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SOS - End of Summer Block Party
Feed your face and ears with the sounds and tastes of summer one last time with a day of music, craft beer, local gin and a selection of Apollo Bays freshest local seafood.
Live performances by BEANS (formerly Baked Beans) Bones and Jones, The Beachniks, Libby Steel, The Fillmores, Outtatime, The Rank Outsiders, Jarosite Band plus DJ sets from Bevan Shmevan.
Food offerings including giant paella pans from the team at ORA Coffee Bar, smoked meats from Sticks and Bones BBQ, Abalone Pizzas from the team at the Distillery, seafood specials at The Brewhouse plus Crayfish raffles, Gin tastings and a few salty surprises!
Presented by Apollo Bay Seafood Festival, Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer, Great Ocean Road Brewhouse and Apollo Bay Distillery
Saturday 27th Feb 2021 between the GOR Brewhouse and The Apollo Bay Distillery, 12 Midday to 8:30 PM
$30 entry
Tickets need to be purchased online in advance due to COVID-19 restrictions.
This special ‘Tales of the Cape’ walking tour will explore stories of triumph and tragedy as we walk through the Lightstation heritage precinct to the isolated Cape Otway Cemetery. Appreciate daily life in the 19th Century for the small community in this remote location. The tour includes the Assistant Keepers Quarters (1849 -59), Telegraph Station (1859) and the Cape’s Cemetery.
Walk will cover approximately 2km’s. We suggest good walking shoes as this involves walking on uneven ground, a water bottle and sun/fly protection.
After the tour we will adjourn to the Lightkeeper’s Café for lunch with a view, where we will be serving a fresh locally sourced Seafood Chowder accompanied by a local craft ale.
After lunch feel free to wander the heritage precinct and climb the Lighthouse tower before heading home.
Sunday 28th Feb – Limited spaces available – Tickets $60pp
Conversations 2021: Underwater - Underfoot
Hosted by everyones favourite salty raconteurs Hilary McNevin and Richard Cornish.
Our morning session will explore all things 'Underwater' with an update from our local fishermen, Frosty, Nick and Markus along with Victorian Seafood's Johnathon Davey on what a crazy year its been for the local seafood industry, then Simon Branigan from The Nature Conservancy Australia will join us to tell us all about The Reef Builder Program, an exciting new partnership between the Australian Government and The Nature Conservancy to bring shellfish reefs back from the brink of extinction.
We continue the liquid theme with acclaimed wine writer and raconteur Max Allen talking about his new book, 'Intoxicating: Ten drinks that shaped Australia'.
Our afternoon Conversations will explore 'Underfoot: Walking on Country' with Michael-Shawn Fletcher and Dr. Jack Pascoe. Michael is a Wiradjuri man, a paleoecologist and biogeographer, and Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Indigenous) in the Faculty of Science at The University of Melbourne. He is also Director of Research Capability at the Indigenous Knowledge Institute. Jack is a Yuin man, a scientist and conservation ecologist at the Cape Otway Conservation Ecology Centre. Michael and Jack will yarn about caring for Country, fire management, the year that has been and what we can all learn from it.
Sunday 13rh FEB - ON SALE NOW - Extremely limited spaces.
The True Story of Oysters and Champagne
Do you like oysters? Do you like bubbles? Do you like being told amazing stories?
Then join award wining wine and food writers Max Allen and Richard Cornish – The Hungry Gentleman – as they recount the stories of the amazing oyster reefs that once existed the shallow waters of our bays and around the coast. They described there beautiful and diverse ecosystems, teeming with fish and as biodiverse as rainforests, they were harvested to feed Gold Rush Melbourne and Colonial Victoria A live spoken word one hour presentation will be delivered in the stunning Apollo Bay Distillery where the gentlemen will be opening dozens of fresh Wapengo Rocks Organic oysters to be shared with Taltarni sparkling wine afterwards. There is the option to enjoy freshly baked abalone pizza afterwards.
Sunday Feb 14 4pm. Tickets $35
ADVENTURA OFF THE BOAT FISH MARKET
The ADVENTURA will be doing a massive straight off the boat fresh fish sale next Saturday 13th for the festival next week. They will have an abundance of deep water fish that’s been filleted, plus snapper, gummy shark fillets and a full board of premium southern ocean and bass straight fish, just caught, processed and straight on ice, ready for you to purchase at the Apollo bay bay pier at 10 am.
Sat 13th Feb 10 am - Apollo Bay Harbour
THE LATE LUNCH
‘The Late Lunch’ will be a relaxed afternoon seafood feast brought to you by The Apollo Bay Fisherman's Coop, for you to share with three of your favourite seafood-loving friends.
The main act is our spanking fresh, world-renowned Southern Rock Lobster, supported by a cast of the freshest locally sourced fish and shellfish including blue-eye trevalla, scallops, squid, and octopus with beautifully fresh, locally grown side dishes and artisan potatoes, and a special dessert from Dooleys for the perfect finale!
Wash these beauties down with craft beers and local wines from our festival partners, Prickly Moses Handcrafted Beer and Taltarni Wines, then kick back and enjoy the live entertainment including music from festival favourite Alister Turrill Music, and stories and shenanigans from festival MC’s Richard Cornish and Hilary McNevin along with local fishermen who provided the catch!
Each ticket includes admission for four people with your own table for the afternoon.
All food and entertainment is included in the ticket price, drinks at bar prices.
The Late Lunch - Saturday 13th February - 1 PM at The Apollo Bay Fishermen’s Co-Op
HIGH TIDE SURFBOARDS
P A I P O / A L A I A B O A R D
H A N D S H A P I N G C O U R S E
Create something with your own hands. This 2 day course is open to Everyone aged 10yrs+ so this a great group activity for all ages. You have the choice of making a 4ft Paipo belly board or upgrading to an 8ft Alaia board. Finishing off your hand-shaped board with some pyrography artwork of your own design and then take your board away with you at the end of the final day and go test it out with the whole crew.
Sat 20th+21st Feb
