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Portarlington is a small coastal village in south eastern Australia, on the northern tip of the Bellarine Peninsula

Population:
Low season 3,100
High season:16,000
This site documents some of the changes taking place in Portarlington.

Can Portarlington retain it's village atmosphere and unique landscapes, in the face of upmarket housing and tourist developments?  
 





 


 
      



 

18.12.2011
Walking in St Leonards
Gorgeous walk around the lake. Birds to see and hear, people to talk to and maybe best of all, on the way home, a flyover of about 30 pelicans. Magic.

Photos from a previous walk when the sun was out...this morning was cool and overcast. (Click for larger version)



 

 

 

16.12.2011
5 reasons why a walkable neighbourhood is valuable.

Scott Cullen discusses some great arguments for walkability which apply to Portarlington (apart from the one about getting around when it's snowing!!)

http://paper.li/scottcullen72/1305832239#

You can read more on walkability on Twitter @reddishmagpie

14.12.2011
Walkability and Coastal Environments

Whatever happened to the Walkable Coastal Environments project on the Northern Bellarine?Well it has drifted south and landed in Barwon Heads!!
See all the great walkability support activities going on in the town at the moment. Posters being distributed around the town and community consultation is rife!!

http://barwonheadswalks.wordpress.com/about/
 

Now blooming - Santolina (Click photo for large version)

 

  

                                                          

UPDATE: December 2011
The Pt Richards Rd land, including the destroyed wetland area and the historic, but ruined farmhouse and dairy, is for sale again.

11th September, 2009

What happened to the Western wetlands?

"The main area of flora and fauna significance in the (Portarlington) locality is the Point Richards Flora and Fauna Reserve. This Reserve features grassy woodland, coastal salt marsh and wetland communities that have been identified to have state significance. It is home to endangered remnant vegetation, rare plant species, wetland birds and the Southern Brown Bandicoot which is listed as endangered on the EBPC Act 1999 (Tract andConnell Wagner 2002).

There have been reliable reports from the Swan Bay Integrated Catchment Management Committee of significant populations of the Growling Grass Frog at the Point Richards Flora and Fauna Reserve and the wetlands on the western side of Point Richards Road. The Growling Grass Frog (Litoria raniformis) is listed as vulnerable nationally and endangered in Victoria".
Page 87, Portarlington Structure Plan adopted by Council April 2007

 Watch a slide show with sound about the destruction of the wetlands on the west side of Point Richards Rd.

 
 
 

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