THE GAP CAMPING GROUND
GALE STREET, and FISH CREEK-WARATAH ROAD, WARATAH BAY, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Gap Camping Ground, at the corner of Gale Street and Fish Creek-Waratah Road, Waratah Bay.
Why is it significant?
The Gap Camping Ground is of historic, social and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.
Historically, the Gap was the place where access was gained to the beach, which allowed people to travel to the early settlement of Walkerville. It later became one of the first beachside recreation spots in the Shire and demonstrates the importance of the Waratah Bay area as a tourist destination from the 1920s. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)
Socially, it is a well known and much loved holiday spot within the South Gippsland region. (AHC criterion G1)
Aesthetically, the timber shelter pavilion with its rustic chimneys add to the picturesque charm of the area. (AHC criterion E1)
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THE GAP CAMPING GROUND - Physical Description 1
The Gap comprises the camping ground that occupies the area between Gale Street and the beach, and more particularly, the entrance to the beach that is located almost directly opposite the right angle corner where Waratah Road turns into Gale Street. This is believed to be the entrance that was created in the late nineteenth century to allow buggies and horses to gain access to the beach.
Situated within the camping is an interwar or postwar Shelter of vernacular construction with halfheight vertical timber clad walls and a stone fireplace at one end. It has a corrugated iron gable roof.
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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THE GAP CAMPING GROUNDSouth Gippsland Shire
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