Historic Maritime Experience at Polly Woodside
Price on request
21 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia
Why you'll love this venue
- Offers a unique event venue in a historical museum ship.
- Experience the sensation of being on an authentic tall ship.
- Sweeping river views and city skyline directly opposite the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Reviews for Polly Woodside
Steven Heath
Being a National Trust member has many advantages and one of them is free entry to most of their properties - the biggest travesty though is the NTV occupying a gorgeous heritage building and there being no access. Here is a thought, move into a normal office building and restore/make available the HQ to the public who support you. Anyway, Polly Woodside IS accessible to members. Primarily of interest to kids and shipping enthusiasts. We were in and out in 15mins.
Diana Waines
Located at Southbank Melbourne, the Polly Woodside is a three masted old cargo vessel. Built in 1885 in Ireland & used to transport goods to South America from the UK, you can now do a tour of this grand old vessel for a small entry fee
Nakul pisolkar
Polly Woodside was built in 1885 in Belfast as a three masted Iron Barge and covered around 1.5 million kms around the globe. It use to largely carry coal between England and South America but made many trips to Australia & NZ as well. The owner of the ship named it “Polly” after his wife Marian Woodside whose nickname was “Polly” because she talked all the time like a parrot. It’s worth checking out the Captain’s quarters and other crew’s rooms and how they lived and traveled through ships in those days. It is one of the very few ships in the world from that era that have survived and are on display for people to see today. Definitely worth a visit if you are in Melbourne city.
Paul Gerarts
Were lucky to visit Melbourne during schoolholidays and ship open for visit on weekdays. Very well restored by volunteers. Good movie about the history and life on board of the ship; catapults one back in time. Can wander around freely and take time to have a good look from all angles. Very worthwhile visit and must see attraction.
Michael Capon
Very unique ambiance. Cool place to gather colleagues and friends! Food was great and service was really friendly, even gave us facts about the ship.