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The 2012 Melbourne Boat Show will be held from Thursday 5th July to Monday 9th July 2012 at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. More information will follow soon!

Under the backdrop of the opulent Crown Casino and in conjunction with the 2011 Melbourne Boat Show, this year’s Marine Awards were presented to a group of deserving winners in front of 160 industry guests.
In addition to attending this year’s Show, The Hon Dr Denis Napthine - Minister for Ports, Regional Cities, Major Projects [...]

The Queen’s birthday weekend saw Melbourne come alive with plenty of recreational activity around Southgate and the Melbourne Conference & Exhibition Centre, which included the 51st annual Melbourne Boat Show.
According to Boating Industry Association Victoria’s General Manager Clyde Batty, the Show attracted a large number of people from the general public with an interest in [...]

Supported by many of Australia’s best known sailors, the Bear Cottage children’s hospice is raffling the world’s kindest yacht as part of its annual fund-raising campaign.
The winner of the Hanse 355 yacht, valued at [$220,000] will be announced at the Sydney International Boatshow on July 31 by Hanse’s national importer Team Windcraft.
Net proceeds from the [...]

“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

So said physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton who amongst many other key inventions, created a reflecting sextant for [...]

It’s not every day that your average fisherman and boating enthusiast can get up close and personal to some of the most fascinating media personalities and well respected industry experts in the marine and boating business.
Those industry stars will literally be on show at the 51st Melbourne Boat Show this Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
Iconic celebrities [...]

Regardless of what is exhibited, industry shows worldwide all have the common objective of putting the most innovative and interesting products and services on parade.

With the wave of marine technology continuing to streak forward, this year’s Melbourne Boat Show to be held on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend is gearing up to offer an exciting [...]

The recreational and commercial boating industry in Australia has certainly come a long way since it was first showcased on a mass public level at the inaugural Melbourne Boat Show in the 1960’s.
According to Clyde Batty of the Boating Industry Association of Victoria (BIAV), 21st century consumers have created a demand for incredibly diverse products [...]

The Melbourne Boat Show is set to woo the public again this year at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre over the Queen’s birthday long weekend - 9th to 13th June, 2011.
This event is Melbourne’s iconic boat show held each year for the past 51-years. The 2011 venue, affectionately known as ‘Jeff’s Shed’ will [...]

The “auto club for boats” launched at the 50th Annual BIA Melbourne Boat Show has proved to be a popular concept amongst the Victorian boating public. Hundreds of Boat Show patrons have taken up BIA’s special launch offer for a free first year of membership to the BIA Boat Club. “We couldn’t be happier with [...]