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Welcome to the

Bayside Suburb of Altona in Melbourne West!

Altona Beach 4

Cherry L ake 6

Altona Coastal Park 8

Altona Bayside Festival 10

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ltona is a suburb in Melbourne,

Victoria, Australia, 13 km south-west

rom Melbourne’s central business

district. Its Local Government Area is theCity o Hobsons Bay. Altona takes its name

rom the then independent German city o

Altona, which is today a borough o Hamburg.

It is a large suburb consisting o low density

residences in the south-eastern hal, with

mixed industry in the north-western hal. It

is located in Zone 1 and has three train stations

Seaholme, Altona and Westona stations.

It is home to our primary schools, two

secondary schools, many sport clubs, a

historical museum (Altona Homestead),

Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre and

Altona City Theatre. Its most eminent residentis Julia Gillard, the frst emale Prime Minister

o Australia.

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Altona is only one o two swimmable

beaches in Melbourne Western Suburb,

the other being Williamstown Beach.

It is a avourite hotspot not only or local

residents but also or people rom other

Western suburbs, especially during summer.

Altona BeachTe Esplanade is the only road in Metropolitan

Melbourne that runs so close to the beach and sea. Avery long coastline hugs Altona.

Tere is a very long drive rom the western end at Maidstone St to the Altona Coastal Park at the eastern end. Tis is a very scenic drive and you cansee the curve o the shoreline, the Pier, Melbourne CBD and mountain ranges

in the distance, changing marine landscapes varying rom sandy beach to rockyoutcrops as well as many aquatic birds such as swans, ducks, gulls, pigeonsebbing up and down in the seas.

Te coast is lined with the majestic-looking Norolk Island Pines whichare historically signicant or their associations with the ormer Shires o

Werribee and Altona andaesthetically signicantas an important elemento the cultural landscapecharacter o the Altonaoreshore precinct.

Recreational activi-ties on Altona Beachinclude walking, cycling,shing, swimming, kite-surng, windsurng, jetskiing and snorkeling.

Altona Sea is a avouritehaunt or kitesurers

with their bright and colourul kites dotting thesky on a windy day.

Tere are plenty o picnic benches and chairsalong the oreshore, allowing amilies to spend somegreat time together, lovers to share some intimatemoments, joggers to take a rest or simply or peopleto watch the waves lapping against the shores, toenjoy the sunrise or sunset or to i dle time away.

Altona Beach had recently undergone beachimprovement works in which a 40 metre wide beach

was constructed rom Romawi Street to BayviewStreet, placing approximately 75,000 m³ o sand on

the beach. Te project restores the width o the beach,minimise sand drit, improve the stormwater drainsand water quality, enhance the recreational experi-ence or visitors and make beach maintenance easier.

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Lcati Altona,Victoria

Cdiates 37°51’30”S144°50’5”E

Aveage depth Onemetre

Walkpath3.7 km

Capak ViaMillersRdorFresno St

Facilities Playground,barbeques,picnic areas,boardwalk,bird hide

Activities Strolling,jogging,

boating,windsurfng,angling,birdwatching,photography,remote-controlledmodel boat racing

Evet AltonaLions Club’smarket frst Sundayo every month

Cherry Lake

Tis is a large lake with an island inside, has a 3.7km shared walking and bicycle path that encirclesthe lake that will take about 1 and an hal hour o walking time.

It is accessible by cars rom the Millers Rd carparkas well as rom the end o Fresno St rom Civic Parade.

Te lake and associated salt marsh vegetationprovides habitat or pelicans, black swans, PurpleSwamphens and the endangered Altona SkipperButtery.

Aquatic birds can be viewed rom a bird hide atthe north-western end, where tall sedge grasses

abound which orm a beautiul, fowing silky patternwhen winds blow.

Recreational activities on the lake include boating,windsurng, angling and remote-controlled modelboat racing. Te walk/cycling path is connected tothe Hobsons Bay Coastal rail.

Tere is a big barbeque/picnic area near the

Millers Road carpark, a children playground nearby,a skating park and a boardwalk that runs throughthe tall sedges.

Te undulating, well-manicured grasselds withmajestic-looking trees on the southern shores o theLake makes an idyllic, picturesque spot or picnics.

Improvement worksare in store or CherryLake, with a SensoryGarden proposed onits southern side. Tis

includes a network o themed garden areas

with plants to stimulatethe senses, concrete andcrushed rock pathways,a maze built into thelawn, a viewing platorm,seating and a shelter orvisitors.

o the north o Cherry Lake, you can climb upa mound to take in a bird-eye view o the entireLake rom the summit. Wild bunches o large,purplish proteas-like fowers grow on the slopeso this mound.

Te Altona Lions Club holds an outdoor marketon the rst Sunday o every month on the MillerStreet rontage o the park, selling trash & treasure,toys, clothes, preserves, home-grown and home-

made goods.

I you drive south along Millers Road towards Altona, you will eventually

see a very large, beautiul lake on the right. This is Cherry Lake.

