The Brighton Bathing Boxes on Melbourne"s Brighton Beach, painted with a rainbow of colours, are enduring relics. With recent additions bringing their total to 96, these huts have become one of Melbourne"s premier tourist attractions. The history of bathing boxes goes back to when they first popped up on Brighton"s coastline in 1860, providing a modest cover for bathers swapping for their bathing suits. Worn out and damaged during the post-World War I depression, the beach huts received collective maintenance in 1934. Despite the upkeep, the multi-hued structures were faced with the threat of removal in 1952. But thanks to the Brighton Bathing Box Association for successfully securing their survival, we can still enjoy the vibrant coastguards today!
Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Sperm whale
-
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Canada
-
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
-
White trilliums in Ontario, Canada
-
Marsala salt pans, Italy
-
Playa del Silencio, Spain
-
Red fox
-
Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
-
El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
-
St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
-
Allens hummingbird
-
Bernina Pass, Graubünden, Switzerland
-
Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
-
Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
-
Koala sleeping in a eucalyptus tree
-
French River, Ontario, Canada
-
Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California, USA
-
Inside the Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, Norway
-
Lesser flamingos, Lake Magadi, Kenya
-
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
-
Mylopotamos, Greece
-
Castell y Gwynt, Snowdonia, Wales, United Kingdom
-
Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
-
Bavarian Alps, Germany
-
Himeji Castle, Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
-
Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
-
The Painted Hills, Oregon, USA
-
Inside the Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, Norway
-
Death Valley National Park, California, USA
-
Grizzly bears, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA