Aireys Inlet

With Aireys Inlet both an inlet and a town is called, which lie south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, between the towns of Anglesea and Lorne and west of Fair Haven on the Great Ocean Road.

The place is 119 km from Melbourne, 46 kilometers from Geelong and 28 kilometers from Torquay.

In 2006, Aireys Inlet had a population of 1,148 people.

History

In the early 19th century lived there - before European settlement - the escaped convict William Buckley in a primitive hut and fed on fish, seafood, wild raspberries and honey ants. Aireys Inlet was called at that time by the Aborigines Managwhawz. Today, the town is named after an early settler JMC Airey, who came to this area in 1842.

The Post Office opened on 1 April 1893.

Literature and Media

In the early 1950s, the Australian crime writer Arthur W. Upfield lived in Aireys Inlet. His novel The New Shoe (1951 ) is based on the village and the lighthouse. Some of the characters in the novel are based on local personalities.

Many scenes of children's television series Totally Twist were filmed in the area of the Split Point Lighthouse.

2005, the Bollywood film wedding was - No Thanks! in Melbourne with some scenes filmed at Aireys Inlet, Fairhaven and Anglesea.

Tourism

Make many surfers in Aireys Inlet holiday with the famous surf beach Fairhaven Beach. Since this beach is subject to strong changes, surfing regarded there as unpredictable. Swimmers should note that there exists a strong current.

The Pain Kalac Creek, which separates Aireys Inlet Fairhaven, forms a salt lake behind the sand dunes before it empties into the ocean. Due to the low water level in the Inlet Creek, however, seldom reaches the ocean.

There is also a horseshoe-shaped reef at Step Beach, offering an excellent opportunity to swim when the tide reached its lowest level. The main tourist attraction of the place is the Split Point Lighthouse, which extends beyond the Inlet and gives the place a distinctive mark on the Great Ocean Road.

Since the shoreline is connected to Fairhaven, there is a long sandy beach, which is only at Aireys Inlet interrupted by a series of rocks, between which there are beaches, of which most of them are pretty lonely. Each beach has its own characteristics, which results from various length, location and nearby rocks. The beaches include the Sandy Gully, Steppy Beach and Sunny Meade.

At low tide it is possible to walk along the beach or climb over the rocks. Here, a view is enabled on the eastern beginning of the Great Ocean Road in Anglesea direction.

Bushfires of 1983

Aireys Inlet was recognized by the Australian bush fires of 1983 that burned down a large number of houses. Shortly thereafter led to greater interest in the field again and the real estate prices rebounded and rose up to the present day on an ongoing basis. For real estate, especially for those who provide a view of the ocean, increased the purchase prices and there are more than one million AUD achieved.