Guide to the Health Resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Centennial edition / edited and compiled by Ludwig Bruck.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Guide to the Health Resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Centennial edition / edited and compiled by Ludwig Bruck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Climate healthy. The mean annual rainfall is 23-35 inches, with 100 wet days. The mean maximum temperature in the shade in 1885 was 71-9° F., the mean minimum temperature SOS0 F., and the mean temperature 61 T° F. Goodlet’s Home for Consumptives. Post and Telegraph Office. Excursions : Burragorong ; Vault Hill; Fern Valley ; Picton Lakes (6m.) Doctor : Dr. F. G. Dalton. Hotels : The “ Royal ; ” Great Southern Railway ” ; also Mrs. O’Neil’s boarding-house. PITTYVATER, New South Wales, 19 miles N. of Sydney, a charming district, beautifully situated at the head of Pittwater, on the south-west side of Broken Bay, the estuary of the picturesque Hawkesbury river. The country is undulating, and the scenery lovely, the climate is mild and balmy ; it is well-sheltered from all winds. This district has been described as the future sanatorium of the colony. Excellent fishing; shooting ; sea-bathing ; boating, sailing. Post Office, at Bayview. Doctor : Dr. W. H. Tibbits, from Manly. Hotels : The “ Rock Lily,” near Monavale, is a well- kept hostelry ; the “ Newport,” at Newport ; Bayview board- ing house, at Newport. Excursion : Lyx Cascade, a very romantic spot, 4 miles from the Rock Lily hotel. Route : By steamer to Manly, thence coach (14m.) PORTARLINGTON, Victoria, 65 miles S.W. of Mel- bourne, a watering-place on Port Phillip Bay. The country is undulating, and the surrounding scenery is beautiful. Fine esplanade along the beach ; sea-baths ; jetty ; public gardens ; fishing ; boating. Post and Telegraph Office ; Mechanics’ Institute. Excursion : Drysdale, and Clifton mineral springs. Hotels : The “ Bayview,” the “ Family.” Route : By rail to Drysdale, thence coach (6m.) ; or by steamer direct.