Gladstone Maritime Museum

Engine Room

Gladstone Maritime Museum

Volunteer run independent museum Gladstone port undergoing major

development Gladstone Port authority funding new

600sqm display space for GMM Cyclone proof partially dry/wet cradle

berth to be built to house patrol boat and open to public display

Gladstone Maritime Museum

Massive mining related expansion in Gladstone plus LNG project on Curtis Island means the locals are leaving Gladstone – too expensive to live there.

Struggling to attract volunteers to keep Museum operating.

Townsville Maritime Museum

Yongala wreck

SS Yongala - Townsville

Townsville Maritime Museum

HMAS TOWNSVILLE

Decklight – Townsville MM

Townsville Maritime Museum Volunteer staffed independent

museum Good support from Townsville Port

Authority Making satisfactory progress

generally Ongoing difficulty with suitable berth

for patrol boat and getting it open to public.

Queensland Maritime Museum

Jessica Watson’s Pink Lady

Dry dock opened to public access in Aug 2011

Lugger Penguin – public access in 2012

Forceful – slipping and repair Nov 2011 ($220k)

Replica Smoking Room - Lucinda

Lucinda Smoking Room

Bequest

60 year old – never been used

Resident curlew family