In 1893, a timber enclosure was built at the end of the main beach to protect bathers from sharks and later a building with change rooms was added. In those days it was unthinkable for men and women to bathe together so separate times were allocated. A red flag was displayed when the baths were open for women and a blue flag indicated the men were allowed in. Some tall timber poles and a number of short wooden stumps rising from the sand are all that remains of the old sea baths. Black & White postcard of the foreshore and Cowes Sea Baths with 2 sheds and wooden fences, taken from eastern foreshore.The Rose Series. P. 660. The Baths, Cowes, Phillip Is., Victoriacowes sea baths, sea baths cowes phillip island, cowes beach, meg davis, nancy mchaffie, brenda higgins