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Location: | Flinders – 292434. The first headland south of the car park at Beach Road. | Small sea cave at Shoreham. Arrows indicate boundaries of lava flows, Site 64 |
Access: | Beach Road. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land. | |
Geology/Geomorphology: | The marine cliff profile displays a series of lava flows of different structure and texture. A small sea cave has developed at the base of the cliff. In front of the cliff is a sand beach and a shore platform over 100 metres wide. | |
Significance: | State. This is a very clear and accessible section of the Older Volcanic lava flows. Although widely represented in the Westernport region, there are few safe accessible exposures of these rocks either inland or the coast. | |
Management: | Class 1. No quarrying, construction, roadworks, or coastal engineering structures should be permitted on the area of the site. |
Basalt cliffs and bluffs and wide shore platform near Shoreham, Site 64. Landslips are extensive on the coastal plateau margins, Site 65. |