Shipwrecks Talk | Australian Heritage Festival

Shipwrecks Talk | Australian Heritage Festival

Hear Bunbury Museum's Barbara Rae tell the stories of Koombana Bay's shipwrecks from the spot where several are buried.

By Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre

Date and time

Sun, 19 May 2024 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM AWST

Location

Koombana Bay Lookout

Mangrove Boardwalk Bunbury, WA 6230 Australia

About this event

  • 1 hour

Can you hear the ship's bells toll? Some are still heard around our shores over 100 years after the waves of Koombana Bay took their ships. Come, relive the stories of Bunbury’s stormy past and the ships that sank into the silver sands near the Koombana Park lookout.

Next time the wind blows listen, carefully… dong… dong… dong…

When: Sunday 19th May 2024
2:00 - 3:00pm
Where: Koombana Bay Lookout
Meet in the carpark on Koombana Drive

This is a free event. While registrations are not required it would greatly assist us in gauging expected attendance on the day.

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Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre

The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre tells the unique stories of the South West's regional centre.

Open 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday, the BM+HC offers workshops, events, education programs, changing exhibitions, venue hire, the local studies reference collection, and a retail space.