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tions ideal for picnics. Most notable of the public sculptures adorning the foreshore are
Jan Mitchell's
Baywalk Bollards,
which comprise 104 painted wooden figures ranging
from lifesavers to bathing beauties; pick up a walking map of the bollards from the tourist
office.
Adding to the boardwalk atmosphere is the ornate, hand-carved, 19th-century
carousel
(
03-5224 1547; adult/child $4.40/3.90;
10.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 8pm Sat, to 6pm Sun)
, fully restored
and housed within a glass pavilion.
In summer you can cool off at popular
Eastern Beach
, which features a sandy beach and
art deco bathing pavilion
OFFLINE MAP
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with classic European-style enclosed
bay swimming, complete with diving boards, sunbathing area and toddler pool.
Walking and jogging trails extend from
Rippleside Park
(Bell Pde)
right up the hill to Lime-
burners Point.
Geelong Art Gallery
GALLERY
(
www.geelonggallery.org.au
;
Little Malop St; 10am-5pm)
With over 4000 works in its collec-
tion this excellent gallery has celebrated Australian paintings such as Eugene von
Guérard's
View of Geelong
and Frederick McCubbin's 1890
A Bush Burial.
Also exhibits
contemporary works and has free tours on Saturday at 2pm.
National Wool Museum
MUSEUM
( 03-5272 4701;
www.geelongaustralia.com.au/nwm
; 26 Moorabool St; adult/child/family $7.50/4/25;
9.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, from 10am Sat & Sun)
More interesting than it may sound, this museum show-
cases the importance of the wool industry in shaping Geelong economically, socially and
architecturally. Many of the grand buildings in the area are former wool-store buildings,
including the museum's 1872 bluestone. There's a sock-making machine and a massive
1910 Axminster carpet loom that gets chugging on weekends.
Old Geelong Gaol
HISTORIC BUILDING
( 03-5221 8292;
www.geelonggaol.org.au
; cnr Myers & Swanston Sts; adult/child $10/5; 1-4pm Sat & Sun,
every day school holidays)
Built in 1849, HSM Prison Geelong may have closed its doors in
1991, but this old bluestone jail remains as terrifying as ever. You'll see its grim cells set
