A collection of postcards donated by Helen Swaine.Five Postcards of Phillip Island. 337-02 - Black & White postcard of "Cora Lynn" Guest House, Cowes. 337-03 - Coloured postcard of "Bayview" Guest House, Cowes. 337-04 - Black & White postcard of the Phillip Island Suspension Bridge. 337-05 - Black & White postcard of the Isle of Wight Hotel, Cowes, Phillip Island. 337-06 - Black & White postcard of the Phillip Island Hotel.337-02 - "Cora Lynn" Cowes, Phillip Island. 337-03 - Bayview Guest House at Cowes (Bulmer Copyright) 337-04 - Murray Views No 5. TheBridge, San Remo, Vic. 337-05 - Murray Views No. 34 "Isle of Wight Hotel" Cowes, Phillip island, Vic. 337-06 - Phillip Island Hotel, Cowes, Phillip island V19.guesthouses cowes phillip island, cora lynn guesthouse, bayview guesthouse cowes, the isle of wight hotel cowes phillip island, phillip island hotel, suspension bridge san remo/phillip island, helen swaine

Entrance to Stillwell Valley (at edge of Emerald Lake). Graham and Helen Stillwell (now Swaine) with Aunt Gwen Stillwell and friends. Grandfather, Bertie Stillwell opened Emerald Lake in 1941.Bertie Stillwell was a Councillor with Fern Tree Gully Council. Stillwell's Deviation is located off Avons Rd, Avonsleigh.Black & White photograph. stillwell-valley; bertie-stillwell; emerald-lake-park; helen-swaine;

The article tells of Bert West's discovery of the Little (Fairy) Penguin in his youth and with his two friends, Herbert Denham and Albert Watchorn, decided to introduce the penguins to the public. Visitors would be taken by hire car to Summerland Beach to view the penguins coming in at dusk. At that time people would sit on the sand amongst the penguins as they waddled up the beach. Of course nowadays a large Centre caters for 3 to 4000 visitors during the summertime and also during the rest of the year. A new building is to be erected in 2017/18 in order to move further back from the nesting sites. (Names are incorrect in the article - should be Bernard Denham and Herbert Watchorn.)A newspaper item on Bert West, published in the Frankston Standard on the 19th February 1991. The article is about Bert West's time as Wildlife Officer at the Penguin Parade which he started many years ago.bert west, wildlife - penguins, frankston standard newspaper, helen swaine