Gladstone Maritime Museum
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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