42-637: The Bellarine Peninsula ( Wadawurrung : Balla-wein or Biteyong ) is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia , surrounded by Port Phillip , Corio Bay and Bass Strait . The peninsula, together with the Mornington Peninsula , separates Port Phillip Bay from Bass Strait . The peninsula itself was originally occupied by Indigenous Australian clans of the Wadawurrung nation, prior to European settlement in
84-588: A developer who said they would build a retirement village. Torquay is best known for the sport of surfing. Popular surf spots include Torquay Surf Beach, Draino's and Fisho's. The Torquay Boardriders Club represents Torquay surfers in local and national competitions. The town has an Australian Rules football team, the Torquay Tigers, competing in the Bellarine Football League playing their home games at Spring Creek Reserve. There
126-527: A distinction between dental and post-alveolar pronunciation on nasal and stop consonants. This is a distinction in indigenous language families of the Australian south-east such as Yuin-Kuric (incl. Ngunnawal and Dharug ) and the Gippsland languages (Incl. Dhudhuroa ). It is presumed there was no distinction between post-alveolar /n/ and palatal /ɲ/ ('Nhita' - to steal, fluctuates with 'nyita'). It
168-399: A football oval and a golf club backing onto it. The area has a V-line bus stop, the bus running to Warrnambool or to Geelong, three summer bus run stops, a post office box and a park, Spring Creek Play Park (locally known as Froggy Park). Walking access across the river to the football ground used to be difficult until in 2007 the shire built a footbridge connecting the reserve and the edge of
210-533: A population of 18,534. From the 1860s, picnickers began to frequent the location, which was originally known as Spring Creek, after the watercourse along its south-western edge, but it was named Puebla in the 1882 Victorian Municipal Directory. James Follett, who settled there in 1871, came from Torquay , the seaside town in Devon , England, and at his suggestion the name Torquay was officially adopted in 1892. The Post Office opened on 20 August 1894. On 3 April 1908,
252-565: A squatter who lived in the area from 1851 on his property named South Beach . Zeally Bay hosts a yachting club, a fishing club, Fishermans Beach, Taylor Park - a public 4-acre (16,000 m ) park and the Crowne Plaza Torquay, a multimillion-dollar resort and plaza which was built on the site of the old Zeally Bay Caravan Park. In 2004 the Zeally Bay caravan park had been sold by the owners due to increasing land tax costs, to
294-558: A standalone campus in Torquay North at the start of 2014. In October 2007, The new Torquay Police Station opened at the corner of the Surfcoast highway and central avenue. The new Police station was built at a cost of $ 7.8 million and is considered to be a state-of-the-art facility. Frog Hollow is in the north west of Torquay. The estate has been developed on the site of a water catchment which has been drained. Ocean Views
336-602: A variety of beaches and seaside resorts and wineries; most of the peninsula is a part of the City of Greater Geelong . The area of Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula was originally occupied by Indigenous Australian clans of the Wadawurrung nation, prior to European settlement in the early 19th century. This area was a favourite and extensive camping place for the Wadawurrung people. One Wadawurrung name for
378-495: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Torquay, Victoria Torquay ( / t ɔːr k iː / tor- KEY ) is a seaside resort in Victoria , Australia , which faces Bass Strait , 21 km south of Geelong and is the gateway to the Great Ocean Road . It is bordered on the west by Spring Creek and its coastal features include Point Danger and Zeally Bay. At the 2021 census , Torquay had
420-804: Is also a Youth Football and Netball Club, Surf Coast Suns, based at the Banyul-Warri Fields sporting precinct, the club was formed in 2016. Soccer club Surf Coast FC play at Banyul Warri sporting precinct. The senior men's team play in the Victorian state league while the juniors play in the Geelong community competition . Golfers play at the course of the Torquay Golf Club on Great Ocean Road, or at The Sands on Sands Boulevard, an 18-hole championship course designed by Australian golfer Stuart Appleby . Bells Beach , near Torquay,
462-570: Is also fluctuation between ' a ' and ' e ' as the last vowel in a word ('walart' - possum, compared to 'wollert'), however Blake maintains that they are distinct vowels Select placenames with attested origin in Wathawurrung language terms are; When settler William Cross Yuille asked a local indigenous woman what the name of the lake was, she told him to go away. hence the name Wadawurrung vocabulary pertaining to local wildlife; This Australian Aboriginal languages -related article
