Kennett River

Kennett River
Kennett Cove Hotel
State :  Australia State : Victoria
Coordinates : 38 ° 40 ′  S , 143 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 40 ′  S , 143 ° 51 ′  E Area : 31.5  km²
Residents : 41 (2016) Population density : 1.3 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3221 LGA : Colac Otway Shire
Kennett River

Kennett River is a small coastal town and river on the Otway Coast in Victoria , Australia . The place is 174 kilometers west of Melbourne , 100 kilometers from Geelong and 44 kilometers from Colac . Kennett River is on the Great Ocean Road and is popular with tourists from Lorne, 17 miles away .

history

The place was named after the explorer George Smythe, who named the Australian river after the River Kennet in Berkshire in Great Britain.

In 1882, brothers Alex and Donald MacRea and their cousin Alex MacLennan came to the area in search of farmland and fishing grounds. The MacRaes built a farm they named The Wye , after a river in Britain. Alex MacLennan settled a little further west and named the place The Kennett, which later became the place Kennett River .

The Kennet River Post Office opened on December 15, 1938 and closed around 1964.

tourism

The area is known for its coastal views, Great Otway National Park, and surfing opportunities. Tourists who want to see koalas can almost certainly see them in a one to two kilometer wide patch of forest on the Gray River Road , which branches off the Great Ocean Road .

Kennett River has a Surf Lifesaving Club (SLSC).

Web links

• Otway Coast Tourist Information
• Kennett River
• Colac Otway Web
• Colac Otway Local Pages
• Colac Otway Web News Feeds

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kennett River ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Eric Bird: Place Names on the Coast of Victoria (PDF; 157 kB) The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). October 12, 2006. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved on May 24, 2012.
3. ^ Premier Postal History: Post Office List . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
4. ^ "Koalas at Kennet River" . Tourism Victoria. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 26, 2011.