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25 November, 2024
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VOLUNTEERS will step up to to have Inglewood’s Eucalyptus Distillery Museum open longer and more often. The museum’s committee will take over running of the tourist attraction next month while developing a new management plan. President Jeff...
VOLUNTEERS will step up to to have Inglewood’s Eucalyptus Distillery Museum open longer and more often.
The museum’s committee will take over running of the tourist attraction next month while developing a new management plan.
President Jeff Hooley said the gift shop would also continue to promote and sell local eucalyptus products.
“We re-organising how the museum is run and in the interim, the committee and other volunteers will keep the doors open,” he said.
“The museum needs to be open more than it has been in recent times.”
The museum houses a unique collection of historic items including old tools, oil bottles, artworks, news cuttings, photographs and other paraphernalia from the local industry dating from the 1800s. The museum collection also includes the heritage listed Old Jones Distillery which dates back to 1890.
Volunteers are preparing for the return of the attraction’s miniature train.
The committee has also raised funds to return the Cliff and Bunting steam traction engine is believed to be the only surviving model in the Southern Hemisphere, to the museum.
Work on that project is expected to start next year.