Apollo Bay Museum
Apollo Bay Museum
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RobSwindon69
Crewkerne, UK817 contributions
Mar 2020 • Family
A wonderful collection of photos and artefacts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries showing what life was like living in a small community that was fairly isolated until the construction of the Great Ocean Road. Lots of information about shipwrecks in the area and lots of photo albums from the Victorian era. This is a great place to look if you are researching family members who may have lived in the region or want to get a taste of life in the previous two centuries. Definitely more suited to some quiet reading time if you’re more interested in finding out about everyday history, than a family attraction / day out, but we very much enjoyed our browse and would have stayed longer had we not had our teenage daughter with us whose attention span was challenged by this type of presentation.
Written 15 March 2020
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Kanning
Melbourne, Australia45 contributions
Sept 2019
The Apollo bay Museum used to house the under-sea cables that connected the mainland to Tasmania. The museum has a large collection of artefacts on the history of the cables, local history of the region and on the Great ocean road it self!
As there are not many interactive objects, the kids may find it a little boring, but for those that are interested in reading there is no shortage of Information!
The lady working at the museum had lots of knowledge on all the artefacts, this furthered our understanding on all the exhibits.
As there are not many interactive objects, the kids may find it a little boring, but for those that are interested in reading there is no shortage of Information!
The lady working at the museum had lots of knowledge on all the artefacts, this furthered our understanding on all the exhibits.
Written 6 October 2019
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Janem0205
Melbourne, Australia491 contributions
Jan 2019 • Couples
The Museum is located in the old Cable Station and retains some of the workings of the cable to Tasmania. Many different aspects of the history of the local area are captured by the exhibits and interpretation.
Written 9 January 2019
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Skyfox49
Albury, Australia721 contributions
Feb 2018 • Couples
We expected this museum to just focus on the history of submarine cables connecting the Australian mainland with Tasmania, from the original copper cables to modern fibre optic cables. It provided however an additional wealth of historical information about shipwrecks in the region and the development of Apollo Bay and the surrounding Otways region from the mid 1800's. The history of the growth of the fishing industry, logging, farming and the construction of the national icon, the Great Ocean Road is well chronicled. Well presented displays and helpful volunteers make this an interesting place to visit.
Written 24 February 2018
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wintercolleen
Canberra, Australia231 contributions
Feb 2022
Would liked to have gotten into the building but when we got up there was told that it was a big working day for the staff and no visitors today. Their should have been a sign out front.
Written 14 February 2022
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Eugene K.E.
2 contributions
Jan 2018 • Solo
although it is not bad its just not quite to my taste and was very scarcely reviewed so it was a pain in the neck on choosing
Written 14 December 2018
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