... ...Sorrento pier......The Sorrento pier was constructed in 1870 mainly for vessels engaged in transporting lime to Melbourne. By 1886 the regular steamship service was capable of carrying well over 3,000 passengers a day on the paddle steamers Ozone, Hygeia and Weeroona. ...TRANSCRIPT Shire of Flinders & Kangerong.REGULATION No. 4In the pursuance of the powers conferred by Part IX of 13th Schedule of the "Local Government Act 1903", the President, Councillors and Rate-payers of the Shire of Flinders and Kangerong order as follows:BATHING PLACES.No person over Ten years of age shall bathe within 200 yards of either side of the Dromana Pier without the Consent of Council.No person over Ten years of age shall bathe from the foreshore, commencing at a point distant 200 yards north west of the Sorrento Pier, thence along the Foreshore to the Bathing Boxes at Webster's Corner, without the Consent of the Council.DRESS.No person over Ten years of age shall bathe from any beach within the Shire, unless dressed in a Canadian Bathing Costume, or some similar costume, which shall effectively cover the body from the neck to the knee, so as to observe proper decency.No person in bathing costume shall sit, lie, loiter on, or run along any part of the beach or seashore within the Shire, but shall proceed in a direct line to and from the dressing place.No person in bathing costume shall walk, ride, or drive through any streets or thoroughfares of the Shire. ...