An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline , such as a small arm , cove , bay , sound , fjord , lagoon or marsh , that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake , estuary , gulf or marginal sea .
20-542: Aireys Inlet is a small coastal inlet and town located on the Great Ocean Road , southwest of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Aireys Inlet is located between Anglesea and Lorne , and joined with Fairhaven , Moggs Creek , and Eastern View to the west. Many surfers holiday in Aireys Inlet to take advantage of the popular Fairhaven beach. As the inclination of the beach can change dramatically between years,
40-457: A large number of houses were burnt down. However, after a brief lull, interest in the area resumed and has been steadily climbing since. Properties, especially those with an ocean view, are becoming increasingly sought after, some going for greater than A$ 1 million. Aireys Inlet has a number of heritage listed sites, including: [REDACTED] Media related to Aireys Inlet, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons Inlet In marine geography ,
60-487: A population of 2,545 people. Originally known as Swampy Creek, the area's name was changed to Anglesea River in 1884 when the township was established. A Post Office under that name opened on 16 April 1886. and was renamed Anglesea in 1950. The name derives from Anglesey , an island in North Wales . Alcoa of Australia operated a power station and open-cut coal mine near the town from 1969 until August 2015. The site
80-674: A primitive hut eating fish, shellfish, wild raspberries and sugar ants. Aireys Inlet was known to the Aboriginals of the time as Managwhawz . The town takes its current name from John Moore Cole Airey , who settled in the area in 1842. The Post Office opened on 1 April 1893. At the 2016 census , Aireys Inlet had a population of 802. 83.4% of people were born in Australia and 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 53.9% and Catholic 16.1%. Fairhaven , Moggs Creek , and Eastern View are in
100-404: Is Scandinavian for "sound"). Some fjord-type inlets are called canals , e.g., Portland Canal , Lynn Canal , Hood Canal , and some are channels, e.g., Dean Channel and Douglas Channel . Tidal amplitude, wave intensity, and wave direction are all factors that influence sediment flux in inlets. On low slope sandy coastlines, inlets often separate barrier islands and can form as
120-418: Is moderately low (averaging 618.1 mm (24.33 in) per annum), but rainfall is frequent, as Aireys Inlet receives 152.1 precipitation days annually (with a maximum frequency of rain in winter ). Extreme temperatures have ranged from 45.3 °C (113.5 °F) on 7 February 2009 to 0.0 °C (32.0 °F) on 28 July 1990. While the coastline at adjacent Fairhaven is a long uninterrupted sand beach,
140-462: Is now the subject of restorative work. In February 1983, the Ash Wednesday fires swept through the area, destroying many houses. There is a surge in population during the summer months, reaching a peak around Christmas and New Year's Eve , as many Melbourne residents arrive for the holiday season. Although the town's main beach usually has reasonable surfing conditions, many surfers opt for
160-558: Is served by Surf Coast Times, a local newspaper for the Surf Coast published weekly on Fridays. Television services are received via a translator in Anglesea, carrying the Melbourne channels, although TV coverage from the translator is very low. Radio services are received on AM and FM from Melbourne and Geelong . Aireys Inlet was devastated by the infamous 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires in which
180-419: Is served by Surf Coast Times, a local newspaper for the Surf Coast published weekly on Fridays. Television services are received via a translator in the region, carrying the Melbourne channels, although TV coverage from the translator in the area is low. Radio services are received on AM and FM from Melbourne and Geelong . Anglesea has an Australian Rules football team and Netball Club that both compete in
200-711: The Bellarine Football League . The town is also home of the Anglesea Cricket Club which competes in the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association. Golfers play at the Anglesea Golf Club on Noble Street, home to a great many kangaroos . Anglesea has a recently re-built skateboard ramp which has led a controversial life, with the construction material having changed from wood to steel , and then concrete . The area has
220-572: The Bollywood movie Salaam Namaste was produced in Melbourne with many scenes being shot around Aireys Inlet, Fairhaven and Anglesea. At low tide it is possible to walk (or scramble) around all these rocks and beaches, making it possible to walk along the beach, all the way from Eastern View - the historical start of the Great Ocean Road, all the way to Anglesea. Much like Anglesea , Aireys Inlet
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#1732852102546240-518: The beach known as "Guvvo's", just west of town at the end of O'Donohue Road. Anglesea is also well known locally for its regular riverbank markets, which are held by the river on Anglesea's main street, the Great Ocean Road . The town's golf-course is renowned for its resident population of eastern grey kangaroos which graze on the fairways. In September the town hosts the Angair Wildflower Festival. The Surf Coast Walk passes through
260-406: The coast at Aireys Inlet is a series of rock shelves, interrupted by sandy swimming beaches, most of which are relatively secluded. Each beach has its own character, a result of differing lengths, orientation and nearby rock formations. Beaches include Sandy Gully, Steppy Beach and Sunnymeade. Aireys Inlet has one school, Aireys Inlet Primary School (P-6), which until the end of 2016 was a campus of
280-515: The result of storm events . Alongshore sediment transport can cause inlets to close if the action of tidal currents flowing through an inlet do not flush accumulated sediment out of the inlet. Anglesea, Victoria Anglesea is a town in Victoria , Australia . It is located on the Great Ocean Road in the Surf Coast Shire local government area. In the 2016 census , Anglesea had
300-564: The same postal area as Aireys Inlet. Aireys Inlet possesses an oceanic climate ( Köppen: Cfb), with tepid, relatively dry summers and mild, wetter winters. Average maxima vary from 23.1 °C (73.6 °F) in January and February to 13.4 °C (56.1 °F) in July while average minima fluctuate between 14.7 °C (58.5 °F) in February and 7.3 °C (45.1 °F) in July. Mean precipitation
320-400: The surf is regarded as unpredictable. Swimmers should take note there is a strong rip current . Painkalac Creek, which separates Aireys Inlet from Fairhaven, forms a salt lake or inlet behind the sand dunes before it cuts through to the ocean. Due to low water levels in the inlet it is not often that the inlet breaks through. Aireys Inlet is also famous for Split Point Lighthouse which
340-494: The term "inlet" usually refers to either the actual channel between an enclosed bay and the open ocean and is often called an "entrance", or a significant recession in the shore of a sea, lake or large river. A certain kind of inlet created by past glaciation is a fjord , typically but not always in mountainous coastlines and also in montane lakes. Multi-arm complexes of large inlets or fjords may be called sounds , e.g., Puget Sound , Howe Sound , Karmsund ( sund
360-585: The then Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12 College . During the early 1950s the Australian crime author Arthur Upfield lived at Aireys Inlet. His novel The New Shoe (1951) is based on the township and the lighthouse. Some of the novel's characters drew on local identities. Many scenes from the children's television series Round the Twist were filmed at or around the area of the Split Point Lighthouse. In 2005
380-509: The town and can either be followed north-east along the coastline to Torquay or south-east towards Aireys Inlet and Moggs Creek. Point Roadknight, Point Addis and Harvey Street are some of the tourist attractions along with several parks which surround the coastline. The Coogoorah Park is located towards the end of the River Reserve Road which boasts of a network of islands connected by boardwalks and bridges through wetlands. Anglesea
400-495: Was featured in the popular children's TV show Round The Twist . There is also a horseshoe-shaped reef at Step Beach which forms an excellent swimming hole at low tide. The towns main attraction, the Split Point Lighthouse overlooks the inlet. The lighthouse has made Aireys Inlet an icon along the Great Ocean Road . In the early 19th century, before British settlement, the escaped convict William Buckley lived here in
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