Today Nigel, VK3DZ, Ralph, VK3ZZC and I visited the National Communications Museum in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria. It's a very modern museum, a bit expensive to get in the door but they have a great collection of old communications gear of historical note.
There's a huge collection of telephones, from payphone, to dial to mobiles.
There is also a working telephone exchange and some wonderful switchboards.
A fine collection of test gear is on display although we have some concerns about the CROs which are left on sometimes with a very bright spot showing.
I particularly enjoyed the optical disk talking clock.
We had the place to ourselves today although I imagine at times it's teeming with kids. I do recommend a visit although I'd have to say at $30 to get in it's a bit steep. The website is very modern looking and very bad to use. The staff seemed nice though.
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