Lorne Victoria Australia
The first pier was built in 1879 to provide easier sea access for tourists, to serve the logging industry, and to deliver supplies to the town. Previously boats had to be beached and propped up while being loaded and unloaded, a dangerous operation.
Edward Stribling had long established an interest in Lorne through his position as manager of the Winchelsea Branch of the Colonial Bank of Australia (now NAB). The bank had an agency in Lorne so Edward used to ride a horse to Lorne once a fortnight to pay the forestry workers and the workers building the pier.
L-shaped pier
The original pier went through many configurations, it was triangular, L shaped, lengthened and concreted. After 127 years of modifications and partial rebuilds, the Lorne Pier was replaced by a new pier at a cost of $5 million. The present pier, funded by the Victorian State Government, for tourism and recreation was opened in 2007.
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- L-shaped pier. (LHS photo 8937)
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- 9516 – Lorne, View of Pacific Hotel & Dalways from The Pier
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- 1890, L-shaped pier
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- Moonah at Lorne Pier
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- Pacific Hotel and Lorne Pier. (The Rose Series P.2147)
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- Lorne Pier crowded to watch diving demonstration by Lil Beaurepaire
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- 1975 Lorne Pier
Pier opened in 2007
Sources:
- Lorne Historical Society Collections
