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Police 000 Campbell Street Port Fairy Ambulance 000 or 133 009 for non emergency transport Fire Brigade 000 SES Emergency 132 500 Hospital Moyne Health Services Villiers Street Port Fairy Ph: 03 5568 0100 Medical Clinic Villiers Street Port Fairy Ph: 03 5568 1559 Pharmacy Sackville Street Port Fairy Ph: 03 5568 1083 Vet Ph: 03 5568 1855 | |||
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1164 Princes Highway Killarney VIC Open: 10am to 5pm 7 days New and secondhand instruments. Sheet music and accessories. Collectables, old wares and antiques. | |||
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Population Normal 2,500 Peak Periods 10,000 Folk Festival 40,000 Climate Moderate climate with average temperatures Summer 22 degrees Winter 14 degrees Rainfall Average Yearly 700mm | |||
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30 Gipps Street Port Fairy VIC A wonderful collection of shipping relics, old photographs and displays relating to the history of the local region. | |||
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41 Regent Street Port Fairy VIC Open: 7 days Wilma is a realist artist whose works are displayed for sale or viewing at the sudio/gallery at the rear of 41 Regent Street. | |||
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62 Regent Street Port Fairy VIC Open: Most afternoons 1pm to 5pm Visit the working studio where Robert and Freya create colourful hand blown glass, lampworked beads, cast glass sculptures and enambled plates. Glass bead making workshops | |||
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Starting Queens Birthday long weekend in June A series of fun weekends held at various venues around town throughout the winter months. This is a great way to spend some of those wintery weelends with good music, great food and have a laugh with some very funny comedians. Take a step back in time on the History Weekend and explore Port Fairy’s many historic attractions. Contact Visitor Information Centre | |||
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Trains run daily from Melbourne to Warrnambool with connecting coach service to Port Fairy. Just ring V-Line from anywhere in Victoria for an up to date timetable. There are also coach connections to and from Hamilton, Ballarat, Apollo Bay, Mount Gambier, Halls Gap and Ararat. V-Line 13 61 96 Warrnambool Bus Lines 03 5562 5748 Port Fairy Bus Depot 03 5568 1355 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday Port Fairy Taxi 0419 764 983 | |||
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39A Bank Street Port Fairy VIC Open: 7 days This colourful and contemporary gallery is home to 7 local artists. Glass, sculpture, painting, silk, jewellery and more. Call in and meet the artists. | |||
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1st weekend in September Ex-Libris is a celebration of literature inspired by the Welsh “bookshop” village of Hay on Wye. During the fair, Port Fairy will come alive with thousands of books for sale at the Community Centre and literary events happening at various venues around town. | |||
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