Cottesloe description and photos - Australia: Fremantle (Topic)

Cottesloe description and photos - Australia: Fremantle. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Cottesloe.

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Cottsloh is a small town exactly halfway between Fremantle and Perth, home of Australian Prime Minister John Curtin. The house he built in 1923 still stands on Jarrad Street and is open to the public. Today the city is home to just over 7 thousand people. The town received its name in honor of the brother of Captain Charles Fremantle, Baron Cottsloh.

Cottsloh is famous for its calm sandy beaches, small cozy cafes and a leisurely pace of life - tourists come here to enjoy all this, tired of the noisy metropolitan Perth and the port Fremantle. Most of the city is occupied by residential buildings, and the shopping area stretches along the Stirling Highway. There is a golf course on Jarrad Street overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Photos and drawings of Cottsloh Beach, both published and in private collections give a clear picture of the important role the beach has played in the public life of the city. It is one of the most popular beach cricket spots. Here pedestrians and cyclists love to walk, and surfers try to ride the wave.

A peculiar attraction of Cottsloh is a lone pylon (support post) sticking out of the ocean waters. There were once three pylons - they were installed in the late 1920s to fix shark nets, after several attacks by predators on people. Two pylons in 1937 were destroyed during a severe storm, and one survived. Under the long-term action of ocean waves, it was substantially corroded. In December 2008, Cottsloh City Council decided to renovate the stand, which has become a popular diving site. After restoration, the pylon was painted in the colors of the Cottsloh Coastal Lifeguards Club, then changed to the colors of the North Cottsloh Lifeguards Club, and since then it has changed its appearance several times.

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