Age of Fishes Museum — Attraction in Canowindra

Overly-friendly staff appeared fixated, upon our arrival - with reading aloud and word-for-word from a brochure available to all. This brochure and the spoken word had emphasis that David Attenborough, British broadcaster and biologist, had once visited. Yet, I had overheard all of this moments before with the arrival of a family before us. Imagine if this went on at The Australian Museum, or Powerhouse Museum - oldest steam train in Australia + Dick Smith's helicopter... the spiel would go on all morning.

I acknowledge the importance of the museum and it's contribution to earth sciences. But I'd like to think of Sir David's anti-religion stance; one many could learn from ...instead of paying visitors insisting on being entertained by visiting a small museum;

" I tend to think instead of a parasitic worm that is boring through the eye of a boy sitting on the bank of a river in West Africa, [a worm] that's going to make him blind. And [I ask them], 'Are you telling me that the God you believe in, who you also say is an all-merciful God, who cares for each one of us individually, are you saying that God created this worm that can live in no other way than in an innocent child's eyeball?

Because that doesn't seem to me to coincide with a God who's full...

We sought some air con on a particularly hot day and stumbled into this museum not knowing what to expect. What we found was friendly service and a very interesting exhibit of fossils, with extensive information about the different ages of the planet. There's a fun route you can follow through the museum while listening to an audio tour (listening device included in price of entry) which explains the different ages, the creatures that lived in those times and how they changed/died off. For the kids there's a "dig in the sand trough to find the red stones" and "find the 6 fish stickers located in the museum" and for every red stone you return to reception you get a little bag of fossilized sharks teeth! Our kids are in their teens, but even they enjoyed these activities! I'd say you'll get the most out of this if you have preschool or primary aged kids, as there are some interactive things to do (looking through microscopes etc) that they'd...

We had always wanted to come here and now I regret not coming with my kids (all now grown up). This is a fascinating museum about the fossilised fishes found locally from the Devonian age. The slabs taken from the ground in which the fossils were found are on display with clear explanations - lots of videos as well as charts illustrations and text. Outdoors there is more on display as well as huge snakes and ladders and other games about the fossils and sandpits for kids to dig up their own fossils. The family room has electronic microscope to view fossils very close up as well as fossil rubbings and other activities. My kids would have been entranced. A great museum for a family outing. And the gift shop is huge with a great collection for all budgets and ages. Staff knowledgeable and friendly. ...