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, south of

Balnarring Balnarring is a town in the south-eastern extremity of the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately south-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local gove ...

and approximately south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Balnarring Beach recorded a population of 471 at the 2021 census. In 2006 it was rated by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council as 'Australia's Cleanest Beach', out of 317 beaches in five states. It was previously known as Tulum Beach.

History

The township was first gazetted in 1886, in a street configuration quite different to what exists today. The beach first began to attract holidaymakers in the 1910s, and beach stores and kiosks commenced operations, serving both

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s and campers. The

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Motorcycle Club set up base here after their formation in 1924. During

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, businesses were sustained by servicemen training at Somers. In 1944, a mobile library operated from a private home for the Flinders Shire by Wally Turner. Balnarring Beach Post Office opened on 1 July 1947 and closed in 1978. In 1960 the yacht club was given permission to erect a winch and slipway and build a clubhouse.

Present day

Balnarring Beach (colloquially known as 'The Naz Beach') today consists primarily of holiday homes and camping grounds, and contains a general store, picnic facilities and several caravan parks.Map 193,

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township.

References

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History

Present day

See also

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