- Eastern Beach is a specific beach in Geelong, not to be confused with Waterfront Geelong. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Waterfront Geelong is a tourist and recreation area on the north facing shores of Corio Bay in Geelong, Australia.
Eastern Beach is a popular swimming and recreation area in Geelong, Victoria on the shores of Corio Bay. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment of one's Body or Mind. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state Corio Bay is one of numerous bays in the southwest corner of Australia's Port Phillip, and is the bay on which abuts the City of Geelong. Built during the 1930s in the Art Deco style, a shark proof swimming enclosure is provided, as well as a children's swimming pool, kiosk, dressing room pavilion. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or In the Mediterranean Basin and the Near East, a kiosk ( Persian کوشک Kushk Arabic كشك Koshk Turkish Köşk A number of Art Deco buildings in the area are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial The Victorian Heritage Register lists places of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria
Beginnings
Eastern Beach was not always the beach it is today. In the early years of Geelong the area was considered an eyesore, with steep cliffs running from the northern town boundary to the shores of Corio Bay.
Redevelopment plans were first proposed in 1914 by the City of Geelong. The City of Geelong was a Local Government Area located about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. Work was to include a one mile (1. 6 kilometre) long sea wall from Yarra Street to Limeburners Point, land reclamation, and flattening of the cliffs along the beach. See Reclaim for other uses Reclamation is the process of reclaiming something from loss or from a less useful condition In Geography and Geology, a cliff is a significant vertical or near vertical rock exposure Further plans were drawn up for a chalet at the beach, which later appeared in the form of the kiosk building.
Work begun in September 1927 when contracts were let for construction of the concrete stairway, terraces and dressing sheds. J. C. Taylor and Sons were the successful contractor. This stage of the works was opened on December 20, 1929 by then mayor Cr Sol Jacobs.
The shark proof swimming enclosure and children's pool were opened by Mayor of Geelong Cr Sol Jacobs on March 28, 1939. This is a list of the Mayors of the City of Greater Geelong, a Local Government Area, and the second largest city in Victoria, Australia The enclosure covered 8. 5 acres (3. 5 hectares) and could accommodate 10,000 bathers. The Eastern Beach precinct development cost 40,000 pounds ($80,000) at the time of construction, but was seen by the council of the time as being an investment in the city.
A tramway extension opened in October 1940 to Bellarine Street to cater to beach goers. The line was lifted in 1956 along with the rest of Geelong's tramways.
Later Years
Eastern Beach begun a slow decline from the 1960s. Increased motor car ownership allowed Geelong residents easier access to ocean beaches, and the popularity of Eastern Beach declined. Later decades of neglect saw the area fall into disrepair.
This decline was arrested in 1993, when the City of Greater Geelong announced plans for the restoration of the area. The City of Greater Geelong is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia. Partial funding of the works came from public 'purchasing' a plank in the swimming enclosure boardwalk. The enclosure was rebuilt, and the swimming pool, kiosk, and change rooms refurbished. The Beach House restaurant was also opened on the upper level of the kiosk building.
The late 1990s saw the original diving tower reinstated at the ocean end of the swimming enclosure after an absence of many years. However, the rebuilt structure was altered from the original design, omitting access to the topmost level due to injury concerns.
The Eastern Beach redevelopment was the first stage of the Waterfront Geelong developments that have continued along the shore of Corio Bay. Waterfront Geelong is a tourist and recreation area on the north facing shores of Corio Bay in Geelong, Australia.
Eastern Beach hosts many festivals and concerts year round and also hosts the annual Geelong Carols by the Bay concert hosted by Denis Walter. Denis Walter (born 1955) is an Australian media personality and singer
References
- Peter Begg (1990). Geelong - The First 150 Years. Globe Press. ISBN 0-9592863-5-7
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