Altona is a very peaceful, quiet and easy place to live and to get around. It has stacks of parks and sporting amenities and also nice places to eat without being yuppy like Williamstown. It is really great place if you walking in the parks with your kids, or dogs either around Cherry Lake or along the Beach.
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Altona Meadows falls within the federal electorate of Gellibrand (currently held by the ALP's Tim Watts), the state electorate of Altona, as well as the local Council area of the City of Hobsons Bay. Typically for a working-class western suburb of Melbourne, it has consistently been a very safe area for the ALP.
National Pollution Inventory data has been mapped according to postcodes. The Australian Conservation Foundation report reveals the country's most-polluted postcodes. Botany Bay in Sydney and Altona in Melbourne are the cities' most-polluted areas.
Pascoe Vale is a quiet safe suburb, just minutes away from the city centre. This charming area is just 15 minutes driving from the heart of the city. Despite its proximity to Melbourne, it retains a rural feel, with plenty of park space and leafy streets lined by charming character homes.
Altona Beach is Melbourne's western suburbs largest and most pristine swimming and recreational beach. The beach is patrolled over the summer. It is home to many recreational and water sport activities such as kite surfing, paddle boarding, sandcastle building and volley ball.
Prior to arrival of Europeans, the Altona area was home to Kurung-Jang-Balluk Aboriginal people, of the Woiwurrung clan. It is estimated at the time of European settlement, the local Aborigines numbered just 40. Altona was first permanently settled in 1842, with the construction of The Homesteadby Alfred Langhorne.
“EPA's investigation has so far found that the odour is coming from the Werribee and Point Cook areas but we are yet to pinpoint the exact source.” He said on Tuesday the EPA had an officer responding to odour reports coming from the Werribee and Point Cook areas.
Point Cook alway stunk of rotting seaweed, especially around the coastal park- some seasons are better than others. Summer though is a stinker! Point Cook is smack in between a swamp (south east) and a rubbish dump (north). It's the one thing that's left out when real estate agents sell you a house in that area.
yeah it is a sulphur type smell.
"Overall, a good suburb."But Werribee is undergoing rapid development and growth which is a good thing but construction is everywhere and traffic jams can be very often! It used to be a scum but now it's honestly one of my favourite suburbs! People are also very friendly and nice here!
The top 10 most polluted are spread all over the Auckland region:
- Herne Bay (unswimmable 20 per cent of the time).
- Little Manly (unswimmable 19 per cent of the time).
- Huia (unswimmable 18 per cent of the time).
- Torkar Bay (unswimmable 16 per cent of the time).
- Pah Beach (unswimmable 16 per cent of the time).
Frankston Park is temporarily closed to the public due to ongoing issues with vagrancy and vandalism at the site.
One of Melbourne's most popular beaches — St Kilda Beach — has been rated "unacceptable" for swimming today and tomorrow because of pollution. Unacceptable is the authority's highest rating for water pollution under its beach report monitoring system.
This beach is a great way to spend a day with family with safe swimming and close access to food and drinks near by. Chelsea Beach is a nice beach.
Jumping and diving off the pier and other structures is prohibited for public safety. There are shallow areas and often unexpected submerged objects. Ensure dogs are kept on lead at all times and clean up after your dog. Alcohol possession and consumption is prohibited on Altona Pier.
The Williamstown beach is 550 m long and runs between Thompson Street and Bayview Street Williamstown. Swimming is safest at the western end where the Williamstown Swimming and Surf Life Saving Club patrols the beach and the bar is relatively shallow.
The Altona Foreshore consists of natural fine sandy beaches (Altona Pier to Bayview Street) and rocky outcrops form Bayview Street to the Altona Yacht Club at Seaholme (Flemings Pool is located within the rocky outcrops section).
Safest on the attached, shallow sections of the inner bar and clear of the rip holes and troughs, particularly in the patrolled area. Warning: Do not jump off the pier, as there is shallow water underneath and serious injuries can result.
Most of the time the water is fine, but they can be badly hit after heavy rain. And after heavy rains, the EPA will typically advise Melburnians to avoid swimming at all Port Phillip Bay beaches for about 48 hours, by which time the bacteria washed in by stormwater will have disintegrated.
