Things to do in Warrnambool
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Beach House
The views from Beach House are amazing, ensconced in the Surf Life Saving Club’s former function room – sip your cab sav whilst watching the surfers and yachts below. It’s a bit daggy, with plastic chairs and tables and grubby carpet, and the food’s more good than outstanding, yet there’s something really nice going on here. If things aren’t busy the wait staff will sit down for a chat, and there are highchairs and crayons for the kids, as well as a palpable good vibe. Gourmet burgers, pastas, Thai red seafood curry, occasional live music and no haughty pretensions.
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Dive Inn Charters
Southern right whales come to mate and nurse their bubs in the waters off Logan’s Beach from July to September, breaching and fluking off Logan’s Beach Whale Watching Platform. It’s a major tourist drawcard, but you’ll need 20/20 eyesight or a pair of binoculars. Dive Inn Charters offers whale-watching boat tours and diving and fishing charters.
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
This major tourist attraction is modelled on an early Australian coastal port. See the cannon and fortifications, built in 1887 to withstand the perceived threat of Russian invasion, and Shipwrecked , an engaging evening sound-and-laser show of the Loch Ard's plunge. Grab a meal at Pippies by the Bay while you're here.
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Easyrider Surf School
Warrnambool has excellent beaches such as sheltered Lady Bay, the main swimming beach, which has fortifications at the breakwater at its western end. Logan’s Beach has the best surf, and there are breaks at Levy’s Beach and Second Bay. Hang five with Easyrider Surf School.
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Hotel Warrnambool
This hotel, dating to 1894, is the most welcoming pub in town – an earthy, cavernous place with exposed mud bricks and railway sleepers, slouchy lounges, a billiard table, a cool corner beer garden and live music on Thursday nights and Sunday. There are 11 beers available on tap and the pub grub is good.
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Pippies by the Bay
A fine restaurant in the Flagstaff Hill visitors centre; make an evening of it with a meal and show, or just pop in for a weekend breakfast and admire the view.
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Warrnambool Art Gallery
Head here to see the permanent Australian collection which includes such notable painters as Tom Roberts, James Gleeson and Arthur Boyd.
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Seanchai
Seanchai (pronounced ‘Shannakee’, which is Gaelic for storyteller) has live music and traditional Irish jigs on Sunday.
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Shipwreck Coast Diving
Shipwreck Coast Diving offers diving and fishing trips around Warrnambool, as well as whale-watching boat tours.
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Whaler’s Inn
It’s a family-friendly setup here. Meals are tasty and generous, and prices include an all-you-can-eat salad bar.
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Bojangles
This spiffy licensed pizza restaurant does great pastas and wood-fired pizzas, as well as steaks and grills.
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Fishtales Café
A cheery cafe serving burgers, fish and chips and vegetarian specials, with a sunny courtyard out the back.
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Siamese Restaurant
This place serves authentic Thai food – noodles, soups and rice dishes. Eat in or takeaway.
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Loft
Perhaps the pick of the local nightclubs, Loft is relaxed with live music on weekends.
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Warrnambool Cinema
Mainstream movies. All tickets for sessions starting before 11am are $9.
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Rundell's Mahogany Trail Rides
Get to know some of Warrnambool's quiet beach spots by horseback.
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Wyton
Come here for sophisticated breakfasts, excellent coffee and healthy lunches (including spiced carrot and risoni pasta) that you can take-away.
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Logan's Beach Whale-Watching Platform
Southern right whales come to mate and nurse their bubs in the waters off Logan's Beach from July to September, breaching and fluking off the platform. It's a major tourist drawcard, but sightings are not guaranteed.
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Donnelly's Restaurant
This smart restaurant makes a big deal of its steaks and seafood, and it's no wonder: both are as local as you can get and very satisfying.
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