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#1732773258953504-519: Is also one of the parishes of the County of Grant , one of the Cadastral divisions of Australia . Some of the more significant and historical shipwrecks include; Black Rock on the southern coast (near Breamlea ) is the location of the main ocean outfall for Geelong 's sewage. Opened in 1915, initially the sewage was left untreated before being discharged into the ocean. A primary filtration system
546-491: Is assumed that a similar correspondence occurs with the post-alveolar stop, thus mixed attestation between ' th ', ' tj ' & ' ty '. The post-alveolar consonants /ʎ̟/, /t/ & /ɲ/ in word final position are rendered as ' yl ', ' yt ' & ' yn ', respectively. E.g. 'Gowa yn ' - Eel . The word final nasal after /a/ is always cited as ' ayn ' due to its fluctuation with 'ng' in sources Blake asserts that sources do not differentiate between alveolar /r/ and retroflex /ɽ/ and
588-477: Is in the south of Torquay. The area was developed from 2000 when the first homes were built. It was originally a sheep and cattle grazing and farming area, known as Hard Man's land because of its rocky and hilly landscape making it difficult to graze on. It is now primarily residential, backing onto Spring Creek, where a proposed development with capacity for another 20,000 people was rejected in April 2009. It has
630-562: Is surrounded by Corio Bay and the Outer Harbour to the north, Port Phillip to the north-east and east, The Rip to the south-east and Bass Strait to the south. The peninsula's eastern regions host several bays and islands such as The Rip , Lonsdale Bay, Swan Bay , Swan Island , Rabbit Island and various other small islands. The central and north-eastern regions host a gently undulating topography with no major rivers, mountains or significant landforms. The most distinct feature in
672-754: Is the Aboriginal Australian language spoken by the Wathaurong people of the Kulin Nation of Central Victoria . It was spoken by 15 clans south of the Werribee River and the Bellarine Peninsula to Streatham . Glottolog classifies Wathawurrung as extinct, however various regional programs and initiatives promote the usage and revitalisation of Wathaurong. Blake reconstructs Wadawurrung consonants as such; Due to
714-753: The Barwon Coast and some small remnant pockets around the Barwon River lakes and wetlands, many of these last remaining areas are protected or included in parklands. The largest area of original native woodland vegetation remaining on the Peninsula lies in the 143 hectare Ocean Grove Nature Reserve . The peninsula contains several significant wetlands , many of which form part of the Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site and are of international significance for
756-543: The Ocean Grove Nature Reserve. Marine mammals visit here include whales ( southern right and southern humpback ), endemic Burrunan dolphins , Australian fur seals and Australian sea lions . The peninsula is covered by two local government areas with a population of approximately 70,000. 35 per cent of residents on the Bellarine are aged sixty years or older, which is significantly higher than
798-644: The Spring Creek bridge was built, connecting the town to Anglesea . In 1891, the Joseph H. Scammell sailing ship struck the reef near Point Danger in Torquay and subsequently became wedged on the reef and as a result the ship broke up in the heavy seas. The cargo of the Scammell was washed onto the beach of Torquay and was looted. The anchors of the Scammell are still on display at the Torquay front beach and
840-511: The Torquay boat ramp. In 1900, a primary school was opened in the newly built Presbyterian church, moving to the recreation hall in 1901, a permanent school building not opened until 1910. A bowling green, tennis courts and a golf course were opened by the 1920s. The town once had 145 bathing boxes on the main beach. In 1946, the Torquay Surf Life Saving Club was formed, opening their current clubrooms in 1971 after
882-557: The area is 'Balla-wein' which refers to 'balla' meaning 'elbow' or 'reclining at the elbow'. The convict William Buckley escaped from the Sullivan Bay settlement in 1803, and lived among the Wadawurrung people for 32 years on the Bellarine Peninsula. In 1835, John Batman used Indented Head as his base camp, leaving behind several employees whilst he returned to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land ) for more supplies and his family. In this same year, Buckley surrendered to
