Childer's Cove, Victoria
© 1992 Christine Krieg
Childer’s Cove is one of the many magnificent wild beaches found along the infamous Shipwreck Coast, in western Victoria. Stunning limestone cliffs and sentinels carved by relentless wind and waves rise straight out of the sea. Unpredictable and treacherous weather, often sweeping in directly from Antartica, is the trademark of this shoreline. In January 1839 a coastal trader named Children sailing from Launceston, Tasmania blew off course and struck a reef at the mouth of Childer’s Cove. Seventeen people drowned.