World War II Machine Gun Emplacement

Across the creek, a machine gun was installed during World War II. Gun emplacements like this were placed along the coast during the Second World War when enemy invasion seemed imminent. Built of reinforced concrete measuring a foot thick, they housed Bren, Lewis, or Vickers guns and contained bunks for the Home Guardsmen who manned them. Other coastal defences included barbed wire laid along the beach to hamper enemy landings.

At Browns Bay, the wire entanglements were capable of being electrified. Browns Bay residents and visitors no doubt breathed a sigh of relief when the barbed wire was removed from the foreshore in 1944 and civilians were allowed back onto the beaches.

Turn around and walk to the top of the carpark.