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#1732773258953924-476: The distinction is thus presumed from comparison to other Victorian Aboriginal Languages. Blake represents every rhotic as 'rr' unless drawing from modern sources such as Hercus . Blake does not specify the number of vowels present in Wadawurrung. The standard set of /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/ and /u/ are used, however Blake notes a consistent correspondence between ' a ', ' u ' and ' o ' in various sources ('Djinang' - foot, variously attested as 'jinnung', 'genong'). There
966-414: The early 19th century. Early European settlements were initially centred on wheat and grain agriculture, before the area became a popular tourist destination with most visitors arriving by paddle steamer on Port Phillip in the late 19th century. Today, approximately 70,000 people live on the Bellarine, and this population doubles at peak periods during summer. The peninsula is a growing tourist region with
1008-499: The elevated plateau . A narrow strip of deeply weathered Cretaceous Otway Group rocks occurs in outcrop along the southern edge of the Curlewis Monocline , which forms the northern boundary of the peninsula. Landslides and narrow gullies have formed along the northern edge of the monocline. A sheet of marine sands of Late Neogene age covers the southern portion of the uplifted Bellarine block. The majority of soils on
1050-509: The former Torquay Primary School site on Bristol and Boston Roads, which was sold by the government for luxury apartments and an expanded shopping centre, instead of being retained for community uses. In 2001, The Sands golf club and residential development commenced construction to the north west of the town on the site of the former Torquay Tip, which closed in the early 1990s. The resort opened in 2004. The magazine History Matters produced by Torquay Museum Without Walls continues to document
1092-415: The history of Torquay. Torquay has an oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfb ), with warm-summer Mediterranean climate tendencies ( Köppen climate classification : Csb ). Summers are warm, though just barely with cool nights. Winters consist of cool days with chilly nights. The Torquay area is famous for its surf beaches , with Jan Juc and the world-famous Bells Beach located on
1134-574: The national average of 23 per cent. The Borough of Queenscliffe , situated on the peninsula, is the last remaining borough left in Victoria, and was the only local government area not changed in the mass Victorian municipality reorganisation of 1993 enacted by then Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett . The remainder of the peninsula is part of the City of Greater Geelong , having been part of the Rural City of Bellarine before this time. The peninsula
1176-411: The party led by John Helder Wedge and was later pardoned by Lieutenant-Governor Sir George Arthur , and subsequently given the position of interpreter to the natives. By the 1850s, the peninsula was known as ‘the granary of the colony’ and Portarlington became a major player in the wheat industry. Transport was by sea on Port Phillip Bay due to the poor roads. By the 1870s, excursion traffic to
1218-423: The peninsula commenced, with tourists travelling from Melbourne by paddle steamers to enjoy fishing and swimming by the bay, with the coastal towns being major holiday resorts. In 1879, one of the first branch railways was built in Victoria, from South Geelong station to Drysdale and Queenscliff. Encouraging the growth in agricultural production and leading to the decline in the bay steamer traffic to towns along
1260-593: The peninsula consist of grey-brown sedimentary sandy loams, overlaying medium to heavy textured clay. The Bellarine Hills are a significant variation with heavy black self mulching clay loams being well suited to intensive crop production. Mining of shell grit for glass making was an important industry on the shores of Swan Bay . Much of the native vegetation throughout the peninsula has been cleared for agriculture, notable exceptions being areas of land around Swan Bay, parklands in Portarlington, coastal areas along
1302-427: The peninsula. The peninsula is showing signs of environmental consciousness and attitudes towards sustainability , much the same as the Mornington Peninsula . The Bellarine Peninsula is a gently to moderately undulating landform that protrudes in an east and north-easterly direction into Port Phillip . The peninsula is generally considered to begin its protrusion between the town of Torquay and east of Geelong . It
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1344-456: The previous one burnt down. Today, it is the oldest and largest club in Victoria. Recent years have seen increased development of the area. With the 'old town' between the highway and the beach almost fully developed, housing spread to Jan Juc , west of Spring Creek, in the 1970s, and new estates opened up to the north of the town after the 1980s. There was conflict between long-term residents and those behind some developments, in particular over
