HAVING walked the entire length of it, few people are more generally informed about the coastline of Victoria than Graham Patterson, who has written a book about western end of it.

The guidebook, called Coastal guide to nature and history 3 western Victoria covers the area from the Western head of Port Phillip Bay in Point Lonsdale to the South Australian border, and is the final of a trio of self-published volumes by Mr Patterson that span much of the state’s coast.