Beach Huts

We lived in Melbourne late 80s but never visited these colourful beach huts. Later I bought an art print of some of the huts, and resolved to see them on our next visit to Melbourne. So, we visited them in November 2018, en route to Tasmania. The Brighton bathing boxes have been a part of the suburb’s life for more than 100 years. Brighton Historical Society member Dianne Reed believes the first was built back in the 1800s, when women used them to get dressed in. Brighton Bathing Box Association member Bill Meares said the group formed in 1954, but the first recorded bathing box dispute was in 1863.

Section of Art print, Melbourne, Victoria. 1/30 Pale Green/Brown September, 12 Months in Colour

Photo of section of Art print of Beach Huts in Brighton, Melbourne. 2/30 June Black and Colour, 12 Months/365 Days in Colour.

Photo of an Art photo print, which is in our hallway. Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Victoria. Canon EF-S 60mm Macro Lens Archive Airings AA21 Patterns 2022 Since buying this artwork, we have visited the actual beach huts in Brighton, and I took a series of photos, which I will upload in due course.

Hand painted glass coaster, artist unknown. From the Eumundi Markets. Continuing the theme, a different background colour each month. 10/30 Pale Green/Brown September

12/31 August Pink/White 12 Months in Colour

Continuing the theme. Handpainted glass coaster on orange background. From the Eumundi Market in Queensland, Artist unknown. 5/31 Orange/Maize July, 12 Months in Colour

Glass coaster from Eumundi Markets, artist unknown, on a yellow background. 4/30 Yellow April, 12 Months/365 Days in Colour.

Glass coaster, from Eumundi Markets, artist unknown, on pale blue background. 8/31 Pale Blue March, 365 Days in Colour. Note: Dark Blue from August 2013 is in the comments.