Shear Outback, New South Wales, Australia

4.5 (193 reviews) Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Hay Speciality Museums

Well worth a couple of hours

Outback Shearers enjoy legendary status in Australia, and links to Australia’s vibrant and colourful shearing culture are prevalent in Australian contemporary life and language. Shear Outback is an innovative and exciting interpretative centre devoted to these colourful characters of the bush, and follows the technology of ‘getting the wool’ off, - past, present, and future. Located in Hay, New South Wales, the Shear Outback facility is a multi-faceted award-winning tourist and educational attraction comprising several complementary experiences. They include; The Australian Shearers’ Hall of Fame; the Shear Outback Exhibition; the historic Murray Downs Wool shed, a Special Exhibition Gallery, a Retail Shop, a Café and an ever-evolving year-round calendar of events and programs.

Address

Corner Cobb, Hay, New South Wales 2711 Australia

Mobile

+61 2 6993 4000

Website

http://www.shearoutback.com.au

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 0:00

User Ratings

4.5 based on (193 reviews)

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Reviews

4suellynhine 5:00 PM Jun 11, 2021
Experience a sheep shearing
A great experience and lots of information about our shearing history in Australia, with lots to look at plus a live sheep shearing. The gift shop has a lot of stock and the cafe has a great range to choose from at reasonable prices. Plenty of parking as well
4Geddes_7 5:00 PM Jul 27, 2020
A great way to understand first hand the impact of the wool industry
A reminder of the history and impact of the wool industry in the country. Shear Outback does a very good job in presenting the history of shearing in Australia. The museum is about 20 years old and many of the displays quote numbers that are well and truly outdated. This was my only criticism - it could do with a sweep through the signages and the explanations to bring them up to current times. Putting that aside they did a great job of sharing the Shearing experience. Each day a shearer gives a demonstration in the real Shearing Shed (adjacent to the actual museum). We enjoyed the experience and the opportunity to talk to him about his experiences and to hear firsthand his stories. We happily spent the best part of 3 hours in the museum before adjourning to the cafe for lunch.