Balnarring Beach, Victoria
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Balnarring Beach
| state = vic
| image = Balnarring Beach, Victoria.jpg
| caption = Balnarring Beach in April 2008
| lga = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
| postcode = 3926
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|38.359|S|145.136|E|display=inline,title}}
| pop = 471
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| est = 1910s
| stategov = Hastings
| fedgov = Flinders
| dist1 = 65
| location1 = Melbourne
| dist2 = 14
| location2 = Hastings
| near-nw = Balnarring
| near-n = Balnarring
| near-ne = Balnarring
| near-w = Balnarring
| near-e = Somers
| near-sw = Merricks Beach
| near-s = Western Port
| near-se = Western Port
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 13
}}
File:Balnarring Beach, Victoria, Australia.jpg
Balnarring Beach is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, {{convert|2|km|abbr=on}} south of Balnarring and approximately {{convert|65|km|abbr=on}} south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Balnarring Beach recorded a population of 471 at the 2021 census.
In 2006 it was rated by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council as 'Australia's Cleanest Beach', out of 317 beaches in five states.{{cite web|url=http://www.keepaustraliabeautiful.org.au/qld/01_cms/details.asp?ID=10|title=Australian Clean Beach Challenge|author=Keep Australia Beautiful Council (QLD) Inc|year=2006|access-date=2006-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822033207/http://www.keepaustraliabeautiful.org.au/qld/01_cms/details.asp?ID=10|archive-date=2006-08-22|url-status=dead}}
It was previously known as Tulum Beach.
History
The township was first gazetted in 1886, in a street configuration quite different to what exists today.
The beach first began to attract holidaymakers in the 1910s, and beach stores and kiosks commenced operations, serving both day-trippers and campers. The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Club set up base here after their formation in 1924. During World War II, businesses were sustained by servicemen training at Somers.
In 1944, a mobile library operated from a private home for the Flinders Shire by Wally Turner. Balnarring Beach Post Office opened on 1 July 1947 and closed in 1978.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Balnarring*Beach* | access-date = 20 March 2021 }}
In 1960 the yacht club was given permission to erect a winch and slipway and build a clubhouse.{{cite web|url=http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Documents/SE/PlanStrategic/HastHeritageStudyVol2.pdf |title=Volume 2, Environmental History |author=Graeme Butler & Associates |work=Hastings District Heritage Study Stage Two |access-date=2006-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828040220/http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Documents/SE/PlanStrategic/HastHeritageStudyVol2.pdf |archive-date=2006-08-28 |url-status=dead }}
Present day
Balnarring Beach (colloquially known as 'The Naz Beach') today consists primarily of holiday homes and camping grounds,{{cite web |url=http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/content/content.asp?cid=763&tid=763&tpid=396&cnid=1754 |title=Townships - Balnarring Beach |author=Shire of Mornington Peninsula |access-date=2006-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821075910/http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/content/content.asp?cid=763&tid=763&tpid=396&cnid=1754 |archive-date=21 August 2006 |url-status=dead }} and contains a general store, picnic facilities and several caravan parks.Map 193, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001) Most other services are provided by nearby Balnarring township.
See also
- Shire of Hastings – Balnarring Beach was previously within this former local government area.
References
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{{Shire of Mornington Peninsula suburbs}}
{{Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria}}
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)
Category:Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (state)