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.

Resources.

Stone for building purposes and lime-stone abound—good spring water, and some of the finest soil that can be met with in any other part of our colony in its vicinity. I am informed by undoubted authority and by men possessing a practical knowledge of the fertilising capabilities of soil, that within a distance of seven miles of the Port there is sufficient space for the establishment of fifty 200 acre farms on as good a land as our colony can boast of, which will be occupied as soon as ever the law of the land allows them to take possession. The country in the interior from the Port presents an almost impenetrable aspect, from the dense growth of the scrub and underwood, yet when penetrated sufficiently far, a fine timbered country with gums growing perfectly straight from 50 to an 100 feet in height, without a branch, and being from 2 to 3 feet in page 20 diameter, present themselves, the surface soil in place of scrub giving birth to grass of a most peculiar kind growing from 5 to 6 feet in height, not in tussucks as is ordinarily met with, but giving the appearance of an entire crop over very extensive areas, the soil being black loam of the very richest description.

Timber suitable for building and fencing purposes is to be met with in abundance, and the only drawback to the success of intending settlers is the want of a safe harbour for the outlet of their produce, which if accomplished would not only benefit those who may live in its immediate vicinity, but would eventually cause to be utilised the vast timber resources which now abound in the vicinity of the river Gellibrand, and would also cause permanent occupation of all lands worth cultivating situated between the towns of Terang and Camperdown and the southern sea-board.

Space will not admit of my entering into detail of a further description of this part of the country, but brief as my statement is, it is nothing but the truth.