Crib Point

Crib Point is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Crib Point recorded a population of 3,343 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Crib Point Victoria
Entering Crib Point
Crib Point
Coordinates	38.363°S 145.202°E / -38.363; 145.202
Population	3,343 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	531/km2 (1,374/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3919
Area	6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Location	87 km (54 mi) from Melbourne 7 km (4 mi) from Hastings
LGA(s)	Shire of Mornington Peninsula
State electorate(s)	Hastings
Federal division(s)	Flinders
Localities around Crib Point: Bittern Bittern Western Port Bittern Crib Point Western Port HMAS Cerberus HMAS Cerberus Western Port

The town is part of an urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Crib Point, Hastings, Tyabb, and Somerville.

Crib Point is served by three railway stations: Morradoo, Crib Point and Stony Point, the latter of which is the terminus of the greater-metropolitan Stony Point line.

Crib Point station

Crib Point Post Office opened on 18 July 1890.^[2]

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.

It is situated near the HMAS Cerberus naval base.

It is opposite a park that has a long stretch of mangroves.

The Victorian Maritime Centre is temporarily located at Crib Point. It has a future permanent site announced at Hastings. The museum houses many artefacts of both the Royal Australian Navy and the Merchant Navy.^[3]

Internationally Significant Ramsar Listed Wetland and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Crib Point is one of the coastal villages of the Mornington Peninsula.^[4] This coastline is part of the internationally significant Ramsar listed wetland which covers most of Westernport Bay - an area of 59,297ha.^[5] It is also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve - Western Port Biosphere Reserve.^[6] Despite these two significant and critical attributes which mean it is fundamental to birdlife, fish breeding and many unique species, there has been unrelenting pressure to exploit this natural asset since the 60s. To this day, there are the remains of industry at Crib Point

The communities of Westernport have successfully fought off attempts to reindustrialise the area.

History:

• 1965 to 1985 – BP Westernport Refinery at Crib Point jetty
• 1987 - Proposed Western Mining ammonia-urea plant (STOPPED)
• 1992 - Proposed Shell-Mobil "super-tanker" project (STOPPED)
• 2007 - Proposed Boral Bitumen plant (STOPPED)
• 2011 - Port of Hastings Container Port strategy (STOPPED)

Climate

Crib Point has an oceanic climate with relative small thermal differences between seasons, but is still prone to temperature extremes upon northerly winds both in summer and winter.

Climate data for HMAS Cerberus (1991-2017 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	44.1 (111.4)	45.8 (114.4)	39.7 (103.5)	34.1 (93.4)	25.6 (78.1)	21.7 (71.1)	21.9 (71.4)	25.1 (77.2)	28.9 (84.0)	34.7 (94.5)	36.8 (98.2)	42.4 (108.3)	45.8 (114.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	24.5 (76.1)	25.0 (77.0)	23.1 (73.6)	19.8 (67.6)	16.6 (61.9)	14.2 (57.6)	13.6 (56.5)	14.6 (58.3)	16.5 (61.7)	18.6 (65.5)	20.6 (69.1)	22.4 (72.3)	19.1 (66.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	13.9 (57.0)	14.3 (57.7)	12.6 (54.7)	10.0 (50.0)	8.4 (47.1)	6.8 (44.2)	6.3 (43.3)	6.6 (43.9)	7.6 (45.7)	8.8 (47.8)	10.7 (51.3)	11.9 (53.4)	9.8 (49.7)
Record low °C (°F)	5.2 (41.4)	5.0 (41.0)	2.2 (36.0)	−1.7 (28.9)	−1.1 (30.0)	−1.8 (28.8)	−3.0 (26.6)	−2.4 (27.7)	−0.3 (31.5)	−0.9 (30.4)	1.6 (34.9)	3.3 (37.9)	−3.0 (26.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	38.4 (1.51)	39.4 (1.55)	45.6 (1.80)	62.4 (2.46)	68.7 (2.70)	72.3 (2.85)	72.7 (2.86)	75.2 (2.96)	67.5 (2.66)	66.8 (2.63)	54.0 (2.13)	53.6 (2.11)	716.6 (28.22)
Source: [7]

See also

• Shire of Hastings – Crib Point was previously within this former local government area.