Excell Blacksmith & Engineering Museum

29/05/2026

Paving Plus…
Having completed the paving in front of the museum it was clear that the adjacent driveway needed work.
Our working bee this week involved re-topping the driveway with gravel to provide a more consistent surface.
This should not only make the museum look better from the road, but also reduce the dust on the historical machinery within. Thanks to the committee members who volunteered their time to make this happen.

20/05/2026

Paving Job Completed
Congratulations to our hard-working committee members for finishing the paving work, coincidentally on . Thanks also go to the ladies who continue to support these working bee days with scones etc., to help sustain the work effort!

15/05/2026

The Next Paver Project - Stage 1&2
The boys got busy at the working bee this week. Thanks to Charlie Challinger for his excellent earthworks last week to prepare the site. CNC Earthworks
A great team effort by the committee members can be seen from these photos in the first stages of laying these heavy duty pavers. Let’s hope the old knees and muscles can hold up long enough to enable these volunteers to finish the job soon!! 😬😁👍

25/03/2026

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05/01/2026

This coming Sunday (11th Jan 2026) we are looking forward to a special extended opening of the Excell Museum. If you’re in the district and haven’t visited us recently, come along with your gold coin admission, and see the working blacksmith shop. Take a step back in time as you experience a range of historic engines and machines operating during the 4-hour period (2 – 6pm) with the assistance of your knowledgeable volunteer guides.

19/12/2025

If you missed the Tumby Bay Pageant today, here’s a highlight for the Excell Museum committee.
It was a team effort to build the float and prepare the historic Commer Knocker engine. Special thanks to Graham and Leigh for parading them.

16/11/2025

Thank you, Steve Trezise Electrical!
A new set of High Bay lights have recently been installed for us by Steve Trezise Electrical. We recently purchased the lights and soon realised we needed them professionally installed to work with the existing batten lights. Steve generously gifted his services and materials. Thanks also to Brodie and Archer for their professional work.
The engine shed is now fully illuminated. Bring your sunnies!!

13/04/2025

The “Blackstone Oil Engine” has now been fully restored and located next to its Clutterbuck look-alike. The Blackstone was kindly donated by Sarge Bawden a year ago, and as you may see in this post from March 2024, needed a bit of work. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfNGzYQyd/?mibextid=WC7FNe This video shows it being started for the first time. The result of a great team effort by our team of committee members who spent many hours to bring this project to life. We are also grateful for the time and skills of our community sign-writer, Spud Murphy for the beautiful pin-striping. Come and see this engine and many others being fired up this afternoon between 2 & 4pm. If you can’t make it today we are open by appointment and on every fourth Sunday each month until August (then 2nd & 4th from Sept. to April).

12/01/2025

Today the Excell Museum held its special extended opening and we enjoyed the company of around 80 visitors. We were pleased to have our guest blacksmith, Fred Schmal using the forge and demonstrating the skills from his bygone trade.
Fred also did a great job of providing a young local blacksmithing enthusiast, Nehemiah Mickan with some hands-on instruction.
We celebrated the completion of our paved walkways with an official opening with thanks to the Bendigo Bank and their representatives Stephen Hibbit and Jade Dunn
Cummins Community Bank
Bendigo Bank
Korinya Farm Gate
Kristina Schmal