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bathing box


A small privately owned structure erected on the beach particularly those of Port Phillip to provide shelter for those enjoying beach activities: If you want to swim we can change in our bathing box. Also, beach box, boat shed.

Contributor's comments: Also known as boat shed down around Portsea, Sorrento.

Contributor's comments: Also called "beach boxes".

Contributor's comments: A small shed erected on a beach to provide shelter for members of a family owning property nearby. These structures may no longer be built but a number still survive from earlier times and are considered a valuable asset: "That bathing-box at Mount Eliza recently sold for $35,000."