Watch this space for 2026 events announcements
Past events:
- History Open Day with launch of the Exhibition and Display Signage project and the Beech Forest Walking Tour Audio & QR code project - September 2025
- The U3A, Apollo Bay members - March 2024
- Boort District P-12 School - March 2024
- The Gellibrand Progress Association members - April 2024
- Norman Houghton, Historian, Author and ODHS member, on the history of Otway Hotels - February 2023
- The life of Cliff Young, and the Beechy Railway as well as launching the Beech Forest Walking and Driving Tour and signage - September 2022
- Anzac Day Service & Luncheon - April 2022
- The Remember When exhibition - December 2021
Event gallery
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| Anthony Zappelli delivers the Cliff Young talk |
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| The Beechy railway line |
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| Launch of the Beech Forest Walking & Driving tour |
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| Rate collection room, now Timber Sawmill room |
Another fabulous day in our beautiful hall and history rooms, with many community members and visitors. Our guests were welcomed by Anthony Zappelli and we were privileged to have the Colac Otway Shire Mayor, Kate Hanson launch the history panels, with Cr Stephen Hart also in attendance. Will Beale entertained us with his memories of the hall in honour of the 100 year celebration and there was a magnificent high tea.
Community open day, 31 January 2021
We were pleased to welcome so many community members to our permanent display and also to view a special textile display which included the very special Otways Federation quilt. The quilt provides a textile-based journey into the past, chronicling the story of settlement of the Otways region. The embroidered panels relate to local people from areas around Beech Forest and Gellibrand, listed either by full names or initials, many of whom worked under harsh conditions to survey land holdings, roads and the railway.
Community Open Day, 18 April 2021
Display of our new postcard collection featuring some of our unique historic photographic images, gift cards featuring local landscapes and a collection of original postcards.
Anzac Day - April 25 2021, 11am
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| Modern Day Solider exhibition |
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| Anzac Day Service 2021 |
Every year we are pleased to welcome the community and others to the annual Beech Forest Anzac Day service, lunch is provided following the service.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of Gadubanud Country, Elders past and present. We respectfully acknowledge that we work and live on the lands of the Gadubanud nation on which these events are being held.