Apollo Bay - VIC

  Town

Position

DEG: -38.759399 143.672195
DMS: 38º 45' 33.84" S 143º 40' 19.9" E
UTM: 54 H 5706531mN 732190mE
Altitude: 7.75m

Description

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

154.19kms SouthWest of Melbourne - Driving 198 km (2 hours 36 mins)
552.16kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 924 km (1 day 2 hours)
620.69kms SouthEast of Adelaide - Driving 760 km (8 hours 41 mins)

Address & Contact

2-18 Trafalgar Street
Apollo Bay VIC 3233
Phone: +613 5232 9400
Email: inq@colacotway.vic.gov.au
Web: https://www.colacotway.vic.gov.au/Home

Information

The town takes its name from the schooner "Apollo" which, during a storm in 1846, sheltered in the bay on the way from Port Phillip to Portland. A few years after that event, timber cutters began taking timber from Apollo Bay and Lorne, and by 1853 the coast had been surveyed in detail and there were several timber camps.

Today Apollo Bay is a substantial coastal township and holiday resort on the Great Ocean Road, western Victoria, between Lorne and Cape Otway. Behind Apollo Bay there are the Otway Ranges, partly forested and partly cleared for grazing and dairying.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cape Otway at 10/12:00pm EDT
Distance from Apollo Bay 17.46km SW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
16.8°C15.0°C68%10.9°C1024.3hPa0.0mmSSW11km/hr
6knots
15km/hr
8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cape Otway Lighthouse
Distance from Apollo Bay 17.46km SW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C21.421.620.318.015.613.613.013.815.216.918.319.9
Mean Min. °C13.313.913.211.610.08.57.57.88.59.510.712.0
Mean Rain mm44.142.255.471.290.797.3105.3103.290.180.663.753.2

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