Borough by the Bay Festival
at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Museum Collections Tour Sessions
Event Information
29 September 2024, 11:30 am–12:30 pm and 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum: Maritime Museum, 2 Wharf St, Queenscliff VIC 3225
About
As part of the Borough by the Bay Festival occurring on Sunday September 29th 2024, the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum invites you to join us for a special tour of museum collections; from shipwreck treasures, to lighthouse lenses and even deckhouses where trading crews would live on long voyages. Explore marine worlds and environments with us as you get a chance to climb onto a real pilot boat on display, see beautiful marine murals painted by fishermen from the days of old, and hear stories about life, death and strife on the water.
Tour sessions, Sunday 29th September:
- 11:30am-12:30pm
- 2:00pm–3:00pm
Bookings are essential.
TICKETS:
Ticket Type Price
General Admission $12.00
Concession Admission (Student/Seniors Card) $10.00
Child (5-14 years old) $6.00
Book Sessions and Tickets here
For more information please call the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum on 03 52583440, or email info@maritimequeenscliffe.org.au
Borough by the Bay Marine Colouring Competition at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Event Information
29 September 2024, 11am-3pm
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum: Maritime Museum, 2 Wharf St, Queenscliff VIC 3225
About
Do you have what it takes to become a marine artist – to paint a sea in the deepest blues and to colour the sails of the fastest ship?!
Children are invited and challenged to enter into the free Borough by the Bay marine colouring competition. Come down to the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum to test out your creativity and submit your artwork. The winner will take home a prize presented to them by the Borough by the Bay Festival Team!
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Tours
Event Information
29 September 2024, see sessions below.
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse: 13 Point Lonsdale Road, Point Lonsdale Victoria 3225
About
As part of the Borough by the Bay Festival occurring on Sunday September 29th 2024, Visit the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse and take part in a tour, exploring the lighthouse lantern and admiring the spectacular views over the entrance to Port Phillip Heads, and along the coast to Ocean Grove and Cape Schanck, while our tour guides reveal the secrets of the lighthouse, shipwrecks and sea vistas before you.
Tours are run by Queenscliffe Maritime Museum volunteers by arrangement with Ports Victoria (Melbourne), which runs the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse. All guides have Working With Children checks and Certificate 2 First Aid.
TOUR DETAILS:
Duration: 30 minutes
Times: Tours are held Sunday morning 9.30am-12.30pm (last tour).
Maximum tour group size: Eight people.
Minimum tour group size: Two people.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:
- Lighthouse tours are not suitable for people with heart pacemakers due to telecommunications equipment, or people who suffer claustrophobia or vertigo.
- Children must be 5 years old and 90cm tall to climb the lighthouse.
AMENITIES: Parking and toilets nearby.
Lighthouse Tour bookings are essential.
TICKETS:
Ticket Type Price
General Admission $12.00
Concession Admission (Student/Seniors Card) $10.00
Child (5-14 years old) $6.00
For more information please call the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum on 03 52583440, or email info@maritimequeenscliffe.org.au