Elwood Victoria Beach is a popular bayside beach destination during summer, where the beaches are used recreationally for windsurfing, cycling, cricket and walking.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,204 |
10 Facts About Elwood Victoria
2.
Originally, Elwood Victoria was swampland, with Elster Creek draining into the swamp near the beach.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,205 |
3.
Elwood Victoria Canal was constructed to connect the lower reaches of Elster Creek with Port Phillip Bay, three hundred metres north of Point Ormond.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,206 |
4.
Installation of the Elwood Victoria Canal turned Elwood Victoria into an area suitable for residential development.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,207 |
5.
Elwood Victoria was initially planned around the two central geographic features of Elster Creek and the promontory at Point Ormond, then known as Little Red Bluff.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,208 |
6.
Originally a working middle class suburb in the early part of the 20th century, Elwood Victoria has seen waves of gentrification and is one of Melbourne's most sought after bayside suburb.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,209 |
7.
Cafe life in the Elwood Victoria village seems a long way from the flood, fire and fever of earlier days.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,210 |
8.
Elwood Victoria Village consist mainly of the group of shops starting on New Street, through Ormond road to Glen Huntly Road.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,211 |
9.
Elwood Victoria Sailing Club was founded in 1924 as Elwood Victoria Sea Canoe Club and has since hosted many national and international championships, including 12m2 Sharpie sailing in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 2005 World Formula Windsurfing Titles.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,212 |
10.
Elwood Victoria Park is home to a touch football club, tennis club and croquet club.
| FactSnippet No. 1,225,213 |