39-449: Cottesloe Beach is a popular beach in Cottesloe and one of the most iconic locations of Western Australia . The enduring popularity of the beach is the result of combination of factors including proximity to metropolitan Perth , accessibility by train , shelter from strong summer breezes and presence of offshore reefs making it a relatively safe swimming location. It has been recognised by
78-571: A 30-room Inter-war Spanish Mission style residence, designed by Bernard Evans . It was bought for £30,000 by the Town of Cottesloe in 1950 and renamed the Cottesloe War Memorial Town Hall and Civic Centre . Former West Coast Eagles premiership player Chris Mainwaring lived in Cottesloe before his death on 1 October 2007. Rottnest Channel Swim The Rottnest Channel Swim
117-400: A popular diving platform for beach users. During major storm activity on 21–22 May 2009, the spike was knocked off the pylon. However this is not the first time this has occurred; during storms in 1995, the spike was also knocked over. It then remained on the bottom of the ocean in approximately 3 metres (9.8 ft) of water until a group from Swanbourne Nedlands Surf Life Saving Club removed
156-564: A safe seat for the centre-right Liberal Party , which has held the seat continually since its inception, with the exception of a period from 1995 to 1998 when former Liberal member Allan Rocher held the seat as an independent and since 2022 when the current independent member Kate Chaney was elected. In the parliament of Western Australia, its Legislative Assembly electoral district is Cottesloe , held consecutively by three Liberal Party leaders, currently David Honey . John Curtin , Prime Minister of Australia for much of World War II ,
195-540: A time of 4:19:38. Swimclan Big Orse's took out the team category in 4:14:37. In 2022, Kyle Lee and Chloe Truscott were solo winners in times of 4:05:19 and 4:42:43 respectively. In 2023, records tumbled with Bailey Armstrong taking first place in a record 3:48:14, and Chloe Truscott finishing with a record 4:14:13. Four high profile swimmers, who have competed in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, Mack Horton , Cody Simpson , Josh Edwards-Smith and Bowen Gough, also broke
234-411: A time. The team record was also lowered to 3:43:02. Due to the popularity of the race, and the number of support boats for the now 2,300 entrants, a ballot has been held since 2006 to limit the number of participants in the water at the same time. In 2007, the race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions caused by cyclonic activity in the north west of Western Australia. It was the first time
273-511: A two decade long debate. A plan to build a skatepark in Cottesloe in 2020, had resulted in heated debate between locals and skateboarders . Cottesloe is served by Swanbourne , Grant Street , Cottesloe , Mosman Park and Victoria Street railway stations on the Fremantle line . Various bus routes along Stirling Highway and through the suburb's western and eastern sections link Cottesloe to Perth and Fremantle. All services are operated by
312-499: Is an annual open water swimming event from Cottesloe Beach through Gage Roads to Rottnest Island , off the coast of Western Australia , near Perth . The distance is 19.7 km (12.2 mi) and it is one of the largest open water swimming events in the world, with 2,400 swimmers participating in the 2015 event. It is held in February each year and is open to solo swimmers and teams of two or four. A second event, "Champions of
351-514: Is no proof that any did. However, some may have crossed by resting on Carnac and Garden Islands . The first documented crossing by a swimmer was Gerd Von Dincklage-Schulenburg, 24 January 1956, in 9 hours and 45 minutes. As of October 2016, von Dinklage was aged 87 and living in the German town of Dörentrup . Von Dincklages' swim led the Weekend Mail newspaper to hold the first organised race to
390-661: Is now vested jointly in the National Trust of Australia (WA) and Curtin University . Cottesloe is a beach-side suburb of the city of Perth in Western Australia. It is located roughly halfway between Perth's central business district and the port of Fremantle . It is famous for its beaches, cafes and relaxed lifestyle. Cottesloe is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the west; a line extending from Boundary Road, Mosman Park to
429-577: The Heritage Council as a place of cultural significance since 2005. Since the beginning of the twentieth century a succession of bathing structures and hotels have been constructed in prominent locations overlooking the beach . The current beach-front structure was constructed in 1996 and is known as the Indiana Teahouse . Designed in a neotraditional architectural style it has become an internationally recognised landmark of Perth . The beach hosts
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#1732873630243468-471: The Public Transport Authority . Cottesloe is serviced by the 102 operated by Swan Transit . From 1901 to 1968 and from 1974 to 1980 Cottesloe was part of the Fremantle electorate, since 1934 a notional Labor seat. Its most prominent member was wartime Prime Minister John Curtin , a Cottesloe resident. Since 1980, it has been part of the federal division of Curtin . Curtin is regarded as
507-621: The Town of Cottesloe . Cottesloe was named for Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe , a prominent Tory politician and the brother of Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle for whom the city of Fremantle was named. The nearby suburb of Swanbourne was named for the Fremantle family seat, Swanbourne House, in Swanbourne , Buckinghamshire. Cottesloe was home to Australian Prime Minister John Curtin . The house he built still stands in Jarrad Street. It
