Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-10-12
NUMBER Is
A NINETY MILE EEAcH.
The Lovely scashore ON Whose Sands tho
Australians ReveI.

AuStrIIIliS heveI.
The love of the seashore seems to be
absolutely universal. To young pe,-
pie especially is !, trip to the nargi,
of the great deep a source OF delight.
The Gppsanders are no exception 10
this rule. Though they have SO much.
delightful scenery readily accessible.
the excursion which is far and away
tile favoritc with them is still TO tiia
ocean shore, Where they can inllaic
the ozone of the fresh sea air, alsl
watch tile great rollers Of the Pacific
come tumbIing in upon that inlernll
able beach which Hanks the Whole OF
tile lake district 70 picnic on the
sands and TO wander about. searching
among the sea wrack for delicatcly
tinted shells, seems to afford as much
amusement for Tie grown up folks as
for the children.
ii cannot he merely the change
from inland scenes and life kat gives
this fascination TO the shore, for those
who live all their lives beside the sen
arc as much unE,r its influences as
those 10 whom a sight of the ocean is
iabut an occasional. treat Poets have
lssung ant, men Of letters sllasN dis
-eoursed about he sea, but Sliot.ope Of,
1stIleni yet lfas crct: this
I'love forif allEI desile to-
get nearit. as.ifa COMPROMISING were
there found This love for the OCEAN
Shore fills the excursion steamers,
which run from Sale and Buirnstlule
in the summer time. with crowds OF
bright faced picnickers.
it was in company with one of these
troops of holiday makers that made
acquaintance with tic ocean entrance
10 the lakes, and with those broad,
smooth sands which stretch So far.
Landing at New Works. we loiied
over quarter of nile OF low sand
dunes. and found ourselves OH the
Ninety Mile beach. There is no eX-
aggcraton in the name of this long
stretch of sand and Single. Broken
only by tie narrow entrance to tho
lakes and by the Snowy river, it cx-
tends along the southeast co;lst OF Vic
toria for fully tie distance that It's
name implies.
There can be no doubt that al the
time wien this part OF lie continent
last emerged from the sea. the lakes as
we sec them now had 10 existence,
and the rivers oi the district reached
the sea in tic usual way. The con-
slant ocean currents from the Ant
arctic which the coniiguration Of The
land in this region concentrates and
therefore gives extra force TO- aided
by the nature Of the sea bottom close
in shore. have created the long stretch
of sand dunes which form now the
seward barrier of the lakes.
In this wor. they have been aided
by the wild storms which are gener-
ated every winter III tie comparative
" high latitudes Of tile south Pacific,
and which. approaching Australia
from the southeast, i.npinge directly
on this coast with Il force only exceed
ed by the great winter storms of the
north Atlantic. Along the foot OF
these dunes lies the Ninety Mile beach.
preserving everywhere the long line
of its very shallow curve elmost UNI
broken by any projecting point
through all its long stretch. and so
seeming to the eye of the observer
wherever lie may take his stand To
run i'll a perfectly straight line on
either hand, up or down, as far as
sight can reach. San francisco
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