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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Brighton Bathing Boxes

Aside from these cheerful, bright yellow beach daisies, Dendy Beach in Brighton is home to 82 of the 1860 bathing boxes located around Port Philip Bay & Westernport Bay.

For many years in the late nineteenth century, Brighton was Melbourne's favourite seaside destination. Brighton is located in the City of Bayside, which has 17 km of foreshore to Port Phillip Bay. Nestled on Dendy Street Beach, the Brighton bathing boxes are a popular Bayside icon and cultural asset.

The 82 Brighton bathing boxes are unique because of their uniform scale and proportion, building materials, sentry order alignment and a Planning Scheme Heritage Overlay on a beach owned by Bayside City Council. As simple structures, all retain classic Victorian architectural features with timber framing, weatherboards and corrugated iron roofs. They remain as they did over one hundred years ago, as licensed bathing boxes. No service amenities such as electricity or water are connected.


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15 comments:

  1. Nancy ChanMarch 12, 2017 at 2:51 AM

    Hi Liz. Thank you for visiting. I like the pretty and colourful bathing boxes. The bathing boxes didn't look like they are over one hundred years old.

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  2. Nancy ChanMarch 12, 2017 at 2:52 AM

    Hi Liz, I am now following you and invite you to follow me too. Thank you. Have a beautiful day!

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  3. Bob BushellMarch 12, 2017 at 3:16 AM

    A shed on the sand, lovely shots.

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  4. HelenMarch 12, 2017 at 9:28 AM

    Fantastic images of these historic bathing boxes.

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  5. NatureFootstepMarch 14, 2017 at 8:11 PM

    I think I have seen them before. A great and colorful sight :)

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  6. Lady FiMarch 15, 2017 at 1:03 AM

    Lovely and colourful bathing huts.

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  7. Pat TillettMarch 15, 2017 at 10:53 AM

    Very quaint and colorful.
    Do people rent these? By the day, week, etc?

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  8. Mary Howell CromerMarch 16, 2017 at 2:06 AM

    Oh those bathing boxes are quite charming, now what if something like those could be built for the homeless of the world, what beauty would extend even further~

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  9. carol l mckMarch 17, 2017 at 12:56 AM

    Beautiful and colorful photography ~ love the small bathhouses ~ color jumps out at you!

    thanks,

    Wishing you a Happy Day ~ ^_^

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  10. Light and VoicesMarch 17, 2017 at 6:39 AM

    I love all the colors of the bathing boxes. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. JimMarch 17, 2017 at 10:16 AM

    Beautiful shot. I've featured Sydney's Brighton Beach today too.
    Sydney – City and Suburbs

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  12. Spare Parts and PicsMarch 17, 2017 at 12:17 PM

    Those bathing boxes are really cool, and probably fun to photograph!

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  13. betty-NZMarch 17, 2017 at 1:22 PM

    These little boxes always grab my attention when I see them. I find them quaint and always colorful. Nice shots.

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  14. likeschocolateMarch 17, 2017 at 9:14 PM

    This is where I want to be right now! Ready for winter to be over! Have a lovely weekend!

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  15. WayneMarch 17, 2017 at 11:14 PM

    Love the bathing boxes, the colors are wonderful.

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