The Apollo Bay museum – housed in the buildings from which the undersea cable connected Tasmania with the mainland – is operated by the Apollo Bay and District Historical Society.

It includes displays of relics from some of the shipwrecks and ships that were essentially the primary means of access before the Great Ocean Road and of the life of what was an extremely isolated community.

The museum has a very extensive range of histories of the people who created and sustained this remote community.

If you have family who have a connection with ‘the Bay’, and are interested in tracing more background, contact the museum for more information.

Open Weekends 2-5 pm.

Other times can be arranged depending on the availability of a volunteer to follow up with your special interests in their collection.

Postal Address:
PO Box 248, Apollo Bay VIC 3233