546-495: The 1880s when the suburb of Cottesloe was established. In 1898 the first refreshment stalls and bathing pavilions appeared on the beach. Six years later a jetty was constructed, but destroyed in the storms of the same year. A more steady construction 100 metres (330 ft) in length was constructed four years later and became known as the Cottesloe Pier. The beach has been patrolled and kept by Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club since
585-504: The 800-kilogram (1,764 lb) structure using nothing but wood, rope and surfboards in 1997. After the pylon was restored, it was painted in the Cottesloe Surf Lifesaving Club colours, but it was soon changed to the colours of North Cottesloe Lifesaving Club. The colours of the pylon change almost yearly with the annual Cottesloe To Swanny Ocean Classic, during which hundreds swim from Cottesloe Beach to Swanbourne. Before
624-527: The Channel" for elite solo swimmers, was introduced in 2016. The "Lavan Legal Charity Challenge" is an exclusive challenge for 30 teams of four for those who wish to fundraise money for a charity of their choice while competing for the Lavan Legal Charity Challenge Cup. When Rottnest Island was used as a prison it was rumoured that some of the prisoners swam back to the mainland, although there
663-510: The changes in the last 110 years of Perth's history. The photos and paintings of Cottesloe Beach that are either in collections or published, give tangible evidence of the importance of beach-oriented activities in the Perth community. Cottesloe Beach is a popular place for beach cricket . An oceanway allows pedestrians and cyclists to move along the beaches. It is one of Perth's most popular beaches and in 2009, Lonely Planet named Cottesloe Beach
702-573: The club's official opening in 1909 as part of Surf Life Saving Australia . This was the first lifesaving club in Western Australia . The Indiana Tea House was a building constructed in 1910 and replaced by the Centenary Pavilion in 1929. When the building became unstable it was demolished and replaced with a small beach pavilion in 1983. The structure was too small and in the mid-1990s the Town of Cottesloe sought expressions of interest for
741-460: The coronavirus pandemic. Donaldson crossed the line in a time of 4:04:30, more than six minutes in front of second finisher William Rollo. Chloe Truscott was the fastest woman to complete the 19.7 km swim in a time of 4:33:20. She was seven minutes in front of her nearest female competitor, Josie Page. Winners of the Duo category were Kaiden Richings and Thomas Davis, two 16-year olds from Bunbury, in
780-455: The design of multi-purpose building. The town selected a neotraditional design by architect Lawrence Scanlan that drew influences from the earlier Centenary Pavilion. The building was built over the foundations of the 1983 pavilion and was completed in 1996. Since 2016 Lawrence has been seeking approval for a new Cottesloe Pier structure that will include an underwater observatory, swimming enclosure and pavilions. In 2020, Andrew Forrest purchased
819-549: The event had become one of the world's largest open-water swimming events with 1150 participants. In 2005 a companion event to the Sydney-based Sculpture by the Sea was launched on Cottesloe Beach. Although extremely popular (it draws crowds of over 200,000 per year) the event has struggled financially from the outset. Cottesloe, Western Australia Cottesloe is a western suburb of Perth , Western Australia, within
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#1732873630243858-399: The event had been cancelled in its history. In 2013, swimsuit regulations were introduced which comply with FINA's open water swimming rules. The RCSA was successful in increasing the number of boats in the water on event day which resulted in more swimmers participating. All finishing swimmers completed the swim well before the final cut-off time and earlier than the 2012 event. In 2014,
897-403: The event, members from Swanbourne Nedlands Surf Life Saving Club, North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club and Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club compete to paint the pylon their club colours in order to gain publicity for their club. In 1991, at Cottesloe Beach, 16 solo swimmers and 7 teams participated in the first formal Rottnest Channel Swim , with only 2 solo swimmers failing to finishing. By 1998
936-460: The federal government announced that it would provide a grant of $ 580,000 to the National Trust to restore the house. Kathleen Hope Barnes MBE who was a leading Australian nurse was born here in 1909. Claude de Bernales was a mining entrepreneur who in 1911 bought Attorney-General Richard Pennefather's 1898 Federation Queen Anne house, naming it Overton Lodge . In 1936 it was rebuilt as
975-623: The finish was relocated to the grassed area near the Fuel Jetty, which required a 20m ramp to be built over the dunes. In 2016, the inaugural Champions of the Channel event was held, with Ben Freeman as the first male solo in 4:18:28 and Jaime Bowler as first female solo in 4:42:16. The Premier of Western Australia, the Hon. Colin Barnett, celebrated his 20th year as the official starter of the race. Tandem solos (two solos sharing one boat) were introduced. 2018
1014-457: The first Welcome to Country was conducted by Ingrid Comming at the pre-race briefing held at Challenge Stadium (now HBF Stadium) and Professor Len Collard performed a second ceremony at Cottesloe Beach on race day. In 2015, the swim celebrated its 25th anniversary, with one of the highlights being the release of a commemorative book. With the event outgrowing the finish line at the Hotel Jetty,
