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Apollo Bay - VIC

Port of Apollo Bay

Port in background

Main Street

Beach

Wharf

A change of scenery near Apollo Bay

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

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.

PlaceID	51514

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cape Otway at 02/07:30am EST

Distance from Apollo Bay 17.46km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
9.7°C	7.9°C	85%	7.3°C	1033.1hPa	0.0mm	N	6km/hr 3knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cape Otway Lighthouse

Distance from Apollo Bay 17.46km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.4	21.6	20.3	18.0	15.6	13.6	13.0	13.8	15.2	16.9	18.3	19.9
Mean Min. °C	13.3	13.9	13.2	11.6	10.0	8.5	7.5	7.8	8.5	9.5	10.7	12.0
Mean Rain mm	44.1	42.2	55.4	71.2	90.7	97.3	105.3	103.2	90.1	80.6	63.7	53.2