Cherry Lake, ormally the Altona Swamp was named ater Robert

Cherry who was a local armer and landowner in the late 1800’s. In

the 1970’s the basin was created to help prevent Altona rom fooding.






The Altona Coastal Park is a 70 hectares

intertidal and salt marsh orming

the eastern boundary o Altona.

It provides habitats or a large

biodiversity o fora and auna, including

the rare Orange-bellied Parrot, White

Mangroves and many marine birds.

Altona Coastal Park

Te park is carpeted with large areas o pigacewhich blooms in late October, resulting in swatheso pink fowers – a phenomenal sight! In Spring,certain parts o the Park become a meadow o yellowwildowers.

It was ormerly the site o the WilliamstownRacecourse, where a lone date palm tree, rising out o the at landscape andsome ruins o the grandstand are reminders o its nineteenth century grandeur.

A 4-metre sculpture called Requiem or a Champion, created by the artist Yvonne George, eaturing a bronze Stint perched on top o a galloping horse,was installed as a historical marker to commemorate the location o this oncethird largest racecourse in Victoria, graced by Australian thoroughbred cham-

pions, including Phar Lap.

Te Lower Kororoit Creek meanders through the Altona Coastal Park andempties into Port Phillip Bay, adjacent to the Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve.Te Jawbone Reserve consists o a sandy beach fanked by basalt rock outcrops.

A wooden boardwalk enables visitors to approach the water, rockpools, yellow

lichen and the saltmarsh-mangrove community. Huge colonies o aquatic birdsock to rocky outcrops located in the centre o a wetland l agoon. Seagrasses,kelp orests, mussels, abalones and rock lobster can be ound in the JawboneMarine Sanctuary.

Te Lower Kororoit Creek is interrupted in itscourse by a train bridge (Werribee train line) anda road that is submerged under water during hightides and hence, not usable by cars. You can otensee black swans bobbing up and down along thisstretch o the Creek.

During low tides, the sea water retreats a very

long distance rom the shore, exposing the sea bedsand temporarily creating islands in the sea, whichare sand ridges at a much higher elevation thanthose closer to the shores. Tis is a avourite time ordog owners to unleash their dogs there. Tese dogswill run ree on the exposed sea beds and “islands”,chasing each other.






exposition at the Senior Citizen’sCentre, roving buskers at LoganReserve and multicultural oodstalls and children rides at GrantReserve.

You could even hop on a ree

historic double-decker bus ridearound Altona in which the bus driverwill give commentary on the variousplaces o interest in Altona.

Te Altona Homestead and varioussporting clubs hold their ree OpenHouse during the Bayside Festival.he Altona City heatre plays aChildren’s Pantomine during theFestival.

Te greatly anticipated FireworkDisplay takes place over CherryLake on Saturday night, ater theopen-air night concert has ended.

Te highlight o the Festival is theSunday Grand Parade that extends

rom the beach end o Pier Streetto Cherry Lake. Te street parade

is regularly interrupted bysuburban passenger trainsas they pass through nearby Altona station.

Troughout the historyo the estival, over eighty

entries have participatedin the promenade repre-senting various sportingclubs, churches, schools,cultural groups, bands,

service clubs and a host o recreational organisations.

Apart rom the sheer

spirit and rolic o the entireevent, there are prizes tobe won based on our maincriteria – efort, theme, origi-nality and presentation o thecharade.

he 2010 theme is“Rhythm o the Jungle” Te

previous year theme is

“Fantasy and Magic”.

It was initiated by a group o local residents whowanted to promote the recreational opportunitiesofered by sporting clubs, groups and service clubswithin the City o Altona (now known as HobsonsBay). Te 30thanniversary was held in 2007.

It enjoyed a brie period o heightened promi-

nence in 2002 when it was eatured on the Channel9 travel program Postcards in a segment hosted byGeof Cox.

Te activities are spread out rom Logan Reserve,Pier Street, J.K. Grant Reserve and Cherry Lake.Tey include concerts, perormances by proessionalentertainers, pet shows, an antique car exhibition, aspaghetti eating competition, showcasing o artists’works rom the western suburbs at the Louis Joel

Arts & Community Centre, children’s workshopswhere they learn how to create handicrats using

recycled materials, bloke’s activities such as sports,gizmos and carpentry at the Finnish Hall, handmade

The Altona Bayside Festival is the most important annual event in the calendar

o Altona’s activities. It is held annually, over a weekend in March, to promote

and celebrate Hobsons Bay and the western suburbs. Formerly known as ‘Operation

Recreation’, the Bayside Festival began in March 1977 ater th e opening o Cherry Lake.

Altona Bayside Festival

InFormATIon

Type Community Festival

Sice March1977

Whe Every Marcheachyearoveraweekend

Whee LoganReserve,PierStreet, J.K.Reserve

Highlights GrandParade,Fireworks,AntiqueCarExhibition, HistoricDouble-DeckerBus






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