Kilcunda

[edit] Kilcunda's location on the north shore of Bass Strait gives it an oceanic climate, with the moderating effect of the ocean allowing a narrower temperature range throughout the year compared to other regions in Victoria. Average daily maximum temperatures range from 23.5 °C in the summer to 13.5 in winter. Frost is rare, occurring on average 6 mornings a year.

[edit] The Bunurong Aboriginal people were custodians of this stretch of coast for thousands of years prior to white settlement. The Boakoolawal clan lived in the Kilcunda area south of the Bass River. Middens containing charcoal and shellfish mark the location of their campsites along the coast. Originally a coal mining township, The Western Port Coal Mining Company extracted black coal from 1871. The Post Office opened on 5 August 1879. Evidence of coal mining is scattered across Kilcunda, the most famous (pictured here) is the old Kilcunda Rail Bridge on the eastern side. Commissioned in 1910 and decommissioned in the 1970s, it now forms part of the Bass Coast Rail Trail. Mitchell's Black Coal Mine ruins are on Carew Road.

[edit] There is a primary school in nearby San Remo, a primary school in nearby Dalyston and Wonthaggi has three primary schools and one secondary college. There is a private secondary college on nearby Phillip Island. Also Chisholm TAFE, Bass Coast Specialist School, Bass Coast Adult Education Centre, University of the Third Age (U3A) retirees education centre, and Connecting Skills Australia (CSA) specialist developmental school, support and employment services/training. Plans are underway for a new tertiary education facility.

[edit] This section is written like a directory. Please help rewrite it in a neutral, encyclopedic style, potentially as a list. If this is not possible, it will likely be merged, redirected, or deleted. (September 2018) Playground – Kilcunda Foreshore Reserve, Bass Highway Community Centre – Bass Highway Wonthaggi Market – every 2nd Sunday in the centre of Wonthaggi town Historic mine whistle sounds 12 noon every day in the centre of town – mine shaft tower, Apex Park, Murray Street Coast; The Arch, Black Head, Shelley Beach, Kilcunda Foreshore, Kilcunda Beach at trestle bridge and Bourne Creek, Cemetery Beach and Powlett River West. Seashell Collecting is permitted on Kilcunda coast from San Remo, Victoria to Undertow Bay, past Safety Beach in Browns Bay Cape Paterson – Small sizes and small quantities of empty seashells, driftwood, dead fallen twigs's, sea glass and interesting rubbish Bass Coast Rail Trail – Murray Street, walk/cycle or horse trot, part/all, views, toilets every town except Anderson Victorian Desalination Plant – Aquasure, park, viewing platform, walking/horse riding/cycling tracks, booked tours, Lower Powlett Road in Dalyston Wonthaggi Wind Farm – wind turbines, tourist attraction, Campbell Street in Wonthaggi (close the gate), next to the 1 km Baxters beach track Wonthaggi Golf Course – 18 hole, par 72, ACR 70, easy walk, McKenzie Street Wonthaggi railway station museum – open Saturday mornings, Murray Street State Coal Mine – museum and tours, Garden Street, Wonthaggi Coal mine ruins Carew Road and scattered around neighbouring towns

[edit] Bourne Creek trestle bridge at Kilcunda in 1989