Exploring Melbournes Beaches | St Kilda and Brighton Beach | Melbourne Australia Vlog

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We've been told that Melbourne doesn't have the best beaches so we decided to check them out. Although the beaches aren't great compared to other places in Australia it's still worth the day trip to walk along the beaches all the way to the little beach huts at Brighton! The view of Melbourne CBD makes for the perfect backdrop with a coastal path the entire way.
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[@jamiecoutts1987]

Hi guys!! Another awesome video! ✨Yeah unfortunately Melbourne city doesn’t really have the greatest beaches cos the coastline is really just facing out toward the bay and not the ocean, which is why there’s also a lack of waves etc but if you head along the coastline towards the great ocean road there’s some lovely (proper) beaches down there like in Bells Beach, Torquay, Lorne etc. U guys have prob moved on from Melbs now anyway so if that’s the case wherever you are take care and enjoy the rest of your travels!!

[@gerrynassar3592]

Yes go to the west coast past Geelong for great beaches (and the Great Ocean Rd) or go East to the Mornington peninsula. In regards to skydiving - I went 20 years ago in Surfers Paradise in QLD. Good spot.

[@AshandKels]

Thank you for the recommendations ☺️

[@Melh21]

Look forward to more vids! Loving it! Hope you guys are loving your time here!

[@divid3d]

if you can travel to somewhere like Cape Paterson east of Melbourne, or Torquay west of Melbourne, that's where you'll see 'proper' beaches that aren't sheltered by the bay.

[@jeroen1158]

40.000 steps is a lot. You should have taken a bus back. The fish looked very delicious, hope to see the Melbourne sunset in the next video.

[@AshandKels]

We thought we might as well walk, it’s a lovely walk so we didn’t mind at all ☺️

[@jimmeng2802]

Stanwell top and Wollongong have some of the greatest skydiving experiences

[@reddog5378]

Skydive the beaches over the Gong👍🏽

[@tdb7992]

I'm glad you are both enjoying our country. I used to live in South Melbourne, just beside Port Melbourne. The terrace houses around there are stunning. The bay beaches are never very nice; you need to get to the ocean coast. Entry to Luna Park used to be free too, you only had to pay for rides. You guys should consider seeing the temperature rain forests just east of Melbourne - there's a section there called the 1000 steps which is a Kakoda Memorial hiking trail. It commemorates the Australian soldiers who were tortured and killed in Papua New Guinea by the Japanese who forced them to do slave labour. The forests there will blow your mind though. You can also ride on Puffing Billy out there (an old steam train that runs over old wooden truss bridges through the fern forests). The 1000 steps and Puffing Billy are both out towards Lilydale. You really need to go check them both out! Also, go visit Ceres. It's a bit of a hippy commune in Brunswick East. Lots of veggies patches, a cafe, and farm animals roaming about. You two are both learning about true Australian culture and what the nation is actually like. Thank you so much for visiting and not falling into the "drinking Foster's and going to the beach" stereotype many tourists attribute to us. Very few vloggers choose to portray the nation as a mature and diverse nation that only comprises Sydney and the outback. Huge respect!

[@kathiwyldeck]

Hi, Ash and Kels. I love all your videos. Well done. I hope you come to Hobart sometime, and do one or two videos on this beautiful, little city, the natural beauty of the countryside, and the old, historic towns of Tasmania. Xx

[@AshandKels]

Thank you! It means a lot 🥰 We're in Australia for a year on a WHV so we'll definitely try and make it to Tasmania while we're here! We've heard good things!

[@marccolomayt82094]

So fine, cool & relaxing ❤

[@kellyking3108]

My nephews moving here from Halifax in west Yorkshire Uk in october so free holidays for us lot whoop whoop

[@AshandKels]

Amazing! Hope you have a great time 😀

[@triarb5790]

You needed to go to the Mornington Peninsular for better beaches than our city centre ones. The snorkelling off Rye Pier and Portsea Pier ( Leafy Sea Dragons abound) is excellent. But, just next to Brighton Beach is Black Rock, where there is excellent snorkelling right off shore. Tou only need to be thigh deep to see Port Jackson sharks, Fiddler Rays, sea urchins, lots of fish and a bit deeper, very occasionally, you can even see Leafy Sea Dragons.

