St Kilda Beach, Victoria

It is located at the north-east corner of Port Phillip and is protected from ocean swell, though still affected by strong westerly winds.

[1] With Port Phillip Bay being open to the sea, St Kilda Beach is subject to regular tides.

The cause of the high reading was attributed to a oneoff, unidentified discharge into a stormwater drain, which is located close to the sampling site at St Kilda Beach.

People also engage in other watersport activities, such as windsurfing, sailing, kitesurfing, rollerblading, beach volleyball, jetskiing and waterskiing.

The roads which run alongside St Kilda Beach are popular for many sporting events, such as marathons and bicycle racing.

The building of cable tram lines in Melbourne increased the easy accessibility of the beach, with a line running from Windsor Station through St Kilda Junction, down Fitzroy Street, past St Kilda Station, around the Upper Esplanade to terminate in Acland Street, opening in 1891.

In 1913, electric trams arrived in St Kilda when the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust built a line along Carlisle Street from their rapidly expanding network throughout the eastern suburbs, connecting Kew, Camberwell, Malvern and Caulfield to St Kilda.

These lines terminated at a loop built in 1916 that ran around a cafe (now McDonald's) in front of Luna Park, connecting St Kilda directly to a large parts of the city.

[9] There were representatives from St Kilda Council and State Government, including Carlo Catani, Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, who, in his spare time, designed the extensive parks, gardens and landscaping over the next 10 years.

The plan included avenues of palm trees and paths, picturesque planting of cypresses as wind-breaks, as well as rockeries with seating nooks and feature shrubberies.

Such was public affection for Catani that three features are named after him; the formal gardens at West Beach, an ornamental arch, and a memorial clocktower built on the Upper Esplanade after his death.