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Shipway Lookout (LOOKOUT), NSW Details
History
The name was proposed by the Ocean Shores Tidy Town Committee in an application dated 18 September 1995.
Description
A reserve on the corner of Warrambool Road and Tongarra Drive in Ocean Shores. It occupies part of Lot 2 of DP 735732. An area of approx 2 acres it contains a steep densely timbered descent from the Lions Lookout to a fairly flat plateau. There is a Council water reservoir on the reserve.
Origin
Don Shipway (1911 - 1994) and his wife lived in Ocean Shores from 1970 and he instigated town status in 1995. He was the founder of the Ocean Shores Tidy Town group. The reserve has a 180 degree view of the ocean and passing ships so the name is relevant to the reserve for this reason as well.
Shipway Lookout (LOOKOUT), NSW
| title | Shipway Lookout (LOOKOUT) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 78951 |
| placename | Shipway Lookout |
| designation | LOOKOUT |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | BYRON |
| description | A reserve on the corner of Warrambool Road and Tongarra Drive in Ocean Shores. It occupies part of Lot 2 of DP 735732. An area of approx 2 acres it contains a steep densely timbered descent from the Lions Lookout to a fairly flat plateau. There is a Council water reservoir on the reserve. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Don Shipway (1911 - 1994) and his wife lived in Ocean Shores from 1970 and he instigated town status in 1995. He was the founder of the Ocean Shores Tidy Town group. The reserve has a 180 degree view of the ocean and passing ships so the name is relevant to the reserve for this reason as well. |
| history | The name was proposed by the Ocean Shores Tidy Town Committee in an application dated 18 September 1995. |
