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Beachwear in 1914 may be a little different to today but it was still just as important to those who visited South Arm to enjoy the surroundings, and this shot of camp set up at Spring Beach shows just this (interesting to note the Union Jack flag flying proudly!).
Spring Beach has been important in the history of the South Arm peninsula. It was so named as water from several springs located higher up the bank flowed down onto the beach. As there were no water tanks in the early days of settlement holes were dug along the course of these springs and the farm animals would go there to drink.
"In the very dry years we could always get water there for the sheep when the water holes had dried up"
Maurice Potter
Water still seeps down from the bank today.
Over the years Spring Beach has had an identity crisis. Locals have always known the Beach as Spring Beach but its actual name is more difficult to determine. An attempt in 2012 to formally name the beach "Sunset Beach" found that the Council had already named it "St John's Beach" in a brochure of popular beaches in the area. More recently this brochure has been updated and the beach is now referred to, far less exotically, as "Unnamed Beach, Blessington Street".