The Groyne & The Pylon
The Groyne
The Cottesloe groyne was built in 1959 to stop erosion and extends 100m out across Mudurup Rocks. Mudurup Rocks (named by Nyungar people & meaning ‘the place of the yellow finned whiting’ ) is the limestone promontory on the sea side of the Cottesloe Surf Club.
The Pylon
In December 2008 the Town voted to restore the pylon, a concrete structure built in 1935, at a cost of $172,000. Decades of battering by the ocean has eroded the pylon, which was one of three pylons built to anchor a shark net following a fatal attack in 1925. Two were destroyed by storms in 1937. Since then it has become an iconic landmark and popular diving platform for beach users.