The unknown coastal region that will be the next tourism hotspot.

The town of Loch, on the western side of the region.
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It was always separated from the rest of the Victorian coastline by a mountain range on one side, and swampland on the other.

The geography made it hard for pioneering settlers to access, but that all changed in World War II, when the area was classified as extremely vulnerable to attack from the sea and a defending military base was established.

After the war, the area of south Gippsland learnt self-sufficiency.

Farmers would haul their goods into Melbourne in the wee hours of the weekend to sell at markets.


By Zona Black.
Full story at The New Daily.