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Bay of Islands The Bay of Islands near sunset. Bay of Islands Coastal Park is a 32 kilometres (20 miles) long coastal reserve located in Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road between Peterborough and Warrnambool. [1] [2] Lookout areas with parking are provided at the Bay of Martyrs, the Bay of Islands, Three Mile Beach and Childers Cove. [3]
Flowing into the Bay of Islands is the Humber River. Draining Deer Lake, the Humber is one of the major rivers on the island of Newfoundland, making the Bay of Islands an important estuary. Near the mouth of the Humber River, appropriately named "Humber Mouth", is the city of Corner Brook (2011 pop.: 19,886), as well as several neighboring suburbs
The 1,750-hectare (4,300-acre) national park is situated approximately 190 kilometres (120 mi) south-west of Melbourne and approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Warrnambool. The park is located adjacent to the Great Otway National Park and the Bay of Islands Coastal Park.
The bay is known in Māori as Tokerau, a name given by early Māori ancestors referencing a place in the Māori homeland. [1] The wider Bay of Islands area, including the plain surrounding Waimate North, is traditionally known as Taiamai, a name shortened from the Ngāpuhi whakataukī (proverb) Ka kata ngā pūriri ō Taiamai ("the pūriri trees are laughing with joy"), a phrase used to ...
The Warrnambool foreshore is a popular swimming area, and is adjacent to the Lake Pertobe parklands. A number of caravan parks are also located in the area. Baritone Robert Nicholson recorded the song Back to Warrnambool in 1924. [15] Warrnambool is the setting and filming location of the 2015 film Oddball, starring Shane Jacobson. [16]
Flaxmans Hill, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Peterborough within the Bay of Islands Coastal Park. Aboriginal peoples occupied the area for thousands of years before European settlement. In 1845 Dr Daniel Curdie made the difficult journey from his homestead at Tandarook to follow the river to its mouth. He named the area Peterborough after his ...
Middle Island is a small (c. 2 ha), rocky island lying close to the shore of south-western Victoria, Australia, in Stingray Bay next to the city of Warrnambool. It is a wildlife sanctuary that is home to breeding colonies of Australian little penguins (Eudyptula novaehollandiae) and short-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris). It is closed ...
[3] [4] [5] The Humber Basin area is characterized by the existence of several harbours, coves, islands and the large Humber River. [4] The Humber River, a few miles downward from Woods Island, is the main geographic draw for its settlers. It extends approximately 150 km from Woods Island towards Deer Lake and is surrounded by the boreal forest ...