Places of interest in Holbrook
   
When staying at the Holbrook Settlers Motel why not visit -
The National Museum Of Australian Pottery. The Museum, situated at 76 Albury Street, (Hume Highway) Holbrook
NSW, is open 9.30am to 4.30pm Thursday to Tuesday, closed Wednesday. The Directors, Geoff and Kerrie Ford
welcome visitors, groups and coaches to the museum and can be contacted by Ph (02) 6036 3464.
Holbrook Airfield is owned and operated by the Greater Hume Shire Council and is made available to appropriately
licensed operators of registered aircrafts. Pilots wishing to use the Airfield should obtain prior permission, contact
details are displayed in CASA En Route Supplement. The Airfield Committee is a Section 355 Committee of Council
whose charter is to maintain and promote the Airfield Complex.
Holbrook and its surrounding area, provides ideal flying conditions for both the ab initio students as well as the
seasoned ultra light or general aviation pilot. Holbrook is characterised by ideal flying conditions all year round and
especially so in spring and autumn. Phone the Club Office on 02 6036 3042.
Visit the Holbrook Miniature Railway located at Ten Mile Creek Gardens. It operates 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month
and every Sunday in the holidays. Bookings can be made for special occasions, birthdays parties, school classes,
tourist coaches or other groups. Opening times: 10:00am to 4:00pm. For bookings phone: (02) 6036 2253
Holbrook has many areas in which the weary traveller can take a break. On the western side of the highway, behind
Grimwoods, is the start of the Ian Geddes Bush walk. This lovely tranquil bush land walk follows Ten Mile Creek away
from the highway. The entrance features a shelter with a map of the walk and the names and pictures of the birds which
you are likely to observe as you meander along the trail. The walk can be comfortably completed in half an hour.
The Woolpack Inn Museum is located at the southern end of Holbrook. The unique building houses a collection of period
furnishings, horse drawn vehicles, old farm machinery and is surrounded by lovely gardens. There are twenty-two rooms
of exhibits. Some of these rooms depict the way Holbrook residents lived last century. Open daily from 9:30am to
4:30pm. Phone: 02 6036 2131.
Submarine Otway was the second of 6 submarines built for the Royal Australian Navy at Scotts Shipbuilding and
Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland. The Otway was laid down in Scotland on 29 June 1966, Launched 29
November 1966 and Commissioned 22 April 1968. The "O" Class Oberon boats were considered among the very best
of the conventional submarines in the world being very quiet and stealthy when diving and almost undetectable when
on patrol.
During the years following the change of name from "Germanton" to "Holbrook", Norman Holbrook made a number of
visits to the town before his untimely death in 1976. In 1982 his widow, Gundula Holbrook donated his medals to the town.
The unlikely link between the inland farming town and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Submarine Squadron developed
between 1986 and 1992 when submariners were given Freedom of Entry to the Shire.
Today, Holbrook's vision of erecting a fitting memorial to Australian submariners has become a reality. Following the
Navy's gift of the decommissioned OTWAY's 'fin' in 1995, a submarine working party was formed to investigate ways of
obtaining a real submarine and overseeing its erection. Finance was the biggest stumbling block. Several thousand dollars
were raised by public spirited people and organisations who believed in the project. Then out of the blue came the
amazing gift of$100,000 from Gundula Holbrook, widow of the late Commander Norman D Holbrook. Mrs Holbrook's
generosity has enabled the project to forge ahead.
In 1995, when the decommissioned OTWAY was being disposed of, an unsuccessful tender by Holbrook led to discussions
and eventually the purchase of the 'outer skin to the waterline' from a Sydney scrap yard. Resolving the problem of
moving the submarine inland, the structure was cut into sections and transported by semi-trailer down the Hume Highway.
It was reconstructed at Holbrook with the assistance of a team of unemployed trainees during the New Work
Opportunities Program coordinated by Billabong Skill Share and Holbrook Shire Council. The spectacular, traffic-stopping
inland submarine is a fitting memorial to those brave men who serve and have served in submarines in both war and
peace. An official dedication of the Submarine Memorial was staged during the Queen's Birthday weekend on
7 June 1997 with Mrs Gundula Holbrook the official guest.
Development of a Submarine Museum housing photographs, submarine components and mock areas of the submarine
interior such as engine room, galley and living quarters is now open and worth a visit.
The Holbrook Submarine Museum has a large collection of Submariner memorabilia including a Submarine Control Room
with working Periscope, Audio Visual Room and Commander Holbrook Room. The Museum is Open Daily 10:00am to
4:00pm at Submarine Park (next to the submarine), Wallace Street, Holbrook, NSW 2644. Phone: 02 6036 2422
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