[@rodwilkinson5682]

I like you two very much,very easy going,I hope you enjoy the holiday.

[@AshandKels]

Thank you so much, we really appreciate it 🥰

[@stratbutcher]

Blooming heck, are you guys still out there? I got back 5 days ago after 4 weeks down there. Bloody loved every minute, and yes the Bondi Fish and Chips were mint! 🥰

[@davyfella]

Get yourself to Geelong Eastern beach. The circular pier with the enclosed swimming area will blow your mind

[@louisaklimentos7583]

They are city beaches but I think that the best beaches are the ones in our national parks .Wilson’s Promontory have the best beaches .Also the Great Ocean Road and along Croajingalong National Park . These are all in Victoria .Thank you for your lovely video .

[@angelametcalfe953]

Elwood is my beach, I love how you are enjoying it.

[@AshandKels]

Such a cool viewpoint of the skyline!

[@howierfs5471]

Dont worry about you have missed the sunset. I am sure you will see many others along the west coast or even in the outback and they are stunning. I dont want to know how much a house at Brighton beach would ever cost. Had a former workmate working in a subsidary in Melb and living in St. Kilda and sho loved it to be there. Have you already tasted the Pavlova cake ? Enjoy downunder and thakns for your recodings. Stay safe and healthy.

[@abbeyshell23]

Go down to the Great Ocean Road or the Mornington Peninsula. Phillip Island is worth a look.

[@reddog5378]

The best two picks for skydiving in my opinion is Skydive The Gong over Wollongong beaches or Mission Beach Skydive. I've done both numerous times and for views probably Wollongong NSW.

[@FPLMattDay]

Go to Western Australia it’s insane ☀️

[@ihn2023]

The best beaches are on the Surf Coast... head to Geelong, then Torquay, Jan Juc, Bells Beach and drive and explore the Great Ocean Road :) It's where I grew up :) Oh and there is also sky diving along the Surf Coast Shire!

[@dawso4517]

If you get the chance definitely visit Sorrento and rye beaches they are beautiful

[@AshandKels]

Noted for when we're in Melbourne next!

[@markwarchol3139]

Time for lunch now that I’m watching you guys enjoying fish and chips! Wow 40,000 steps is insane!!

[@TheLyds01]

If you think Melbourne beaches are nice, head down south to Geelong and surfcoast. Awesome beaches.

[@lesliedavis2185]

Port Melbourne, my local. Lol not too bad for a Bay beach. I grew up in nz, I like the ocean beaches there

[@westnblu]

Bellarine and Mornington peninsula beaches are the best in Melbourne. I been living in Melbourne most of my life and never been to the inner city beaches too grotty for my liking. Start @ Mordialloc beach and head towards Frankston there u will get a better appreciation of Melbourne beaches. But most tourists who come to Melbourne dont venture to that part of Melbourne. Too far away from the city center . Anyway thanx again . Enjoying watching your Australian adventure keep postin and stay safe. By the way there's penguins that have taken a liking to the Stkilda peer, foreshore area but it dont get publicised much because they dont want too many people going there and disturbing the penguin colony.

[@petermcculloch4933]

You went for one seriously long walk.I would have caught a suburban train back from Brighton to Flinders Street Station.

[@AshandKels]

40,000 steps 😅

[@johnpage7735]

Don't forget to check out the wet market at the Queen Victoria market. Every deli food you can think of. Fresh meat, really worth a look.

[@jamesb1372]

Enjoying your videos. I’ve watch a few of the various travel videos from others visiting my hometown and this is one of the most enjoyable. Thank you. If you get a chance to visit Philip Island and the Penguin parade, it’s very special. Also suggest a drive down the Great Ocean Road - the most spectacular views.

