Brighton Beach
Brighton Beach Boxes, Melbourne
Little Sky is only a 5 minute drive, or a 30 minute walk, from the colourful Brighton bathing boxes, the sandy shores and shallow waters of Brighton beach. The first bathing boxes were constructed in the 1860’s to accommodate Victorian public decency sensibilities and their love of the Brighton seaside. One could not go out in public in a swimming costume unless one was at the beach and so the beach boxes provided a solution to the changing dilemma. Today there are 92 beach boxes to admire at Brighton Beach and all retain the classic Victoria architectural features including weatherboards, timber framing and corrugated iron roofs. Exclusively owned by Bayside residents the iconic boxes line the seashore and provide the perfect backdrop for a day at the beach (followed by a delicious gelato of course!).
Early morning aerial image of Brighton Beach by @katerynaaheyeva
Aerial image of Brighton Beach & Melbourne at daybreak by @katerynaaheyeva
Acknowledging the traditional inhabitants of Bayside
We acknowledge the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we meet and work. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The following information was sourced from the Bayside Council website. “The Bunurong people are the traditional inhabitants of the land that now comprises the City of Bayside. Very little material exists on the story of the traditional owners of what is now Melbourne because of the extremely rapid European occupation. Within six years of the official settlement of Melbourne in 1835, the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation had been settled by nearly 12,000 Europeans. Settlement of the Bayside area commenced in 1835 and by the 1850s the townships of Brighton, Elsternwick, Sandringham and Beaumaris had all been laid out. The traditional life ways of the Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people were altered rapidly and almost irreparably.” More information regarding the history of Bayside can be found here.
Sandringham Beach, Bayside Melbourne.