Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Port Phillip Bay has a vast array of navigational aids and devices to help ships safely get through and around the relatively shallow area. Two of these are located in Port Melbourne near Beacon Cove.
Almost 100 years later, one of them is even still used!
MORE INFORMATION
https://lighthouses.org.au/vic/port-melbourne-lead-lights/
https://www.pmhps.org.au/2015/07/the-leading-lights/
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My website: philipmallis.com
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and their extensive historical connection to land, water and country.
Port Phillip Bay has a vast array of navigational aids and devices to help ships safely get through and around the relatively shallow area. Two of these are located in Port Melbourne near Beacon Cove.
Almost 100 years later, one of them is even still used!
MORE INFORMATION
https://lighthouses.org.au/vic/port-melbourne-lead-lights/
https://www.pmhps.org.au/2015/07/the-leading-lights/
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My website: philipmallis.com
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and their extensive historical connection to land, water and country.
