Trash or Treasure?

They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure and Wood’s Museum in Rupanyup meanders along that fine line.

Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria

From biscuit tins to match boxes and match box toys to tractors there’s plenty of opportunities to take a nostalgic look at the past here.

Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Collection of Biscuit Tins
Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Matchboxes through time
Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Hundreds of Matchbox Cars
Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Toy tractors … dozens of real ones in the yard

A fascinating collection of ‘stuff’ that is very well displayed, right down to replicas of how old shops used to be.

Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Grocers Shop
Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Old butcher shop
Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Post Office and Paper Shop
Wood’s Museum Rupanyup Victoria
Hardware Store

Perhaps they’re not that old! I remember some things just like these – and in today’s terminology, I don’t ‘identify as “old” ‘ 😂

Do these pictures bring back memories for you, too?