Port Melbourne to Sandridge SLC

The run from Port Melbourne to Sandridge Surf Lifesaving Club takes in the more 'ugly' side of Port Melbourne.  

A more industrial - less traveled path where you feel like you could easily run to Williamstown in about ten minutes (that is if you could walk on water).  In reality I will never run to Williamstown.

I like its lack of tourists, slow (to no) walkers and contrasting scenery from highrises at the beginning to parkland near the club.  

On some occasions you feel like its just you, twenty seagulls, a couple of fishermen and massive container ships steamrolling into the Port. This is the working side of Hobson's bay.  The water can smell and as you pass the newly rebuilt princes pier I often contemplate just hiding out there for my run and turning it into a circuit.  

This is where I normally pick out a container ship on its way into the Port of Melbourne and see if I can beat it to the mouth of the Yarra.  Ultimately in most cases NO... Infact probably two or three boats could pass me.  

RUN STATS: 

Name: Beacon Cove (Port Melbourne) to Sandridge Surf Lifesaving Club return
Distance: 3ks approx
Path: designated footpath
Calories burnt: approximately 250 - 300