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Point Cook Coastal Park and Cheetham Wetlands Point Cook Coastal Park and Cheetham Wetlands Visitor Guide Experience a rich natural and historical environment in this remarkably large and seemingly remote unique park setting on Port Phillip Bay close to Melbourne. Relax and picnic with the family alongside a migratory bird habitat of international significance, a marine sanctuary and a historically significant homestead. How to get there Turn off the Princes Freeway (Westgate Freeway) some 20 kilometres southwest of Melbourne at the Point Cook Road exit. The main entrance is approximately 6 kilometres along Point Cook Road. The Homestead and Tower can be reached by turning left into Point Cook Homestead Road just before the main entrance (Melway map 207, K12 and map 198 K1). Picnics Point Cook Coastal Park is the perfect place for a family picnic. The beach picnic area contains free Bird watching gas BBQs and picnic tables. Water taps, shade shelters (which can be reserved for a fee), two Point Cook has long been recognised for its children’s playgrounds and regularly maintained abundant bird life. More than 200 species have toilets ensure that you will have everything you been recorded, 34 of which are covered by need. international migratory agreements. The best places to view the birds are from the Spectacle If outdoor picnics are not your style, the Lake bird hide, on the beach at low tide and at the Homestead Restaurant is fully licensed and beach picnic area. serves excellent meals. Walking and sightseeing Enjoying the beach and water The entire complex is crossed by kilometres of A narrow sandy beach separates the land from mowed grass tracks. Good walking can also be the sea and, off the coast, a series of low reefs found along the beach at low tide. The more rise from the seafloor. This combination supports adventurous should experience the magnificent a fascinating range of marine life. Children, in 360 degree view from “The Tower”. Access to particular, find the intertidal zone great for “The Tower” is via the car park immediately north exploring. of the homestead and walking a gravel track The Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary ensures that through native grasslands. The track is 1.5 representative samples of Victoria’s diverse, kilometres each way and is wheelchair accessible. distinctive and amazing marine environment are The RAAF airfield is still operational and watching conserved for the enjoyment of current and future planes is a popular visitor pastime. generations. Snorkelling, swimming and SCUBA diving are wonderful ways to enjoy the sanctuary without damaging its values. For further information Visiting the past The Tower Parks Victoria The Homestead Precinct comprising the At the southern boundary of the Cheetham Information Centre Call 13 1963 bluestone homestead, stables and weather board Wetlands stands “The Tower, a Monument to or visit the outbuildings, is a rare example of early Victorian Migration and Aspirations”. Artist Bill Kelly used Parks Victoria website rural architecture. As well as housing the the theme of bird migration as a symbol for human www.parks.vic.gov.au Homestead Restaurant, events (such as migration in the design of the Tower. The weddings and functions) can be arranged by structure, which has won international awards, Point Cook Coastal Park Office contacting the Homestead lessees. uses recycled materials and was a joint effort Call 9394 9100 involving the artist, Parks Victoria and the Ministry Birdlife of the Arts. Point Cook Homestead Call 9395 1213 Each year, the Point Cook Coastal Park and Community activities Cheetham Wetlands host thousands of migratory Park Hours birds from as far away as Siberia and Japan. Birds Park activities involving the community take place Winter travel to this area to escape the northern throughout the year. These are advertised in 8.30am to 5.00pm hemisphere winter and enjoy the wetlands habitat advance. of Port Phillip Bay. Numbers reach a peak Autumn & Spring between September and March. Visitors with limited mobility 8.30am to 6.00pm From the bird hide at Spectacle Lake (please Wheelchair access is provided via hard-surfaced Summer keep to the access track and stay in the hide to trails from the beach car park to the toilets, the 8.30am to 7.00pm avoid disturbing birds on the lake), one is likely to picnic ground, the beach and Spectacle Lake bird see waders and other waterbirds, such as the hide. Access via a gravel track is also provided Caring for the pied stilt, the hoary headed grebe and Australian from the Homestead car park to and from the environment shelduck. Many birds roost on the