Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
Warrnambool
The world-class Flagstaff Hill precinct is of equal interest for its shipwreck museum, heritage-listed lighthouses and garrison as for its reproduction of…
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Warrnambool
Once a whaling and sealing station, Warrnambool is booming these days as a regional commercial and whale-watching centre. It's an attractive city, with heritage buildings, beaches, gardens and tree-lined streets, but the major housing and commercial development at the city fringes has rendered these areas much like city suburbs anywhere in Australia.
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Warrnambool
One of Australia's oldest art galleries (established 1886), WAG has a stellar collection of works by prominent Australian painters. Its most famous piece…
Warrnambool
Set up in a former funeral home by local art collective the F Project, this contemporary gallery always has something interesting showing at its monthly…
Warrnambool
Over the years Warrnambool has gained a reputation for its public art. One of its most striking pieces is the colossal Ngatanwarr (Welcome) mural, which…
Logan's Beach Whale-Watching Platform
Warrnambool
Southern right whales come to mate and nurse their young in the waters near Logan's Beach from July to September, breaching and fluking off the platform…
Warrnambool
On the outskirts of Warrnambool – 12km east, in the dairy township of Allansford – is the slightly tacky Cheese World. It's run by the Warrnambool Cheese …
Warrnambool
Inside the old Fletcher Jones clothing factory is this contemporary art gallery with attached studios and workshops. The space is small, but it's always…
Warrnambool
These gardens were laid out in 1877 by William Guilfoyle, the same curator who designed Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. There's a good variety of plant…
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