SAN REMO
San Remo is the last town on Victorian
Mainland, before crossing across to Phillip Island.
San Remo is a resort town in its own right and has lots of nice
features.
Formed as a fishing
village, its economy is now more largely based around tourism.
 
In 1797 Bass, a naval
surgeon and explorer took a voyage in an open boat to explore the
coastline. It was later explored on foot in 1826 by William Hovell.
Around 1840 a deep-water port was established at Griffiths Point
The area around what is now San Remo was occupied for
many hundreds of years by the Bururong people, sealers frequented the
area before the Europeans settled the area in 1835. It was Samuel
Anderson a Scottish immigrant who in 1835 established the third
permanent settlement in Victoria at Bass.
A township grew around this port, and brought in
tourists. In 1888 the township was named San Remo after the resort
town in Italy. The Post Office opened on 14 August 1873 and was
renamed San Remo in 1888.

The Anglican Church
is
an impressive 100 year plus wooden building.
The Catholic Church is a more modern structure. 
The San Remo hotels are great tourist pubs. 
In 2008 a monument to those local professional
fishermen lost at sea was erected. A cairn with the names of those
lost at sea with navigation light atop is a main feature.
The San Remo War Memorial is located west of this
cairn.
There is a lot to enjoy at San Remo, so during the
Phillip Island visit an overnight should be put aside for San Remo.
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