Jan Juc, Victoria

Jan Juc
Victoria

Jan Juc Surf Beach

Jan Juc

Coordinates

38°20′S 144°18′E / 38.333°S 144.300°ECoordinates: 38°20′S 144°18′E / 38.333°S 144.300°E

Population

3,158 (2006 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

3228

Location

100 km (62 mi) SW of Melbourne
26 km (16 mi) S of Geelong

Localities around Jan Juc:
Bellbrae	Torquay	Torquay
Bellbrae	Jan Juc	Torquay
Bells Beach	Bass Strait	Bass Strait

Jan Juc is a coastal town of Victoria, Australia, adjacent to Torquay, Victoria. At the 2006 census, Jan Juc had a population of 3,158.^[1]

History

Nearby Bellbrae was originally called Jan Juc but was renamed in 1923, so the Jan Juc Post Office, which opened on 25 January 1862, was in fact in Bellbrae.^[2] There has never been a post office in the current Jan Juc.

As of 2009, housing estates almost link Jan Juc to adjacent Torquay, across the Spring Creek. Along with many other parts of the Surf Coast, increasing popularity is placing pressure on the coastal environment.

Jan Juc beach

The Jan Juc beach lies between Rocky Point to the east and Bird Rock to the west, and is bounded by high cliffs, apart from the middle where an ephemeral creek enters Bass Strait through sand dunes. The beach is patrolled during summer months by the Jan Juc Surf Life Saving Club.

In the late 1990s, a surfer found the fossilised remains of an extinct genus of whale on a beach near Jan Juc. It was named Janjucetus hunderi, after the location.^[3]

Notable residents

Musician Xavier Rudd^[4]

Sport

Jan Juc has a Surf Life Saving Club which includes a junior "Nippers" program. The Jan Juc Sharks cricket club has eight junior teams and four senior teams that compete in the Geelong Junior Cricket Association and the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association respectively.

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Jan Juc (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2014-11-21.
↑ http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1715433.htm
↑ Peter Farago (February 21, 2009). "Xavier Rudd protest at Torquay". Retrieved 4 December 2009.

External links

Localities in the Surf Coast Shire

Aireys Inlet Anglesea Bambra Barrabool Bellbrae Bells Beach Benwerrin Big Hill Birregurra Boonah Breamlea Buckley Connewarre Deans Marsh Eastern View Fairhaven Freshwater Creek Gherang Gnarwarre Inverleigh Jan Juc Lorne Modewarre Moggs Creek Moriac Mount Duneed Mount Moriac Ombersley Paraparap Pennyroyal Torquay Wensleydale Winchelsea Winchelsea South Wurdiboluc

Visitor attractions on the Great Ocean Road

Attractions	Bay of Islands Coastal Park Bells Beach Cape Bridgewater Gibson Steps Great Otway National Park The Grotto Loch Ard Gorge London Arch Point Addis Marine National Park Port Campbell National Park The Twelve Apostles Twelve Apostles Marine National Park

Towns	Aireys Inlet Anglesea Apollo Bay Barwon Heads Bellbrae Camperdown Colac Eastern View Fairhaven Geelong Jan Juc Lavers Hill Lorne Moggs Creek Peterborough Port Campbell Port Fairy Princetown Separation Creek Torquay Warrnambool Wye River

Surfing areas of Australia

Agnes Water Angourie Point Bells Beach Bondi Beach Burleigh Heads Byron Bay Cow Bombie Cronulla Duranbah Beach Esperance Greenmount Beach Jan Juc Kirra Manly Margaret River Maroubra Newcastle Noosa Heads Northern Beaches Rainbow Bay Shark Island Ship Stern Bluff Snapper Rocks Stradbroke Island Sunshine Coast Surfers Paradise Thirteenth Beach Torquay

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.