| Johanna Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Inland view of Johanna Beach from the Great Ocean Walk, 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°45′0″S 143°23′0″E / 38.75000°S 143.38333°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 85 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3238 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Colac Otway Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Polwarth | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wannon | ||||||||||||||
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Johanna is a small locality on the coast of Victoria, Australia located west of Cape Otway in the Colac Otway Shire. It is named after the schooner Joanna, which was wrecked at the mouth of what is now the Johanna River on 22 September 1843.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]Johanna Post Office opened on 1 November 1913 and closed in 1967.[5]
The surfing beach at Johanna is a long stretch of beach breaks, or beach and reef, noted for its power, and its reputation for rapid jumps in size, doubling over the space of just a few hours.[6]
In 1970, the final of the World Surfboard Riding Championships was held at Johanna Beach because of persistently poor surfing conditions at the Bells Beach venue.[7] Since then, the Bells Beach Surf Classic competition has been moved from Bells Beach to Johanna when the surf at Bells has been flat, such as in 2003 and 2010.[8] The westerly-facing beach at Johanna picks up swells that miss Bells and the Surf Coast.
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Johanna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN 0-7270-0250-3.
- ^ "Loss of the "Joanna"". Launceston Examiner. 7 October 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 10 August 2025 – via Trove.
- ^ Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ Sumpter, Rod (2004). 100 Best Surf Spots in the World. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0762725982.
- ^ King, Jim (17 April 2019). "1970 World Surfboard Riding Championships Bells Beach Victoria". Surfing Down South. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ The 2003 ASP/WCT Rip Curl Pro: Round Three — Johanna Turns On at Surfing Magazine magazine
External links
[edit]- Johanna - Town information
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