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Point Leo, Victoria

Coordinates: 38°25′16″S 145°04′30″E / 38.421°S 145.075°E / -38.421; 145.075
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Point Leo
Victoria
Point Leo is located in Victoria
Point Leo
Point Leo
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Coordinates38°25′16″S 145°04′30″E / 38.421°S 145.075°E / -38.421; 145.075
Population178 (2021 census)[1]
Established1940s
Postcode(s)3916
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Mornington Peninsula
State electorate(s)Nepean
Federal division(s)Flinders
Localities around Point Leo:
Red Hill Red Hill South Balnarring
Red Hill Point Leo Merricks Beach
Shoreham Shoreham Western Port

Point Leo is a small coastal village on the shore of Western Port bay on the eastern side of the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 67 km (42 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Point Leo recorded a population of 178 at the 2021 census.

Point Leo Foreshore Reserve provides excellent waves for surfing and is one of the closest surf beaches to Melbourne.

History

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The area was known as Bobbanaring to the local Bunurong people prior to European settlement.[2] 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 camping grounds, toilet blocks with hot showers on the foreshore and a kiosk on the surf beach. A Post Office opened on 8 December 1969, but closed in 1974.[3] By the 1980s the area was still dominated by holiday homes and weekend travellers with few permanent residents.[4]

Present day

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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.[5]

No public transport services Point Leo directly although the bus route 782 operated by Ventura Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders passes within 2 km of the town.[6]

See also

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  • Shire of Hastings – Point Leo was previously within this former local government area.

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Point Leo (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "A to Z Melbourne: Geographical Place Names". pocketozmelbourne.com.au. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ^ Graeme Butler & Associates. "Volume 2, Environmental History" (PDF). Hastings District Heritage Study Stage Two. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
  5. ^ Map 257, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
  6. ^ "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.
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