1053-472: The history books were re-written when 2,022 people swam the Channel. The Channel Swim had grown so large, an event management consultant was hired to assist volunteers in running the event. Royal Life Saving WA began assisting the RCSA. It was this year that Travis and Jarrad Nederpelt set the duo race record with a time of 3:55:54. In 2004 swimmers began to be put into categories, with only 100 allowed to start at
1092-498: The island later that year, in March 1956, which was completed by four participants. In the years to come, the first woman to swim to the island was 23-year-old Lesley Cherriman on 13 April 1969. She swam from Natural Jetty to North Mole and became the first female to complete a crossing, a feat she repeated on 18 February 1970 and again on 4 April 1971 from the mainland to Rottnest. In 1990, The Rottnest Channel Swim Association (RCSA)
1131-520: The lease for Teahouse and proposed the demolition and redevelopment of the building in a contemporary architectural style. In December 2008 the Town voted to restore the pylon, a concrete structure built in 1935, at a cost of $ 172,000. Decades of battering by the ocean has eroded the pylon, which was one of three pylons built to anchor a shark net following a fatal attack in 1925. Two were destroyed by storms in 1937. Since then it has become an iconic landmark and
1170-401: The line was Zoe Whitfield, of NSW in a time of 4:48:09, just ahead of Josie Page in second place at 4:48:42. In 2018 and 2019 Page finished in third place. On 20 February 2021, more than 2,500 swimmers – aged between 14 and 76 – dived into the surf at Cottesloe Beach for 31st channel swim. Andrew Donaldson was the first to finish, less than a year after his return to Perth in the middle of
1209-450: The occupied private dwellings in Cottesloe, 66.9% were separate houses, 14.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc., and 18.1% were flat or apartments. Of the employed people in Cottesloe, 7.2% worked in hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals). Other major industries of employment included legal services 3.6% and general practice medical services 3.0%. Historically Cottesloe Beach and its panorama are reflections of
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1248-813: The ocean to the south; the Perth-Fremantle Railway , Stirling Highway , Congdon Street and West Coast Highway to the east; and North Street to the north. Cottesloe is generally residential, with a significant shopping area located between Jarrad and Station streets adjacent to the Cottesloe railway station . In the 2016 census , there were 7,375 people in Cottesloe, 68.8% of whom were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 8.6%, South Africa 1.8%, New Zealand 1.6% and United States of America 1.4%. 86.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.4%, Anglican 22.6% and Catholic 19.3%. Of
1287-447: The popular Rottnest Channel Swim , and Sculpture by the Sea . It attracts around 600,000 visitors per year. The beach is located along the coast of the suburb of Cottesloe, Western Australia , and spans 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) along the coast, between North Cottesloe Beach to the north and Mosman Park Beach to the south. It lies on the Indian Ocean . The beach has been one of the most popular beaches in Western Australia since
1326-551: The world's 2nd best beach for families. The Indiana Tea House, which overlooks Cottesloe Beach, is also an icon of the suburb, and in 2021 it was added to the Western Australia Heritage Register. A new town planning scheme was approved for Cottesloe allowing developers to build to five storeys high along Marine Terrace with the Ocean Beach Hotel site allowed to reach eight storeys. The decision followed
1365-508: The youngest swimmer to ever compete in the race, who completed the swim at the age of 13. By 1996, the race had 52 solos, 34 duos, and 135 teams for a total of 660 swimmers. David O'Brien was winner, with Brian Parker second, and Shelley Taylor-Smith third. The RCSA president was John Guilfoyle. In 1998 the Rottnest Channel Swim had 1,150 participants, and officially became the world's biggest open water swimming event. In 2001,
1404-406: Was an eventful year, with records broken, a boat sinking, a propeller strike, a 3:30pm finish and the event's first-ever shark sighting evacuation. Favourable conditions led to records tumbling with Solomon Wright setting a new solo race record of 3:59:28. The prior record was set in 2000 by Mark Saliba at 4:00:15. The female solo race record of 4:21:55 was set by Heidi Gan and the male team record
1443-424: Was broken by Reilly Kennedy, Callum Lauriston, Nicholas Rollo and William Rollo in 3:36:36. Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic , the 30th channel swim was still held on 22 February 2020. The line honours winner was Dutchman Lars Bottelier, finishing in 4 hours, 18 minutes and 26 seconds. William Rollo finished in second place in 4:22:16 and Kyle Lee finished third in 4:25:30. The first female solo swimmer across
1482-431: Was formed with John Whitehead as its first president. Despite the modest success of the 1956 event, another organised race to the island would not be held until 23 February 1991, with sixteen solo swimmers and seven teams competing, a total of 44 swimmers. The solo event was won in 4:30:03 by Peter Galvin. The success of the swim led to it becoming an annual event. In 1994, Kutraleeswaran from Tamil Nadu , India became
1521-484: Was local federal member of parliament from 1928 to 1931 and 1934 to 1945. He lived in Cottesloe from 1918 until his death in office in 1945. Curtin's house in Jarrad Street is vested in the National Trust of Australia (WA) and Curtin University . During 2008 there was a suggestion that the house be relocated to the Curtin University grounds but the decision was made that the house remain in Cottesloe. In May 2009
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