shores and Tower. saltmarsh areas of the RAAF Lake at high tide, Help us look after your park Nearby attractions by following these guidelines: including the ubiquitous pelican. Two rare migratory waders may be found here – the double The Point Cook RAAF Museum (Melway map 198 Please take rubbish away with banded plover from New Zealand and the eastern J4) displays vintage aircraft and RAAF historic you – rubbish bins are not golden plover from Siberia and Alaska. exhibits. For more details phone 9256 1040 or provided. visit their website at www.raafmuseum.com.au. Cheetham Wetlands, consisting of salt marshes All native plants & animals, and natural and artificial lagoons of Skeleton Werribee Mansion (Melway map 201 D1) is one of including snakes Creek, are a natural bird haven. The landscape the last surviving 19th century pastoral properties are protected and may not be contrasts with the rest of the park with distant in Victoria. The Mansion Precinct hosts a farm, disturbed or collected. views of the city and the You Yangs as a formal rose garden, restaurant, kiosk, shops and No animals, plants, rocks or backdrop to the marshes. picnic area. Activities include self-guided tours other materials may be taken and educational programs. from the marine sanctuary. Marine Sanctuary Shellfish may not be collected Werribee Open Range Zoo (Melway map 201 D1) from the tidal sand banks off The Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary covers nearly offers guided bus tours that present animals from Point Cook Coastal Park. 300 hectares. It was declared in 2004, along with around the world in a natural setting, a restaurant Dogs, cats, horses and other a number of other significant sites in Port Phillip and shops. pets and animals are not Bay, to protect the marine ecosystems of the allowed in the park. basalt reef. It is relatively unspoilt and is one of Motor vehicles must keep to the the last intact reef environments in the Bay. paved roads in Point Cook This diverse marine environment supports bushy Coastal Park and are prohibited in Cheetham Wetlands. brown seaweed which harbours innumerable tiny animals and plants between its leaf-like fronds. No fires, including BBQs, may Prickly sea urchins are abundant near crevices, be lit on a day of total fire ban. masses of tubeworms and anemones cluster Hunting, shooting and camping around exposed rocks while small sharks and are not permitted in the park. skates patrol the surrounding eelgrass beds. In late summer, swarms of jellyfish can pulsate over the reefs clearing the water of microscopic plants Healthy Parks Healthy People and animals that build up in the nutrient-rich Visiting a park can improve environment. your health, mind, body and soul. So, with over four million hectares of parkland available to Victorians, why not escape September 2011 Printed on Australian-made 100% recycled paper to a park today Point Cook Coastal Park Recreational Facilities 0 250 500 Major sealed road Park Barbecue-Gas Facilities for people Picnic table with disabilities METRES Minor sealed road Marine Sanctuary Bird watching Playground N Cartography by Spatial Vision 2009 Lookout M/6861 Other local road Other reserve Carpark Toilets Park information Unsealed road Water body Walking track Management Wetland Vehicle Only track )to) Distance in km Multi-purpose track MELBOURNE l H Gate 5 Yellow Triangular l Boundary Marker GEELONG ! In-water boundary © marker (Pile or Buoy) To Princes Freeway TRAIL LAKES MERTON ST COASTAL ROAD SKELETON STREET VICTORIA BVD Skeleton ALTONA MEADOWS CREEK NATURAL FEATURES SANCTUARY RESERVE BAY TRAIL Sanctuary Lakes Golf Course HOBSONS NORTH SANCTUARY LAKES BOULEVARD SANCTUARY Ford BVD SANCTUARY RD RING SNEYDES LAKES EAST ROAD Creek WESTERN Melbourne NEPEAN SANCTUARY LAKES FWY WEST GATE FWY Altona LAKES PRINCES HWY Cheetham CHEETHAM RD POINT WETLANDS COOK COOK Wetlands PortPort BVD Phillip PROPOSED POINT COOK POINT COOK SOUTH COASTAL PARK COASTAL PARK BAY TRAIL (STAGE 1) 5 37°54'37"S S 144°47'49"E A PROPOSED SALTWATER L T COAST DEVELOPMENT W A T PROPOSED E R POINT COOK Tower P COASTAL PARK ) RO ME BAY TRAIL NADE (Later stages) DVE POINT POINT COOK HOMESTEAD BAY HOMESTEAD ) 37°55'14"S ENTRANCE ROAD ENTRANCE CITY 1.5 5 Lignum 144°48'42"E 0.3 ) 1.5 Lakes ) Spectacle 5 0.8 ) Lake HOMESTEAD MAIN 0.3 ) Park Office 0.5 SIDE ! DRIVE ) Bird Hide 0.3 0.8 ) Point Cook ENTRANCE ENTRANCE Coastal Park 0.8 ) . ) Pt Cooke ) 0.9 ROAD 0.75 RAAF Lake ROAD Point Cooke ) 0.2 0.1 1.5 Marine Sanctuary 0.1 ) ) ) 5 0.2 ) 0.2 ) ! ) 37°55'39"S Historic Homestead Beach 144°46'49"E Recreation Area RAAF Base 37°55'45"S 144°48'41"E ! 37°56'02"S Port 144°46'48"E Phillip.
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