Brighton Bathing Boxes

'[6] A more recent reference notes that a large midden of shell and charcoal extends behind the Brighton Bathing Boxes at Dendy Street Beach.

[10] Behind Dendy Street Beach lies the Dr Jim Willis Reserve, an area of geomorphological and regional vegetation significance.

A flat grassy plain with a central lake fed by surrounding rivers emerged on the previously submerged land .

As is the oral history of the Bunurong (Boonwurrung) and supported by recent scientific research, the ocean again flooded the Port Phillip about 1000 years ago.

[13] Sea levels were lower at this time and likely never reached the base of the escarpment enabling Holloway Bend beach and Brighton dunes to develop and protect the previously eroding coastline.

[14] The foreshore vegetation near the beach is a habitat for a variety of native animals including the superb fairy wren, shrub wren, little wattlebird, micro bat, blue tongue lizard and tiger snake, as well as introduced species such as the red fox, rabbit and brown rat.

[26] During the 1920's and 1930's the large number of bathing boxes, storm damage[27] and their disrepair, prompted calls to abolish the granting of licenses and remove them from the beach.

[28][29] In 1983, the Coastal Caucus Committee decided to phase out 2000 buildings along the Port Phillip Bay, including the Brighton Bathing Boxes.

[17] In 2009, the City of Bayside built 9 more boxes at the southern end of the beach to raise money during the Great Recession, increasing the number to 88.

Acting Premier Lisa Neville accusing Newbury of fearmongering, stating, “This is a nonsense coming from the Liberal Party.”[33][34] The Brighton Bathing Boxes are built in a uniform way with Victorian features, painted weatherboards and corrugated iron roof, due to a Planning Scheme Heritage Overlay.

[37] The construction of seawalls and other erosion management works has stopped the supply of sand and the beaches are no longer being naturally replenished.

Natural reefs off Holloway Bend, and Dendy Street Beach temporarily capture the sand and slow its movement northwards.

[42] Also the gradual build up of sand at the renourished Middle Brighton Beach and its movement north past the manmade Park Street groyne to create beachlets can be readily observed.

[45] These coastal processes mean that where a groyne, breakwater or other structure prevents waves from a particular direction but allows others, sand will accumulate in the sheltered portion of the foreshore.