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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23

[introduction]

Distant from Warrnambool to the east, 36 miles—from Curdies Inlet to the east, 6 miles—from the river Gellibrand to the west, 11 miles—from Terang to the north a little west as the crow flies, 35 miles—and from Camperdown about the same distance.

The Port consists of a small narrow indentation of the sea, between two calcareous cliffs of about 150 to 200 yards apart, with a bold bluff headland on its western side. From both western and eastern headlands, a broken reef runs to the south, seaward, a distance of from ¾ of a mile to a mile. Across the entrance or passage is a sunken reef with not more in some places than from 10 to 12 feet of water at low tide; the sea continually breaks over the entrance when the wind blows fresh from the south east, south or south west, but the water is perfectly smooth when the wind blows from off the land. The space inside is very small and in its present position cannot be considered a safe place for a vessel to put in.

From the beach, and at a distance of not more than 150 yards, is a creek containing a depth of from 12 to 20 feet of water, sufficient to always float a large number of ordinary coasting vessels, while the natural facilities and position of the back ground are such that no impediment is presented for making Port Campbell as splendid and safe a little harbour as possibly could be desired, and at comparatively little cost.