[@AshandKels]

Thank you! It means a lot 🥰

[@triarb5790]

FUN FACT 1. The timber rackrail 'Scenic Railway' at Luna Park, St Kilda is the oldest still operating in the world. FUN FACT 2: If you just order standard Fish n chips in Australia it is Gummy Shark that you are eating. So we eat more sharks, than sharks eat us. Just so you know! FUN FACT 3. ST Kilda Pier is home to the most accessible Little Penguins in the southern hemisphere.

[@salo7227]

Gold Coast has incredible sky diving if you are heading there.

[@reddog5378]

Melbourne's beaches definitely leave a lot to be desired. I think Balranald even had a better beach on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River 200k's inland.

[@FionaEm]

I love Melbourne - have lived here for 25 years - but our beaches aren't our best feature. The Mornington Peninsula & Great Ocean Road have nicer ones. I do love the bathing boxes at Brighton though. Such a key part of our history!

[@angelametcalfe953]

Hi guys, that’s my hood😄

[@daliblaze]

Should have gone to check out the penguins at St Kilda pier ..at sunset you were so close to them coming out

[@AshandKels]

It was cordoned off due to construction but we have heard about them!

[@PennyPies]

Brighton is one of Melbourne's most affluent suburbs and the beach boxes are elite property and cost a fortune to buy. Acland Street, where you got the chips, is quite well known for all of the cake shops. That is a mega walk though 👏

[@AshandKels]

Yess we seen so many cake shops, all the desserts looked delicious 😍

[@RobertJW]

Fun fact, one of the last things John F Kennedy ever did was sign off on a beach box.

[@oges74]

Beaches aren't the first thing I think about when I think of Melbourne, but looked like a nice walk, particularly on a sunnier day. I'd love to head down there one day and get a photo of the pylons at Princess Pier

[@delsini]

If you are still in Melbourne try Scoopy for a desert

[@barnowl5774]

The water in Melbourne beaches is usually fairly calm as they are in Port Phillip Bay which is huge .The different names for the beaches come from the suburbs they are in. There are o approximately 20 Melbourne Bay beaches. They extend down the Mornington Peninsula on the eastern side and also around the western side to the Bellarine Peninsula, to the provincial city of Geelong, where there are more. Once you get out of the Bay into Bass Strait the seas on the beaches are bigger and rougher, as around Sydney. You can see little penguins at St. Kilda Beach. Those bathing boxes cost a lot of money for what they are. There are more on some other beaches. The longest beach in the State of Victoria, where you are, is the Ninety Mile beach in East Gippsland. Please don't try to walk it in one day! Have you eaten Barramundi (or heaven forbid, Orange Roughy/Sea Perch) fish , yet?

[@AUmarcus]

Melbourne's beaches line Port Phillip Bay which might seem like a Sea/Ocean as it's about 40km across. Victoria's nicer beaches are along its southern coastline....Bells, Torquay and Barwon Heads among them.

[@aussierhino471]

I love Melbourne, being born and bred here, but our bayside beaches aren't much to write home about - we have some lovely ocean beaches down at the Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island, but as much as I hate to admit it, Sydney has better beaches. In fact, the beaches and the cricket at the SCG are the only places in Sydney I'd even bother with.

[@aussierhino471]

Not skydiving, but can I suggest hot air ballooning on the Gold Coast in Queensland? It's wonderful at dawn with the sun rising behind the condos on the beach.

[@AshandKels]

We will look into it as we're heading that way soon! Thank you!

[@goongchor8739]

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[@Jono01]

Wollongong has the best skydiving in Australia. 😉

[@reddog5378]

Agreed 👍🏽

[@angelaturra74]

I Live Melbourne 💛💚💛💚💛💚

[@SalsaSniper]

The beaches and sand are cleaner from Edithvale down to Portsea. Beaches near the city are not very pleasant.

[@triarb5790]

Edithvale is definitely my go to after work swim. A quick nip down the freeway from the eastern burbs, whip down a side street and walk straight into that lovely clear water. To me Port Melbourne to Brighton is just for walking exercise and maybe a bevvie along the way.

