Western Victoria

National Wool Museum
26 Moorabool St, Geelong
Ph: (03) 5227 0701
Located in an historic wool store, this museum explores the wool industry from fleece to fabric, and daily lives and work of pastoralists, shearers, textile mill-workers and others in the past through to the present. Also hosts temporary exhibitions.

Narmbool Environmental and Discovery Camps
Midland Hwy, Elaine (between Geelong & Ballarat)
Contact: Richard Patterson - Education Officer
Ph. (03) 5331 1944
Sovereign Hill's Landventure programs enable students to understand the challenges of environmentally sustainable agriculture. Provides environmental, farming and pioneer studies on a working farm with areas of natural bushland.

Warrambeen Landcare Education Centre & Demonstration Farm
Greening Australia (Victoria)
Rokewood-Shelford Road
NW of Geelong and south of Ballarat
Contact: Trish Taylor
Ph: (03) 5281 3329
Mixed farming of fine wool, cereal cropping and a free range piggery, farm forestry. An example of a working farm using sustainable agriculture practices. Self-catering accommodation for 24 is available.

While every effort has been made to verify the information above, inclusion does not imply endorsement by LandLearn. Teachers should use the information as a guide only. Contact and discussion with the site management /education officers will help establish the suitability for your needs of the programs offered. Bookings are required at all sites and fees apply at most. If teachers know of other excursion and fieldwork sites we would appreciate the information, particularly for areas of the state not included and for agriculture, food and land management industries and topics not included so far. Feedback about any activities, photographs and students works for publication are also welcome.