Somers. Ron Stone’s photograph of Merricks Creek mouth1938 with boatsheds.

A landscape of Westernport Bay with a sand bar, a creek and bushlano date. There are two boat sheds on the sand bar and a dinghy in the creek.

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OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Somers. Ron Stone’s photograph of Merricks Creek mouth1938 with boatsheds.

DATE1938

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERRod Nuske, photographer for Westernport News in the 1960s and 1970s.

COLLECTIONBalnarring and District Historical Society

REG NO.P1718

HISTORY

Somers
Ron Stone’s photograph of 1938 with boatsheds one of which was owned by General Savage. Sanderson, Pascoe and Taddish also had boathouses on the wide beach. The Merricks Creek mouth in those times joined bay in front of the Store and Yacht Club.

DESCRIPTION

A landscape of Westernport Bay with a sand bar, a creek and bushlano date. There are two boat sheds on the sand bar and a dinghy in the creek.

SUBJECTS

Beaches, Creeks, Landscapes, coasts

KEYWORDS

Beaches, Creeks, Landscapes, Merricks Creek, Nuske, Rod, Pascoe, Sanderson, Savage General, Somers, Stone Ron, Taddish, Tulum Creek, coasts