On the shore of the Gulf Harbour is located in Sydney Australian National Maritime Museum, where you can visit the various thematic exhibition halls and learn about the history of navigation from the time of the aborigines to the present day. Among the museum's galleries - "Mariners: the discovery of Australia," "Passengers from exiled convicts to refugees from Southeast Asia," "Fleet: Australian guard", "Australia - US associated sea" and others. Here you can learn the history of occurrence of the first lighthouses on the continent, such as the lighthouse at Cape Cape Bowling.

On the pier you can see the real fleet consisting of ships and boats: there are "Krait", built in 1920 and operated by the Special Forces during the Second World War; "Carpentaria" - built in 1917 lightship; former Royal Australian Navy ships - a submarine "Onslow" (1968), the destroyer "Vampire" (1956), patrol vessel "Progress" (1968); as well as the merchant ship "James Craig" (1874) and a model of the famous "Endeavour", on which he sailed James Cook.

Other famous exhibits of the museum: the boat "Spirit of Australia", which holds the world speed record - 511, 11 km / h, and a steam room deuce "Barcelona" won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.

It is interesting that a large part of the exhibits of the museum devoted to the history of whaling in Australia.