Golden
Beach and Paradise Beach is the heart of the Ninety
Mile Beach. A surf fishing paradise is provided by the
man made reef at Delray Beach. |
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- Located
252km from Melbourne
- A
surf, fishing and bird paradise
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| Some
of Victoria's best ocean fishing can be enjoyed at Golden
Beach and Paradise Beach. Every year thousands of visitors
flock to Ninety Mile Beach to take part in the many fishing
competitions that are hosted in the area. The man-made
reef at Delray Beach also provides a surf fishing paradise. |
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| Camping
along the beach dunes is permitted and there are a variety
of other accommodations options available, including bed
and breakfasts and fisherman's cottages that allow you
to enjoy the beauty and tranquility of Ninety Mile Beach. |
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| Bird
life is prolific along the coast and includes crimson
and eastern rosellas, yellow tailed black cockatoos, blue
wrens, eastern spine bill and many other honey eaters.
The rainbow lorikeet is attracted by the temperate climate
and the plentiful coastal banksia and remains in the beach
coastal parks area year-round. |
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| Walk
over the golf links at Golden Beach and be among kangaroos,
emus, echidnas and wildflowers. |
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| Activities
and Attractions |
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- Enjoy
some of Victoria's best ocean fishing
- Take
a walk along the beach coastal parks
- Play
a round of golf surrounded by resident kangaroos
- Enjoy
local wildflowers, fauna and bird life
- Camp
along the beach dunes
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| Major
Events |
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- Fishing
competitions - Queen's Birthday week-end
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| Victoria's
Ninety Mile Beach lies on the edge of a long, slender
sand dune, thrown up from the sea by the easterly waves
and protecting the Gippsland Lakes. Offshore, beneath
the water, vast plains of sand stretch in every direction.
There are no rocky headlands or platforms along this coast.
Offshore, the sandy plains are only occasionally broken
by low ribbons of reef which formed as shorelines or sand
dunes during ice-ages when the sea-level was lower than
today. |
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| The
area has been found to have the highest species diversity
anywhere on the planet. In ten square meters, 860 species
were discovered living in the sand and in one square meter,
a staggering 187 species. |
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| Visit
the Trinculo Wreck |
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| The
Trinculo was forced ashore by a gale in 1879 and the remaining
structure can still be seen on the beach. |
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| The
barque Trinculo 318 tonnes, built 1858, length 138.1 feet,
beam 23.7 feet, struck a sandbar 30 meters from shore
and slewed broadside to the beach. A member of the crew,
Mr Lefevre, managed to swim a line ashore and all on beard
including the captain, his wife and their sixteen month
old child, managed to reach the shore. Lefevre was awarded
a silver medal by the Royal Humane Society. |
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