Bherwerre Beach, Jervis Bay Territory Explained

Map:Australia Jervis Bay Territory
Coordinates:-35.1724°N 150.6116°W
Map Width:220
Bherwherre Beach
Alt Name:Five Mile Beach
Length:7km (04miles)
Type:Beach
Location:Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory

Bherwerre Beach (sometimes known as Five Mile Beach[1]) is a long beach located in Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, Australia. It is approximately 7abbr=NaNabbr= long[2] and is bordered by Cave Beach to the east and Sussex Inlet to the west.

History

See also: Hive shipwreck. On the night of 10 December 1835, the convict transportation ship Hive, carrying convicts from Dublin, Ireland, ran aground on the beach and was subsequently shipwrecked after being removed from the beach. The shipwreck was eventually found by New South Wales' Heritage Office in 1994, approximately 40m (130feet) from shore under approximately NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) of sand at a depth of approximately 2m (07feet). It was subsequently added to the NSW State Heritage Register in April 2010.[3]

Fauna

The beach and the surrounding dunes are a known habitat for many species of birds, including the pied oystercatcher,[4] the hooded plover,[5] the wandering albatross, the white-headed petrel, the providence petrel, the Salvin's prion, the Antarctic prion, the wedge-tailed shearwater, the brown booby, the white-necked heron, the whistling kite, the brown falcon, the red-capped plover, the ruddy turnstone, the bar-tailed godwit, the curlew sandpiper, the caspian tern, the white-throated needletail, the golden-headed cisticola, the chestnut-rumped heathwren, the buff-rumped thornbill and the white-fronted chat.[6]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Five Mile Beach (NSW28616) . 2017-04-20 . Mile Beach Club . en-AU . live . 2020-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170426204210/http://milebeachclub.com.au/five-mile-beach-nsw28616/ . 26 April 2017 .
  2. Web site: Bherwerre – Beach in Sussex Inlet Shoalhaven NSW . SLS Beachsafe . en . 2020-05-10.
  3. Web site: Hive Shipwreck NSW Environment, Energy and Science . www.environment.nsw.gov.au . 2020-05-10.
  4. Web site: Booderee National Park – Birdwatching . Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140312224820/http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/0a94c11b-3b14-4d09-bc72-1297be5fcf7d/files/bird-guide.pdf . 2014-03-12 . 2020-05-10.
  5. Web site: Birdlife Shoalhaven Newsletter . 2016 . Birdlife . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200510072604/http://www.birdlife.org.au/images/uploads/branches/documents/SHV-blsnewssummer2016.pdf . 2020-05-10 . 2020-05-10.
  6. Sonter . Chris . 1980-07-01 . Birds Of The Bherwerre Peninsula, Jervis Bay, A.C.T. . Canberra Bird Notes . 5 . 0314-8211.

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