Noonyara Retreat, Apollo Bay

23/07/2024

Winter always brings delightful surprises in the fruiting onsite.

05/06/2024

Time to get away, clear your head and enjoy some fresh seafood 🦞

Apollo Bay, walk the forests and the coastline.

16/01/2024

Summer blues, endless days on water

beach

20/08/2023

A week of visitors at Noonyara Retreat

17/08/2023

Great to have some of the group here today for a while not peak season a few species of were seen and the tested

A couple of swamp wallabies were also enjoying the forest

29/07/2023

Winter beauties!

The winter season is often one of the best seasons here with festivals and community events rolling through the cool weather.

This weekend is no exception with all the locals out!

This morning we had 4 swamp wallabies on site, one with a Joey. Usually a solitary marsupial to see 3 eating in the same area was unique.

This was followed by the annual Writers Festival

Lovely to see so many locals coming out to celebrate writers and storytelling!
I heard today there are many book clubs here in Apollo Bay and we even had visitors from the Collingwod chapter of the

21/07/2023

Local resident Kate Bourne will be moderating a session at next weekends WordFest! Not to be missed.

On SATURDAY 29th July at 10am, Apollo Bay local, KATE BOURNE will moderate a fascinating conversation with RAMONA KOVAL, LAUREN BURNS and SOPHIE MATTERSON.

Always a voracious reader, Kate studied English Literature alongside her social work degree. She has been a member of various book clubs for the past 30 years and loves nothing more than talking books. As a social worker she also has a particular interest in identity, resilience and what it means to be human, which is the focus of the session she is facilitating for Warm Winter Words. Perfect!

Join Kate as we welcome Ramona, Lauren and Sophie to Apollo Bay to share their journeys of self-discovery and the Janus-faced nature of revelations.

And a note for the WORDfest veterans: Heating is definitely fixed so Warm Winter Words will definitely be warm this year! 🔥🥵

Pearls & Monsters: What do journeys of self-discovery reveal?
SAT 29th JULY, 10am-midday,
Mechanics Hall, Apollo Bay
$25, or $40 ticket for two sessions.
Or $50 ticket for all Saturday events.
www.apollobaywordfest.com

05/07/2023

Thanks to Landcare + threatened conservation team for the onsite snail survey! Exciting to learn more about our region.

16/06/2023

And just like that our local Winter Wild festival is back again!

Check out the program and get in early for your tickets and accommodation!

13/05/2023

Autumn days

24/04/2023

Fungi season in the otways with a lawyers wig and bolete popping up… soooo many diverse fungi onsite mushroom 🍄

24/04/2023

Early morning walks on a glorious day!

16/04/2023

Tinsy, tiny fungi on a leaf 🍂

Definitely fungi season here.

16/04/2023

Fungi splendour in the moss…

16/04/2023

Its Fungi season in the Otways, with many unusual fungi here onsite! This one popped up yesterday and is now filling out

13/04/2023

Beautiful artwork by Michelle Harvey in the Sheok room at Noonyara

10/04/2023

Easter break in Apollo Bay!

Morning walks, art show, gallery, and studios, good food and friends.

Gotta love it.

25/03/2023

Lovely visit to Wildlife Wonders for the dusk tour and dinner! Saw some lovely macropods!

Am amazing place to see Australian wildlife up close, along with the south west coastline.

Thanks Conservation Ecology Centre!

10/03/2023

It’s Friday! Time to celebrate the week on the great ocean road

08/03/2023

We do love a gin!
Now serving up Noonyara Retreat tailored gin by none other than Australian gin co.

18/02/2023

A beautiful weekend in Apollo Bay for the Apollo Bay Seafood 🦞 Festival and Ebb Exhibition

Seafood 🦞 on the menu 😁

09/02/2023

We are in Kooyong season on Eastern Maar lands at present! Each night we hear the beating of moth wings! + in the day see beautiful butterflies! Wallabies and Koalas 🐨 are around birds everywhere

06/01/2023

We love supporting regional artists and arts groups! This lovely photo of Loch Ard Gorge by John Langmead was purchased at the Apollo Bay Arts Inc Gallery this week! The gallery at the Mechanics Institute has new exhibitions on a weekly basis over summer showcasing some of the best artists in the region!

Drop in and support Otway artists 👩🏼‍🎨

06/01/2023

Christmas has turned to summer fun!
There’s games, books, bird watching, bush walking, the beach and so much more!
Painting of Marengo Ponds by Apollo Bay local Victoria Howlett.

06/01/2023

Welcome guests! A spot of summer fun 🤩 at Noonyara Retreat at Apollo Bay!