Wharfinger Museum

Visit the Wharfinger's House Museum located at the corner of Elder and Loch Streets. For opening hours please ask at the Derby Community Hub.

Explore the fascinating history of the town's communications through displays showcasing shipping, telecommunications, and aviation history, as well as exhibits on fossil mud lobsters and termites. Housed in a beautifully restored 1930s wooden building, the museum offers insights into life in a tropical climate before air-conditioning.

Opposite the museum stands one of Derby's oldest buildings, the old Wool Shed, used for exporting goods until 1964. Nearby, remnants of the horse-drawn tramway, once extending down Loch Street, can be seen. Follow the story of the SS Colac by viewing its anchor and propeller in Lions Park or catch a glimpse of its remains at low tide from the Derby airport runway via fixed-wing or helicopter flight. Access to the wreck from land is not possible.