in 1804. Thirty years later, settlers from Tasmania returned to establish Melbourne, now the state’s capital city, at the mouth of the Yarra River in 1835 and Geelong at Corio Bay in 1838. Today Port Phillip is the most densely populated catchment in Australia with an estimated 4.5 million people living around the bay; Melbourne’s suburbs extend around much of the northern and eastern shorelines, and the city of Geelong sprawls around Corio Bay, in the bay’s western arm.
The memorial at Sorrento marking the site of the first British settlement on Port Phillip Bay in 1803 © Adam Carr
The bay is one of Victoria’s most popular tourist destinations. Many residents of Melbourne holiday on the shorelines of the bay, particularly the eastern and southern shorelines. Port Phillip’s mostly flat topography and moderate waves make perfect conditions for recreational swimming, kitesurfing, windsurfing, sailing, boating, scuba diving, stand up paddle boarding (SUP) and other sports. There are also a number of bike paths, including the
Bayside Trail and the
Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail .
Port Phillip is home to 36 Yacht clubs. It also hosts the Melbourne to
Hobart (
Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race ) and Melbourne to
Launceston Yacht Races. Port Phillip is also home to a number of marinas, including large marinas at
St Kilda ,
Geelong and
Brighton . For the
1956 Summer Olympics , it hosted the sailing events.
Read more on
Bayside City Council ,
Port Phillip Sea Pilots and
Wikipedia Port Phillip . Learn more about the
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