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Crib Point is a town on the
Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geogra ...
in
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, Victoria,
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, south-east of Melbourne's
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, located within the
Shire of Mornington Peninsula The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the Melbourne City Centre. It has an area of 724 square kilometres and in June 2018 it had a ...
local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
. Crib Point recorded a population of 3,343 at the 2021 census. The town is part of an urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Crib Point,
Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
,
Tyabb Tyabb is a township and semi rural locality on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Tyabb rec ...
, and
Somerville Somerville may refer to: *Somerville College, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford Places *Somerville, Victoria, Australia * Somerville, Western Australia, a suburb of Kalgoorlie, Australia * Somerville, New Zealand, a subur ...
. Crib Point is served by three railway stations: Morradoo,
Crib Point Crib Point is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Crib Point recorded a population o ...
and Stony Point, the latter of which is the terminus of the greater-metropolitan Stony Point line. Crib Point Post Office opened on 18 July 1890. The town has an
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football team competing in the
Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League The Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (abbreviated "MPNFL") is an Australian rules football competition, governed by the AFL South East. The MPNFL contains teams near the south eastern region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. At the ...
. It is situated near the HMAS Cerberus naval base. It is opposite a park that has a long stretch of mangroves. The
Victorian Maritime Centre The Victorian Maritime Centre is an Australian maritime museum near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently located at the former BP administration building at Crib Point, Victoria. There are plans to establish a larger maritime centre in ...
is temporarily located at Crib Point. It has a future permanent site announced at
Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
. The museum houses many artefacts of both the Royal Australian Navy and the Merchant Navy. The Maritime Centre has the HMAS ''Otama'', a former ''Oberon''-class submarine, moored offshore, but it is not in condition suitable for visitor access.


Internationally Significant Ramsar Listed Wetland and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Crib Point is one of the coastal villages of the Mornington Peninsula. This coastline is part of the internationally significant Ramsar listed wetland which covers most of Westernport Bay - an area of 59,297ha. It is also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Western Port Biosphere Reserve
Despite these two significant and critical attributes which mean it is fundamental to birdlife, fish breeding and many unique species, there has been unrelenting pressure to exploit this natural asset since the 60s. To this day, there are the remains of industry at Crib Point The communities of Westernport have successfully fought off attempts to reindustrialise the area. History: *1965 to 1985 – BP
Westernport Refinery Westernport Refinery was an oil refinery operated by BP at Crib Point adjacent to Westernport Bay in the Australian state of Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victo ...
at Crib Point jetty *1987 - Proposed Western Mining ammonia-urea plant (STOPPED) *1992 - Proposed Shell-Mobil "super-tanker" project (STOPPED) *2007 - Proposed Boral Bitumen plant (STOPPED) *2011 - Port of Hastings Container Port strategy (STOPPED)


Threats to the Environment, Recreation and Liveability

Currently , there is a proposal by
AGL Energy AGL Energy Ltd () is an Australian listed public company involved in both the generation and retailing of electricity and gas for residential and commercial use. AGL is Australia's largest electricity generator, and the nation's largest carbo ...
to establish a terminal for importing gas - a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) - at Crib Point Jetty that would require the construction of a connecting 55 km pipeline (by APA) to Pakenham. The proposal has been met with fierce opposition from residents across the Mornington Peninsula, around Westernport and beyond as well as many environment groups
Save Westernport
Environment Victoria
Westernport and Peninsula Protection CouncilPreserve WesternportVictorian National Parks Association
The Wilderness Society
Southern Peninsula Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association
and others). In the run up to the 2019 Federal Election, every candidate representing the Flinders seat stood with their constituents in stating "NO AGL". Community concerns include: # threats to highly sensitive marine flora and fauna and fish breeding areas (seagrasses, unique southern mangroves, salt marshes) # degradation of crucial migratory bird habitat including the critically endangere
Far Eastern curlew
(Federal
EPBC Act
among others
see also
# devaluation of a natural asset # damaged tourism sector and prevention of growth # safety - risk of accident with the potential of ecological and/or human disaster # increased emissions globally (liquefying and regasification process and shipping etc.) # noise and light pollution - affects the health of both wildlife and humans living less than 1 km from gas terminal # threatens future sustainable industries and job growth # pipeline route will destroy native vegetation, remove mature trees, disrupt Hastings township and cross Melbourne's foodbowl and prime agricultural land. Through community efforts and due to the sensitivity of this critical wetland, the government announced that AGL have been required to undertake an Environment Effects Statement (EES). AGL Energy has not yet made a financial decision on the import gas proposal for Crib Point. Shortly after AGL submitted their EES to the State Government for adequacy, CEO Brett Redman urged the government to fast-track the approvals process to push their project forward during COVID-19 restrictions. This is despite Mr Redman declaring that achieving social licence is one of his three top strategic priorities. Increasingly, LNG is no longer viewed as the clean transition fuel to a green and sustainable future and governments are being urged to progress to cleaner energy to combat the climate crisis.


Climate

Crib Point has an
oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
with relative small thermal differences between seasons, but is still prone to temperature extremes upon northerly winds both in summer and winter.


See also

*
Shire of Hastings The Shire of Hastings was a Local government in Australia, local government area about south-southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, encompassing the eastern extremity of the Mornington Peninsula ...
– Crib Point was previously within this former local government area.


References

{{authority control Suburbs of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia) Suburbs of Melbourne Western Port