Crib Point is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Crib Point recorded a population of 3,343 at the 2021 census.[1]
The town is part of an urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Crib Point, Hastings, Tyabb, and Somerville.
Crib Point is served by three railway stations: Morradoo, Crib Point and Stony Point, the latter of which is the terminus of the greater-metropolitan Stony Point line.
Crib Point Post Office opened on 18 July 1890.[2]
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.
It is situated near the HMAS Cerberus naval base.
It is opposite a park that has a long stretch of mangroves.
The Victorian Maritime Centre is temporarily located at Crib Point. It has a future permanent site announced at Hastings. The museum houses many artefacts of both the Royal Australian Navy and the Merchant Navy.[3]
Crib Point is one of the coastal villages of the Mornington Peninsula.[4] This coastline is part of the internationally significant Ramsar listed wetland which covers most of Westernport Bay - an area of 59,297ha.[5] It is also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve - Western Port Biosphere Reserve.[6] Despite these two significant and critical attributes which mean it is fundamental to birdlife, fish breeding and many unique species, there has been unrelenting pressure to exploit this natural asset since the 60s. To this day, there are the remains of industry at Crib Point
The communities of Westernport have successfully fought off attempts to reindustrialise the area.
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Crib Point has an oceanic climate with relative small thermal differences between seasons, but is still prone to temperature extremes upon northerly winds both in summer and winter.
