Geelong's National Wool Museum - A Textile Lover's Paradise! 🧶🐏

Who knew a wool museum could be this captivating? From the moment I stepped in, I was spellbound by walls draped in woolen wonders – scratchy raw fleece one second, buttery cashmere the next! ✨ Hands-On Magic: Touched 20+ wool varieties 🐏 Watched 1900s spinning wheels transform fluff into yarn at lightning speed Nearly pet a hyper-realistic needle-felted sheep (art so good it fooled me!)🐏 Hidden Gems:🐏🐏 🔸 The "Wool in War" exhibit showing how fleece kept soldiers warm🐏 🔸 Kids' zone where they can card wool like 19th-century apprentices🐏 🔸 Museum shop's hand-felted keychains (bought the koala one – squee!)🐏🐏 Why It's Special: Unlike stuffy museums, here you're encouraged to touch, try, and marvel at how wool shaped Australia. That "aha!" moment when you realize your favorite scarf started as sheep's coat? Priceless.🐏 #Australia #Geelong#WoolIsCool #GeelongFinds #TextileArt #HandsOnHistory 🐏