Coastal guide to nature and history 3: western Victoria
Point Lonsdale to the South Australian border
CONTENTS (Click links below to see sample pages)
Introduction
- Purpose and coverage of the book
- Rewards in store for the coastal explorer
Walking the coastline
- Advice for the coast walker
- Safety and the tides
Early history - Aboriginal life and European discovery and settlement
Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- Point Lonsdale to Lorne (sample pages - Torquay, Pt Addis-Anglesea, Lorne)
Otways Coast
- Lorne to Princetown (sample pages - Aire River-Castle Cove)
Shipwreck coast
- Princetown to Port Fairy (sample pages - Warrnambool)
Discovery coast
- Port Fairy to the SA border
Coastal animals and plants (sample pages - Coastal plants)
- Common animals of the coast, including invertebrates that live between the tides
- Vegetation communities, including seaweeds and plants of cliffs, dunes and heaths
Coastal landforms - Geology of the region and how it determines landforms
Coastal management
Acknowledgements
Author
References and further reading
Index