Robb's Jetty

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• Anonymous

  12 February 2017

  I love Robbs Jetty. It's just the remnants of the jetty of course, so just the stumps left in the water. The water was so shallow that ships loaded with cattle stopped further out and forced their live cargo into the ocean so they had to swim for shore. There was a meat processing plant here, and I believe a freezing facility too. Cattle were kept in vast fields up and down the coast to recuperate and fatten up before slaughter. There's a metal cattle run from the beach, and a weather vane, both decorated with a cattle motif. There's a shipwreck. Is a good spot for snorkelling but watch out for jellyfish! It's not a busy beach.
  Possibly the best thing is the partially submerged statue of C.Y. O'Connor on his horse a little off the beach. He rode into the Indian Ocean and shot himself in the head. Google him: he was the Irish engineer responsible for Fremantle Harbour and also for the supply of water pumped 300 miles to the goldfields of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie from Mundaring Weir. He was viciously attacked in the papers for overspending public funds which was completely false. It's a tragic tale and he was always one of my heroes.

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• Anonymous

  13 February 2016

  Amazing scuba diving location for a shore dive in the metro area. Be careful of leaving valuables in your car up at the car park though. Have experienced and seen far to many broke windows parked up here.

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