The Sheeps Back – Naracoorte
Before we left Naracoorte
we called into this little ripper of a museum that was attached to the visitors
centre. It was called the The Sheeps Back and
was an insight into the wool industry.
The Red Elephants really enjoyed this hands on wool museum. The juniors got to shear the sheep, class the
wool, sleep in the shearers quarters and be a shearers cook. We also got a bit of a look into farming conditions through out the decades. The junior Red Elephants also learnt about
Rabbit Plagues and how these plagues where fought.
Out the back of the museum was a modern day shearing shed
complete with a robotic shearing system!!
We attended and old time one room country school, cane and
all. One little Red Elephant came very
close to receiving the cane , he squealed in fright. I
found in the school one of the students sewing sampler books and an exercise
book where the student had been learning about cotton she had put in fabric
samples and fashion samples no doubt cut out from the latest Womens Weekly
circa 1945.
We had a sneak peak
inside a post office. Another shed with
all the old horse carriages. And all the various horse paraphernalia that goes
with it
On our many travels we have found that local museums and
information centres in country towns are
really worth visiting. The people are
so friendly and the museums on the most part can be better than big city ones.
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