St Kilda Pier and Breakwater
Historic timber pier and breakwater sheltering a colony of little penguins that return to the rocks each sunset.
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About this audio guide
This guide to St Kilda Pier in Melbourne opens on the night in September 2003 when someone set fire to the timber kiosk at the end of it, and traces the building back to 1904, when it first opened as the Austral Refreshment Rooms. It follows the Kerby family, who ran the kiosk for decades and even lived above the tearoom, and the community campaign that rebuilt the pavilion to its original design after the fire. Walk out toward the breakwater, past the rebuilt kiosk, and listen for what draws people here after dark.
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