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22 Point Richards South - Lobate Foreland

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 for details of geological heritage reports, and a bibliography.

Location910787. South of Ramblers Road, 2 km southwest of Point Richards.
Image: Sites of Significance Port Phillip Bay
Site 22, Point Richards South terrace and foreland
AccessRambler Road or Spray Farm Lane.
Ownership/Managing AuthorityMostly private land, with some Crown land (vested in Port of Geelong Authority)

Site Description
Between Ramblers Road and Spray Farm Lane, in front of the bluff south and southwest of Point Richards, is a broad terrace of clay overlain by coarse beach sand with shells. The sequence is capped with a thin sheet of fine (possibly wind-blown) sand similar to that in the upper ridges of the Point Richards foreland (Site 21). At the southern end of Ramblers Road, the terrace is lobate in plan at the coast, with a complex of ridges and lagoons that resemble a formerly prograded foreland now deprived of sand supply. The form of the coast here suggests that sand drift at some time has been predominantly towards the northeast, which contrasts with the westerly drift of the Point Richards area today.

Significance
Regional. This site displays a variety of coastal depositional features of great interest in determining the Late Holocene sedimentary history of Port Phillip Bay. The site is of interest for the relict coastal ridges, lagoons and the terrace.

Management Considerations
Class 2. Minimal disturbance of the outer ridges and lagoons is needed to allow interpretation of the recent sedimentary history and geomorphological development of the site. As much of the ridge and lagoon system should be left intact as is consistent with low intensity use of the site.

Point Richards
Site 22 Point Richards South (inset shows location of main map)
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