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St Kilda Beach - Melbourne


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St Kilda Boardwalk Sunset

St Kilda Beach Overview

Location 5kms South of Melbourne
Nearest Town: 100m
Port Phillip Bay Beach Facilities Activities Rating Accommodation
Beach: Sandy Patrolled: Yes, Summer Weekends Sunbathing: 77% Hotel/Resort: Yes
Length: 700m Toilets: Yes Swimming: 71% Caravan Park: No
Faces: South West Showers: Yes Surfing: No Beach Food: Yes
Top: Rockwall Picnic Area: Yes Kitesurf: 85% Café/Kiosk: Yes
Bottom: Tidal Pool: No Fishing: 77% Restaurants: Yes
Surrounds: Pier: Yes Shore Dive: No Risk Level: 1 - Generally Safe
Reef: Patchy Other: Snorkelling: No Dumping Waves: No
Ocean Swell: No Access: 1 - Easy Spear Fishing: No Frequent Rips: No
Other: Car Park: Pay Walks: 88% Shark Attacks: No Report Found
Transport: Tram Other: Other:
Historic beach popular with tourists and backpackers. The St Kilda Pier is a popular feature, as is a walk along the boulervarde with a gelato from the iconic ice cream vans. Luna Park is nearby, as well as many great restaurants with bayside views.


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Activities

Sunbathing

When the sun is out St Kilda beach is a popular place to be, with a vibrant atmosphere. Similar to Bondi Beach in Sydney, St Kilda is often a meeting place for backpackers and other tourists, especially around xmas and new years.

Swimming

St Kilda is a bay beach, there is no swell, but it can be affected by strong winds.

Beach Walks

Most people who come to St Kilda stroll the pathway along the beach that connects the 2 piers.

Kitesurfing

St Kilda is a popular Kitesurfing location, mostly around the little bay created by the marina breakwall.

Fishing

Fishing is fairly popular from the pier, with regular catches still reported. Pinkies and Snapper are often targeted, as well as squid.

Food and Accom

Beach Restaurants

There are many great restaurants along St Kilda beach including Soulmama, Republica, the Stokehouse and Donovans. All have great views of the beach, especially at sunset. Ice creams vans are featuring mixed gelato cones are also commonplace on Melbourne Bay beaches.

Accommodation

The St Kilda Novotel is within walking distance of the beach.



St Kilda Pier

St Kilda Pier

The beach features a concrete boulevarde style walkway along the beach which leads to St Kilda Pier, a famous landmark built and re-built since 1853.
There is a kiosk called Little Blue at the end of St Kilda Pier, and various others around the beach.

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St Kilda Pier


History

Name

St Kilda was named after a schooner Lady of St Kilda by governor Charles La Trobe, in 1841 after the boat spent most of the year moored at the beach. The schooner itself was named after
a group of islands in Scotland near the Hebrides.
There is no Saint Kilda, the name of the islands in Scotland resulted from a map transcribing error of the original name of Skildar, a Viking word for 'shield', which the shape of the islands resembled.


Created by anonymous. Last Modification: Wednesday 04 of May, 2011 10:22:19 EST by admin.

Category: 2.Melbourne Beaches
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