点评:We absolutely enjoyed every minute of our visit to this wonderful interactive museum. The staff are lovely so welcoming & fun to talk to, the exhibits are informative, interactive, & take you on a journey through personal experiences from people that actually worked in all roles of the shearing industry.
The highlight for us was meeting & talking with Jack (Rooster) the shearer, he was such a lovely, warm, & funny guy who actually spent 33yrs professionally shearing. A wealth of real world knowledge, delivered in a considered & passionate way. Then we got to watch him actually shear a sheep, something we had seen on TV/films but in real life up close, was a remarkable & couldn’t take our eyes of him. He asked my wife to pick the sheep for shearing which was lovely & funny. His 2 dogs we beautiful kelpie’s, who loved a pat and hung around with us, until Jack started shearing them it was all business.
We had over 2 hours in the place, most of it spent with Jack and would do it again in a heartbeat.
Admission was more than reasonable with discounts for seniors.
We need to support places like this, they are not simply about the contents, but our journey historically, now & a view to the future, which hopefully gives us all pause for thought.
翻译:我们彻底享受了参观这座极棒的互动博物馆的每一刻。工作人员非常友善,热情好客且谈吐风趣;馆内的展品既富有教育意义又极具互动性,带领观众深入了解那些曾在剪羊毛行业中从事各类工作的人们的亲身经历。
对我们来说,最难忘的体验就是结识并与剪羊毛工人杰克(“公鸡”)交谈。他是个和善、热情又风趣的人,实际上他从事专业剪羊毛工作已长达33年之久。他以细致且充满热情的方式向我们传授了大量现实世界的知识。接着我们还有幸目睹他亲自给羊剪毛——这种场景我们虽在电视或电影中见过,但亲眼在现场观看实属难得,我们完全看入迷了,目不转睛地盯着他。他还请我的妻子挑选要剪毛的羊,这一举动既贴心又有趣。他的两只狗是可爱的凯尔皮牧羊犬,它们喜欢让人抚摸,还一直围着我们转;直到杰克开始剪毛,它们才立刻变得严肃认真起来。
我们在那里待了两个多小时。大部分时间都是和杰克一起度过的,我绝对会毫不犹豫地再这么做。
门票价格相当合理,老年人还能享受折扣。
我们要支持这类场所——它们不仅仅展示物品,更承载着我们的历史、当下以及未来,希望这些能让我们所有人都静下心来思考一番。