Somers (Victoria)

Somers is a small town close to Melbourne in the State of Victoria in Australia, located in the south-east of the Péninsule of Mornington. The local government is the Comté of Mornington Peninsula.

The city holds its name of a governor of Victoria, the subdivision of Somers was born in 1925, the same year the Somers Primary School opened. The current post office opened in 1927.

Geography

The south of Somers extends until Western Port more known under name Western Port Bay . The city Cowes on Phillip Island can be seen of each Somers beach by all times.
Le northern extends on broad opening for agriculture. Further in north the suburbs extend from Bittern and Hastings. In the east is the suburbs and military base, HMAS Cerberus. The zone framing it is a Bush and is used for exercises of drive. Or the base meets Somers on the coast, the beaches are closed and the flora is especially composed of bulky coastal bushes. To the west, separaté by the Lord Somers Camp and The Coolart Wetlands, the locality extends from Balnarring.

The geography of Somers tends slowly towards water, the line of sight being stopped with the Mount Dandenong and consequently the reception of television can be disturbed with small antennas. A good knowledge of the places is necessary for a good reception. Shore Phillip Island can be seen, in particular, the town of Cowes.

Recreation

The sector of arrival of the Vague S of the Crique of Merrick is one of best the place of Melbourne for the sports of boards, while in South Beach (in the east of the principal beach) is the Somers Foreshore Reserve that the residents appreciate, whereas the principal beach, Somers Beach, lodge celebrates it Yacht club of the Baie of Western Port, Somers Yacht Club.

Beaches

The east coast divided into 3 Beach S distinct:

South Beach
Somers Beach
the zone of arrival of water at the time of the tides of Merricks Creek Inlet.

At certain time of the year the beaches are filled with Algue S dry coming from the forest of Varech to the broad one, however when it is not the season the whole of the beaches of Somers are clean.

South Beach has one intriguing system of rocks retaining the water which forms basins thus. Which one adds the waves which break on the beach making the place unsuitable or unsuited to all activities of swimming.

50cm in lower part of the sand bed of the split of Merricks Creek Inlet is a darker sedimentary sand which releases a fresh water odor once to stir up

Sand on the beaches of Somers are fine grains mixed with crushed mollusc shell S. Small reefs can be considering has low tide but are made only rocks and not of corals.

The Community

Somers has an elementary school, a park for caravan, a general store ( The Store ), a local fire protection organization ( Country Fire Authority ), some tennis court, the Coolart Wetlands and Lord Somers Camp , and various parks, gardens and reserves. There is no center shopping, neither of commercial street, nor of supermarket. The general store making office of supermarket and it is thus possible to make its races with Somers that of going to the localities close to Balnaring or Hastings. However for all the other kinds of business services, Balnaring and Hastings are the ideal places to find which one seeks.

Somers lodges The Somers Yacht Club or is the WSC Marine Rescue Facility , which contributes to the rescue of the life of when a boat runs or that a swimmer is attracted with far.

Environment

It is not unusual to see Koala S in Somers and the suburbs are very known for its Koala Walk in the Foreshore Reserve . Lr grondement distinctive of the Koalas can be heard each night by the whole of the residences. The travellers are warned to have to pay attention, the koalas cross the roads regularly and are accustomed to the noise of the cars.

Parks, Gardens and Reserves with Somers:

Coolart Wetlands and Homestead
Merricks Creek Foreshore Reserve
Lord Somers Camp Playing Field
Koala Reserve
R.W. Stone Reserve
Somers Foreshore Reserve
Garden and Banksia Public gardens

Development

Currently, a firm selected Simmscorp repurchased the Park with Caravan of Somers. The new owners started to announce the prices of a piece for the caravans, approximately 25 717,89€ ($35.000) the unit. The park with caravan is full most of the time with the permanent residents and the occasional ones, however the park saw some as of its customers permanent leaving while the units of grounds were sold to settle in villas. Certain residents not being able more to pay the annual cost of the park leaves this one.

References

Melway Edition 33 2006 (Pages 193 and 194)
Simmscorp Advertizing and Land and Packages Booklets (November 2005)
Result of the census of 2001: 3927, Australian Office off Statistics , August 4th, 2006, required on October 1st, 2006.

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