Mentone beach

Mentone Beach is a picturesque beach located in the suburb of Mentone on the eastern coast of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

It is situated approximately 21 kilometers south of Melbourne City Centre. The beach is the northern section of a long strip of sand that runs from Beaumaris Bay cliffs at Rickett's Point in Beaumaris through to Frankston in the south. Mentone Beach and neighboring Mordialloc Beach are located directly south of Rickett's Point, which is a geological feature formerly a sandbar that divides the beaches along the coastline.

Mentone Beach was formed due to the subsidence of Port Phillip Bay, which was triggered by the Selwyn Fault to the east and the Rowsley Fault to the west side of the bay. The Beaumaris Monocline, a geological feature evident in the cliffs near Rickett's Point, is responsible for shaping the coastline and the resultant coastal indentation that Mentone and Mordialloc beaches owe their existence. Seagull rock lies just offshore the Mentone Beach and sports a diverse range of bird species such as cormorants, albatrosses, and seagulls. Mentone Beach was also acknowledged by OzCoast, the Geoscience Australia Online Coastal Information database, for its geological significance.

Prior to European settlement, Mentone Beach was part of the traditional lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. Between 1839 and 1849, the Bunurong people and the area around Mentone Beach came under the supervision of the Port Phillip Protectorate.

The Heidelberg School of Painting had a long association with Mentone Beach. Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin, who formed the school of painting