Moggs Creek Today

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Today, Moggs still retains its charm of 50 years ago when the Clickers first discovered that Sir Samuel Moggs had almost been forgotten as the discoverer of this wonderful country. Let's have a quick look around Moggs to see what happened after Sir Sam.

The ocean is ever-present at Moggs. Sir Sam first sailed it and no one has been able to change it - thank heavens.

 

The modern sign replaces the original statement on parish maps which named the creek, Bellbird Creek.The Clickers fought for this change.

 The attractive view towards the wicked town of Lorne - motels and hotels are not for the Moggs purists.
 

 Here on the left is the spot where the first house was erected at Moggs Creek, the Neuk. There the elder Boyds lived for many years, but now a modern home has been constructed by well known Moggs resident Judith Beach.

 

 Moggs now has many attractions - here are signs of the times.

 The Great Otway National Park.

 Pretty little tracks weave in and out of the natural landscape.

 Many people visit the Park and the Picnic area at Moggs Creek.The Moving Clickers have a yearly barbecue here to conclude their Lorne Film Festival Weekend each October.

 The Otway Park has selected walking paths for the weak and the brave. Here we see the start of the Moggs Creek Circuit and the track to the famous Distillery Creek Picnic Area - where it has been claimed that the finest whisky ever made away from Scotland was once distilled.

 The mighty Moggs Creek now has two bridges - here we see the footbridge next to the Great Ocean Road bridge.

Sir Sam once said that he believed the waterway named in his honour probably went 1000 miles inland and originated from the best watered land in the continent. Although no one has yet traced the source of the Moggs it does appear that Sir Sam may have exaggerated a little.

One of early homes on the Western side of the creek is Blue Waters, shown here. This home was first built by the Pipkorn's around 1950. Colonel Pipkorn was associated with the Australian Army and there are those who believe that Soviet defectors, the Petrovs, stayed at Blue Waters for many months in the late 1950's.

 The Great Ocean Road leads you in and out of Moggs: it has its own wonderful story as shown on the billboard near this memorial arch.

Building the Great Ocean Road was an immense effort in the days before modern bulldozers.This required engineering competence and dedication from the mainly ex servicemen who worked for many years on the project. Here is the statue honouring their efforts.

 Here is the story of the Road's construction:

 As you leave Moggs you see the blue water and the blue sky - one never tires of these vistas.