Coastal guide to nature and history : Port Phillip Bay
Patterson, Graham, 1948-2013
Book
Covers 260 kilometres of the Port Phillip coastline. Shows common coastal animals and plants with lots lof photos to help you identify them, coastal landforms - how they result from volcanic eruptions and the repeated filling and emptying of the bay over millions of years. Also shows how to get to lesser-known spots.
Main title:
Coastal guide to nature and history : Port Phillip Bay / Graham Patterson.
Author:
Patterson, Graham, 1948-, author
Imprint:
Briar Hill, Victoria : Coastal Guide Books, 2013.Briar Hill, Victoria Coastal Guide Books, 2013.©2013
Collation:
172 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Purpose and coverage of the book -- Rewards in store for the coastal explorer -- Walking the coastline -- Advice for the coast walker -- Safety and the tides -- Early history -- Aboriginal life and European discovery and settlement -- A journey around Port Phillip -- Point Lonsdale to Geelong -- Avalon to Williamstown -- Port Melbourne to Frankston -- Mount Eliza to Point Nepean -- Coastal animals and plants -- Common animals of the coast, including invertebrates that live between the tides -- Vegetation communities including saltmarsh, dune plants and seaweeds -- Coastal landforms -- Geology of the region and how it determines landforms -- Coastal management.
ISBN:
9780992321703
Dewey class:
796.5109945
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Coasts -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Bay Region -- HistoryMarine ecology -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Bay RegionSeashore ecology -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Bay RegionTrails -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- GuidebooksWalking -- VictoriaWalking -- Victoria -- Melbourne Region -- GuidebooksPort Phillip Bay (Vic.) -- HistoryPort Phillip Bay (Vic.) -- Description and travelPort Phillip Bay Region (Vic.) -- Description and travelPort Phillip Bay Region (Vic.) -- History
BRN:
298419