Crib Point is a town on the

Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located in the south of Greater Melbourne, Victoria (state), 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 ...

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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

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 federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

. Crib Point recorded a population of 3,343 at the 2021 census. The town is part of an urban enclave on

Western Port Western Port, ( Boonwurrung: ''Warn Marin'') commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it ...

comprising

Bittern Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family. They were called ''hæferblæte'' and various iterations of ''rared ...

, Crib Point,

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...

, Tyabb, and Somerville. Crib Point is served by three railway stations: Morradoo, Crib Point 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. 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

. The museum houses many artefacts of both the Royal Australian Navy and the Merchant Navy.

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 A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...

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 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)

Climate

Crib Point has an

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with relative small thermal differences between seasons, but is still prone to temperature extremes upon northerly winds both in summer and winter.

References

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

Internationally Significant Ramsar Listed Wetland and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Climate

See also

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