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63. Shoreham - Cliffs and Beach Ridges

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).
Geological heritage sites, including sites of geomorphological interest and volcanic heritage sites, are under regular revision by the Geological Society of Australia, especially in the assessment of significance and values. Reference should be made to the most recent reports. See the Earth Science Heritage section of the Geological Society of Australia website (external link) for details of geological heritage reports, and a bibliography.

Location:Flinders – 296441 to 304445. The site extends from the mouth of Stony Creek to Honeysuckle Point.
Image: Sites of Significance Westernport Bay
Beach terrace of Agropyron showing
at least 3 stages of cut and fill, Site 63.
Access:From the Shoreham foreshore camping reserve.
Ownership:Crown Land.
Geology/Geomorphology:The embayment is backed by cliffs and bluffs cut in Older Volcanics lava flows and tuffs. Some residual blocks form cliff stacks on the shore platform. Near Honeysuckle Point there is a sandy beach terrace 75 metres wide stabilised by Agropyron junceum. The beach sands here contain layers of heavy minerals including concentrations of titanomagnetite with rare sapphires and zircons.
Significance:Regional. The site shows a variety of steep coastal forms and the influence of lithology on the form of the cliff stacks is readily apparent. The wide Agropyron junceum terrace is an unusual form of backshore dune.
Management:Class 2. Continuation of the present management policy (as a camping reserve) is consistent with maintaining the significant features of the site.

63. Shoreham - Cliffs and Beach Ridges
Site 63, Shoreham area
Image: Sites of Significance Westernport Bay
Coastal bluffs and beach terraces, Shoreham,
Site 63.
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