Balnarring Beach, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Balnarring Beach
state = vic


caption = Balnarring Beach in April
lga = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
postcode = 3926
pop = 229 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21047 | name = Balnarring Beach (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
est = 1910s
stategov = Nepean, Hastings
fedgov = Flinders
dist1 = 71
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 14
location2= Hastings
near-nw = Balnarring
near-n = Balnarring
near-ne = Balnarring
near-w = Balnarring
near-e = Somers
near-sw = Merricks Beach
near-s =
near-se =

Balnarring Beach is a town in Victoria, Australia, 2 km south of Balnarring. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula and in 2006 it was rated by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council as 'Australia's Cleanest Beach', out of 317 beaches in five states. [cite web|url=http://www.keepaustraliabeautiful.org.au/qld/01_cms/details.asp?ID=10|title=Australian Clean Beach Challenge|author=Keep Australia Beautiful Council (QLD) Inc|year=2006|accessdate=2006-11-27]

It was previously known as Tulum Beach.

History

The township was first gazetted in 1886, in a street configuration quite different to what exists today.

The beach first began to attract holidaymakers in the 1910s, and beach stores and kiosks commenced operations, serving both day-trippers and campers. The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Club set up base here after their formation in 1924. During World War II, businesses were sustained by servicemen training at Somers.

In 1944, a mobile library operated from a private home for the Flinders Shire by Wally Turner. Balnarring Beach Post Office opened on 1 July 1947 and closed in 1978. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ] In 1960 the yacht club was given permission to erect a winch and slipway and build a clubhouse. [cite web|url=http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Documents/SE/PlanStrategic/HastHeritageStudyVol2.pdf|title=Volume 2, Environmental History|author=Graeme Butler & Associates|work=Hastings District Heritage Study Stage Two|accessdate=2006-11-27]

Present day

Balnarring Beach today consists primarily of holiday homes and camping grounds [cite web|url=http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/content/content.asp?cid=763&tid=763&tpid=396&cnid=1754|title=Townships - Balnarring Beach|author=Shire of Mornington Peninsula|accessdate=2006-11-27] , and contains a general store, picnic facilities and several caravan parks. [Map 193, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)] Most other services are provided by nearby Balnarring township.

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