[@leanned1821]

Looks so overcast, I see it was 38 in Melbourne yesterday. Weather is very changeable.

[@triarb5790]

Overcast doesn't mean its cold.

[@leanned1821]

True but they had jumpers on so I don’t think it was hot.

[@NeonGenesisPlatinum]

NSW easily has the best beaches, kind of like how you guys easily have the best travel KZbin videos. This is fairdinkum my favourite travel channel by a country mile. You guys RULE.

[@AshandKels]

Thank you! 🥰 it means a lot!

[@livertic]

Its a different fish you are eating. Its called flake. YUM.Its Gummy shark

[@AshandKels]

Ah right, thanks for letting us know! It was delicious ☺️

[@yoyotommo1]

Oh no. Out of all the beaches you went to ones in Melbourne! :(.

[@kymcruickshank9103]

Hi guys. Are you coming to WA? If not your missing out. It’s stunning here and the weathers around 35 to 45 atm. Look up ….. Skydiving in Jurien bay. Kimberley region Pilbara region Shark Bay to feed wild dolphins Kalbarri gorges Margaret river down south Exmouth for whale shark diving Broome is incredible and beautiful. Home of the Australian pearl industry. I could go on for days but have a look.

[@AshandKels]

WA is what we're most excited for but won't be there for another couple of months! Been watching so many videos on it! 😅 Thanks for the information, really appreciate it!

[@kymcruickshank9103]

@@AshandKels awesome. You’ll love it. One bit of advice, if your driving north of Perth, always drive during the day after sun up and stop before sunset. The Roos are prolific and they’re movement times are during the night between sunrise and sunset. Also, further north your going to be dealing with emu’s and cattle on the roads (the stations up north don’t have fences as they’re so large so the cattle roam freely) so drive carefully. I’ve just done a 6 hr drive for work to Meekatharra in the centre of WA in the desert and I had to avoid dingos, bungarras (very large goanna), cattle from stations and loads of emus. Mayhem but also what makes travelling up here kinda cool. 😂 If you go to SHARK bay, when your driving through the “dog fence”, if you slow down with your windows down you’ll hear a barking recording as you drive over it. It’s been there for years and it’s to deter wild dogs from entering the area. And check out the Pink Lakes on the way to Kalbarri. 🙂

[@zwieseler]

Oh dear. How spoiled we are in Perth…. Sky dive at Jurien Bay if you’re coming to the west….

[@AshandKels]

We CANT WAIT for Western Australia! Saving it for last! 😍

[@kymcruickshank9103]

I just made the same reply before finding yours. Jurien Skydiving is the best.

[@zwieseler]

@@AshandKels Happy to take you to Perth’s best beach when you get here. (It’s not Cottesloe) (Or Scarborough)

[@triarb5790]

We do have fabulous beaches in Melbourne, but definitely not our inner city ones that's for sure. Perth and Adelaide definitely beat us hands down there!

[@jamiekirkpatrick3634]

Beaches on the bay are just a bit blah compared to the surf coast or Phillip island

[@hollygranger3734]

Welcome to my hood, I would’ve brought the rods and esky down to fish

[@AshandKels]

Thank you!

[@top40researcher31]

you would love adelaide

[@AshandKels]

👀🤫😂

[@top40researcher31]

@@AshandKels enjoy your stay in australia

[@AshandKels]

@@top40researcher31 thank you! So much more to see here

[@top40researcher31]

@@AshandKels yes see much as you can

[@reddog5378]

Not in summer. Too hot. Adelaide is best from September/October to December. January to March is 40° day after day after day after, it gets a bit hot there.

[@michaelmayo9048]

They are not beaches in Melbourne this is a bay..you got to travel 1 and a bit hours to get to real beaches .

[@ConnorsComedyClipsOffical]

Ballina is always a good place to go sky diving. Not far from Byron bay

[@reddog5378]

Anywhere over the beaches, Wollongong, Ballina or Mission Beach.