Bass Coast Rail Trail Described as a 16 km trail for walking, cycling and horse riding, the Bass Coast Rail Trail begins in Wonthaggi at the restored Railway Station in Murray Street and passes through open farmland and remnants of the town's coal mining history before reaching a point where there is a clear view of the Wonthaggi wind farm.
The trail then crosses two small timber bridges, crosses the Bourne Creek trestle bridge, passes along the shoreline at Kilcunda and the mouth of the Powlett River until it reaches Anderson where black coal was mined as early as This area is suitable for fishing, snorkelling amid the submerged rock platforms and surfing.
Some old tram rails indicate how the coal was transported in the s from the area known as the 'Old Boilers' to Cape Paterson for loading onto seafaring vessels. Most of the railing was removed to Mitchell's Mine at Kilcunda. Wreck Beach Just south-east of Harmers Haven is Wreck Beach, named after the wreck of the ton, single deck, three masted barque Artisan , which foundered in with a man crew on-board. On April 21 just off the coast of Victoria the ship was struck by a severe storm and thick weather which lasted for two days and made position fixing impossible.
The gale continued and one by one, although close-reefed the gale carried the sails away and the buoyant, lightly ballasted vessel with bare poles was at the mercy of the driving wind and waves.
The drama was compounded by an oil lamp igniting and setting fire to the deck of the vessel, which was bought under control by the crew. Seven hours later at about 3 am on the 23rd of April the vessel was driven ashore onto a low rock platform near the present day hamlet of Harmers Haven. Blue distress rockets had failed to draw attention to their plight, but miraculously at daylight the captain's wife and crew found they could safely step ashore.
Caretakers of the Cape Paterson Coal Mine Richard Jennings and his wife lived a short distance away and looked after the crew, the Captain and his wife. The captain was critical of the delay in arranging transport for himself and the crew to Melbourne.
The Newhaven-San Remo Rocket Corps made a hazardous overland voyage with lifesaving gear after spotting the wreck and later assisted the passage of the mariners to Melbourne. With its back broken and impossible to refloat the vessel was a total loss. The mate stayed behind to deter looters during the salvage operations. Cape Paterson Cape Paterson is a small township located 8 km south-east of Wonthaggi which has been, for at least a century, the popular daytripper destination for local residents.
There are two popular beaches - Cape Paterson Bay Beach - a metre beach at the centre of the town which is popular for swimming, fishing, snorkelling and beachcombing with a rock pool for safe swimming on the rock platform and Surf Beach which, as its name suggests, is good for surfing. There are scenic walking tracks along the cliff face and the Cape Paterson Surf Lifesaving Club is located at the western end.
Explorer, William Hovell, carved his initials in a large cave at Browns Bay when he discovered the coal seam in The Bunurong Marine National Park covers ha and 5 km of coastline.
The range of seaweed species is also large and includes greens, blue-greens, browns and encrusting, coralline reds The diversity of habitats supports many marine animals including seastars, featherstars, crabs, snails, Port Jackson Sharks and up to 87 species of fish. It is directly adjacent to Eagles Nest Beach.
This saves greenhouse gas equivalent to 47, tonnes. A school was opened that same year. That year also saw the building of a Working Men's Club. By 1, workers were employed in the mines. During that time 17 million tonnes of coal was extracted from 12 separate mines for use by the railways, the Wonthaggi and Newport power stations and for industrial and domestic purposes.
It was hauled to the shaft by pit ponies and, until the railway arrived, it was carted 12 km by bullock train to Inverloch and from there it was taken by boat to Melbourne. The Central Area Mine, accessed via West Area Road, was a major focus of coal mining operations and a number of walking tracks lead to the remains of buildings and mine shafts. The No. Wonthaggi has a thriving and attractive commercial centre, concentrated around Graham Street and extending into nearby Murray Street and McBride Avenue which is lined with Norfolk pines.
Licensed in , the hotel displays at its entrance the giant jawbones of a 23 metre whale that washed up on a local beach in Several attractive reserves and parks can be found in Wonthaggi. Apex Park, located in Murray Street, displays a mine poppet head and is the site of Wonthaggi's former railway station which is now occupied by the Wonthaggi Historical Society and used as a museum.
The section of McBride Avenue south of Watt Street opens up into a wide boulevard with vast expanses of lawn along its centre. These tree-lined lawns include a war memorial and provide elevated views down towards the town centre.
The Wonthaggi Wetlands Conservation Park is situated just north-west of the town's commercial centre and provides a network of walking tracks and boardwalks around lakes and through native vegetation. A close and easily accessible part of the coast to Wonthaggi is the residential settlement of Harmers Haven, about 6 kilometres south of town off the end of Berrys Road.
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