Lords Beach is a suburban beach along the
River Derwent in
Sandy Bay,
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
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. The north-east facing beach has views of
Wrest Point Hotel Casino
The Wrest Point Hotel Casino is a casino in Tasmania. It was Australia's first legal casino, opening in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, on 10 February 1973.
History
Historically, Dunkley's Point was a camping ground held by the semi-nomadic ...
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Nutgrove Beach and the
City of Clarence
Clarence City Council (or City of Clarence) is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. The Clarence local government area has a population of 56,945, covering the easte ...
on the eastern shore. Containing several raised jetties and covered piers, Lords Beach neighbours Red Chapel Beach to the west and Dunkley’s Point on the east.
History
Named for James Lord, a convict landowner, who lends his name both to the beach and to Lord Street, Sandy Bay.
Lords Beach was once a continuous single beach encompassing neighbouring Red Chapel Beach, Nutgrove Beach and
Long Beach
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
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. However due to development and erosion of the smalls cliffs on its foreshore, it has become greatly separated from the other beaches.
There are several covered jetties located along the beach which store boats, capable of mooring offshore in waters as deep as .
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Marine life
Caused by microscopic plankton, a bioluminescence
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a form of chemiluminescence. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some b ...
phenomenon intermittently occurs in the beach's waters in the evening.
Environment
Lords Beach has been greatly forfeited by manmade seawalls in response to harrowing natural elements including strong currents, swells, rain and winds, as well as ecological problems such as erosion from foot traffic and traffic-induced vibrations from vehicles along Sandy Bay Road
Sandy Bay Road is a road in Tasmania that connects the southeastern edge of the Hobart CBD with the southeastern suburb of Taroona. It is two-way over its entirety and is 12 kilometres in length. It begins as a continuation of Harrington Stree ...
. The beach has been greatly reduced to a strip of sand, placed between the Wrest Point seawall, and seawall along Sandy Bay Road. Waves ranging between create a steep beach scape appearance.[
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Access
Lords Beach is a 45 minute walk from the Hobart City Centre, or a short metro bus ride along Sandy Bay Road.
Gallery
Lords Beach Sandy Bay Tasmania 1930.jpg, Lords Beach in 1930 depicting its natural eroding foreshore
Lords Beach Sandy Bay Tasmania 1930s.jpg, Aerial of Lords Beach and the Riviera Hotel in the 1930s
Pier Sandy Bay, Hobart 20180904-001.jpg, An example of a covered pier at Lords Beach
References
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Beaches of Tasmania