Half Moon Bay Beach

Having a phone number in Australia when on a working holiday is essential; not only is it useful for keeping in touch with anyone you meet during your travels, it also has to be included in your resume for your employer to contact you. After acquiring mine for $25 for 2.25 GB per month (a limited special offer of the company), Chloe and I went to the Half Moon Beach on this perfectly scorching 34°C day.

One benefit of being on a working holiday is you don't have a regular working week schedule. Another is you can go anywhere anytime. Going to the beach during a weekday means you won't have to touch towels with other beachgoers. We found a parking spot and bought two cods, some chips and calamari rings from a nearby Fish and Chips store and walked down to the beach.

Half Moon Beach is a perfect beach for any travellers currently in Melbourne. It holds a 1924 warship shipwreck, Red Bluff Cliffs which was featured in the movie Mad Max (1979), and is home to fantastic corals and aquatic life, making it a popular snorkelling site. You may get there from Melbourne CBD with just a forty minute drive by car.

HMVS Cerberus shipwreck site in Half Moon Bay. One of the last surviving 

monitor warship of the Austrian colonial navies used in WWI.

Half Moon Beach as seen in movie Mad Max (1979).

The climb up the cliffs was tricky, though if you're anything like me, then you'd rather get your hands dusty than wet and salty. The view also makes the climb worthwhile.

Click on the pictures to take a closer look!