St Kilda Beach
Natural Feature

St Kilda Pier | © Fernando de Sousa / Flickr
There’s no doubt St Kilda is Melbourne’s favourite city beach, even if it’s not Victoria’s most naturally beautiful strip of sand. Situated just a short tram trip from the middle of town, the beach is shielded from Port Phillip Bay by the long breakwater of St Kilda Pier, ending with a picturesque Edwardian kiosk. It’s little details like those that make St Kilda what it is, such as the joggers and rollerbladers racing down the esplanade, the toothy grin at the entrance to Luna Park, the cake shops on Acland St, the historic St Kilda Baths, the trendy bayside bars and restaurants, and of course, the colony of little penguins that return to shelter in the harbour every evening at dusk.