Brighton Bathing Boxes at Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia

Brighton Beach gets colourful. Beachside bathing

Forget wonderfully soft sand or beautifully clear water, the real highlight of Melbourne’s Brighton beach is its ever-popular row of colourful bath houses. Built well over a century ago, the 82 wooden structures were originally created in response to the Victorian ideas of morality and seaside bathing. Now classed as a heritage site, the boxes have remained largely unchanged, sans the fact that no, you’re not likely to see somebody having a post-swim scrub. Some owners have actually transformed their shacks into miniature accommodation, while others utilise it as a handy storage shed for their surf boards.