Point Leo, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Point Leo
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
postcode = 3916
pop = 329
est = 1940s
stategov = Nepean
fedgov = Flinders
dist1 = 77
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 20
location2= Rosebud
near-nw = Red Hill
near-n = Red Hill South
near-ne = Balnarring
near-w = Red Hill
near-e = Merricks Beach
near-sw = Shoreham
near-s = Shoreham
near-se =

Point Leo is a town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Point Leo Foreshore Reserve provides excellent waves for surfing and is one of the closest surf beaches to Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Point Leo had a population of 329.Census 2001 AUS
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name=Point Leo (State Suburb)
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History

The area was known as Bobbanaring to the local Bunurong people prior to European settlement. The area was first surveyed in 1841, and a town was proposed here in 1869, but the area did not develop until after World War II, when the Woods family built a house and store. Facilities were developed in the 1960s, including hot showers at Point Leo foreshore. Point Leo Post Office finally opened on 8 December 1969, but closed in 1974. 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 ] By the 1980s the area was still dominated by holiday homes and weekend travellers with few permanent residents. [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

The small town contains a general store and supports an active surf lifesaving club and boat club. A large foreshore reserve includes picnic, barbecue and camping areas, managed by Point Leo Foreshore, and provide access to the surf beach. A gate fee is payable. Most other facilities are available from nearby Shoreham and Balnarring. [Map 257, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)]

No public transport services Point Leo directly although the 782 bus route operated by Peninsula Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders passes within 2 km of the town. [ [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/979 782 Frankston-Flinders] , effective 19 April 2004. Accessed 2006-11-27.]

References

External links

* [http://www.pointleo.com/ Point Leo Foreshore]
* [http://www.triggerbrothers.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=102 Live surf pictures of Point Leo]