Kilcunda

Kilcunda /ˈkɪlkʌndɑː/ is a seaside town located 117 kilometres (73 mi) south east of Melbourne between Phillip Island and Wonthaggi near Dalyston via the South Gippsland Highway on the Bass Highway, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

Known originally as a train station near Wonthaggi, it is now the location of a very popular swimming hole at the Bourne Creek Trestle Bridge and at the 2016 census, Kilcunda had a population of 578.

The Bass Coast Rail Trail is very flat and begins near Kilcunda at the roundabout to Phillip Island and ends at the Wonthaggi shopping district.

Victoria's only coastal rail trail, it stretches 16 kilometres from Anderson to Wonthaggi, meandering through farmland, coastal bushland, historic coal mining nature reserves and coastline with a clear view of the Wonthaggi wind turbines and remnants of coal mine buildings.

The trail crosses over the Powlett River and the Bourne Creek trestle bridge at Kilcunda, which has panoramic views of the beach.

[9] The Bunurong Aboriginal people were custodians of this stretch of coast for thousands of years prior to white settlement.

Also Chisholm TAFE,[12] Bass Coast Specialist School,[13] Bass Coast Adult Education Centre,[14] University of the Third Age (U3A) retirees education centre,[15] and Connecting Skills Australia (CSA) specialist developmental school, support and employment services/training.

Kilcunda Beach And Bourne Creek
Swimmers At Kilcunda Trestle Bridge, Where Bourne Creek meets Kilcunda Beach