WWW.Barwonheads.net
    This web site has been set up as community service to help promote
and provide information about the town of Barwon Heads
I am willing at any time to advertise or promote any community group in the town or  issues that may interest the community at no cost. I have listed many business's in town for free as long as they are are a member of the traders association and I wish to thank the traders association for their support.
Disclamer Any article or information presented on this web site may or may not reflect any opinion that I have and may be in complete contradiction to my personal support of any issue.

 All photos used have been taken by me or are used with permission of the owners and are subject to normal copyright.

Many Articles have been reproduced with permission of Talking Heads editor
and remain subject to copyright restrictions of Barwon Heads Marketing 2007
 

    My name is Martin Klabbers and I have been living in Barwon Heads since 1972. I first started collecting images after buying my first colour scanner in 1993. After scanning a number of early photographs of Barwon Heads and towns along the Great Ocean Road owned by a family friend. This gave me the idea that there may be more photos lying in bottom drawers and cardboard boxes around town. Of these first photos some were already showing signs of aging and at risk of being lost forever.

Slowly as time allows I have approached local residents and asked for a loan of their family photos to include in a developing pictorial history of Barwon Heads. A copy of every image can be seen at Barwon Estuary Heritage Centre. As at January 2004 there are approximately 1700 images in the collection.

Since starting this I have learnt a lot about the local history and it has become a minor obsession looking for more photo's.

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