1386-549: The protection of waterbirds and the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot . They are also recognised by BirdLife International in the Bellarine Wetlands and Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Areas . Brushtail and Ringtail Possums (Wadawurrung: 'Walert' for Brushtail and 'Barnong' for Ringtail) are endemic to the region and live within the Townships, Swamp Wallabies also live in
1428-660: The school holidays end; the town also hosts end of year Schoolies week celebrations, joint with Lorne, Victoria's most active Schoolies destination. The Australian National Surfing Museum is also located in Torquay. Visitors can enjoy the stunning coastal views of Torquay from the sky with Torquay Skydivers, one of the most beautiful locations to skydive in Melbourne . Torquay's local schools are Torquay College (primary school), St. Therese Catholic Primary School, Torquay Coast Primary School, Lisieux Catholic Primary School and Surf Coast Secondary College. Torquay Primary School
1470-533: The suburb, which is only around a 1.5 km radius. Ocean Views also have a BMX park. The area is known for its high number of families. Wombah Park is in the north east of Torquay and is home to about 1000 residents. Once owned by the Catholic Church, The Church Estate is bounded by Spring Creek Reserve, Spring Creek and Torquay Road and was developed in the 1960s. Zeally Bay is east of Torquay. The bay and Zeally Point were named after Richard Zeally,
1512-846: The then State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Victorian Solar Energy Council (now Energy Victoria) as a demonstration, it was sold in 1994 to the Alternative Technology Association of Melbourne . Electricity production ceased at 1200hrs on 17 May 2003 due to an electrical generator burn-out, caused by moisture, salt, and electrical flash-over. The wind generator remains in place today intact. 38°12′43″S 144°31′37″E / 38.212°S 144.527°E / -38.212; 144.527 Wadawurrung language Wadawurrung , also rendered as Wathawurrung , Wathaurong or Wada wurrung , and formerly sometimes Barrabool ,
1554-624: The town's south-west outskirts. Other popular beaches are Point Impossible Beach and Southside Beach . It was home to the popular Offshore Festival in the late 1990s. Many of the world's most famous surf companies have their home in Torquay, including Rip Curl and Quiksilver - all of which make up part of the Surf Coast Plaza, which provides shopping and eating, as well as the Surf World Museum. Torquay's population usually triples between January and end of February, when
1596-471: The varied nature of attestations of the language, Blake reconstructs Wadawurrung consonants in complacence to the standard features of the Australian Languages . It is presumed that Wadawurrung did not distinguish between voiced and unvoiced consonants ('Parrwong ~ Barwon' - Magpie ). What Blake attributes as a distinction between 'alveolar' and 'laminal' consonants is better described as
1638-586: The way, the line did not close until 1976. In recent years, with improved roads, the peninsula has become popular with people employed in Geelong, with population growth in towns such as Leopold , Drysdale and Ocean Grove . The Seachange demographic phenomenon has also led to increased growth. Ironically, the Australian TV series SeaChange was filmed at various locations on the peninsula, particularly at Barwon Heads , which helped promote tourism on
1680-552: The western region of the peninsula is the Barwon River which flows through a series of large lakes and extensive wetlands before emptying into Bass Strait at Barwon Heads . The uplifted block of the Bellarine Peninsula forms a very weakly dissected undulating plain of low elevation, less than 150m. Drainage from the remnant basalts of the Palaeogene Older Volcanics forms a vaguely radial pattern on
1722-538: Was installed in the 1970s, and in the 1980s the current plant was built with an upgraded filtration system, along with a 1.2 kilometre long ocean outfall. The plant was upgraded in 1997, with secondary filtration introduced, and a pipeline installed to transport recycled water to the flower farm at Torquay . A 60 kW capacity wind generator is located on Black Rock Road in Breamlea . Erected in November 1987 by
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1764-508: Was once located in the 'old town', being moved across from St. Therese in October 2001. The same year a review on the provision of Secondary Schooling in Torquay was commenced, and in 2003 it was recommended that Torquay Primary School become a P-9 school (Torquay College) doing so in 2009, in 2012 it reverted to a standalone primary school. The secondary years split from Torquay College in 2012 to form Surf Coast Secondary College which moved to
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