Quick Details
Price includes return ferry from Docklands to Geelong and back PLUS exhibition entry
Adults
A$ 59
Concessions
Seniors Card Holders, Students, Concessions
A$ 52
Children
Ages 4 to 16
A$ 37
Infants
Under 4yrs
Free
Family Passes
2 Adults & 2 Children
A$ 170
Exhibition & Cruise Package To Geelong
Port Phillip Ferries offers an exclusive package that includes return ferry travel to Geelong and full entry to all exhibitions at the National Wool Museum, including both the permanent collections and any special exhibitions on show, making it great value for a family day out.
Currently Showing: Wildlife Photographer of the Year Package
Available all weekends & holidays until Sunday 17 May 2026
The world-renowned exhibition, now in its sixty-first year and on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, will be opening at the National Wool Museum soon, featuring some of the most exceptional nature photography taken today from across the globe.
The exhibition shines a light on powerful and fascinating images that capture hidden animal behaviour, spectacular species and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world. Using photography’s unique emotive power to engage and inspire audiences, the images share stories and species from around the world, encouraging a future of advocating for the planet.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind. Launching in 1965, today the competition receives entries from 113 countries and territories all over the world, highlighting its enduring appeal. This year’s award-winning images will embark on an international tour that will allow them to be seen by well over a million people.
Image: Simone Baumeister, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Also Currently Showing: Interwoven: Fibre Art and Fashion
Available all weekends & holidays until Sunday 12 July 2026
While certain materials are highly specific to a place or time, textiles are universal. The proximity fabrics have to the body, as both protection and comfort, garner textiles with intimate and sentimental associations. Often our primary form of self-expression through fashion, a term with its own multitude of meanings including adornment, identity and modes of being. The endless possibility they pose as a suite of materials offers almost unlimited creative application and potential.
Presented in partnership with the Australian Tapestry Workshop, Interwoven: Fibre Art and Fashion celebrates makers working in all forms of fashion and textiles, including dress, jewellery, photography and fibre art. The common thread within this exhibition is exactly that – all works have been created, and rely upon, thread of some form. Connecting them all is their shared experience as artists in residence at the Australian Tapestry Workshop.
The Australian Tapestry Workshop offers artists and craftspeople working with textiles the chance to broaden their practice in their world-renowned residency program. Each year, Artists in Residence immerse themselves in their vibrant studio – exchanging knowledge and skills with their tapestry weavers and engaging with local communities through the exhibition of their works, artist talks and workshops.
Always showing: On the Land, Our Story Retold
On the Land: Our Story Retold is a multi award winning exhibition which tells the Australian wool story for the modern-day visitor. It’s a story about the past, present and future of Australian wool. It is about people and places and the history of the land.
Experience stories, traditional language and art with the Wadawurrung Country exhibit, created by Wadawurrung woman Corrina Eccles, Elder Bryon Powell with contributions from Wadawurrung artist Deanne Gilson.
Learn about modern day farmers and innovations in the industry by exploring the Museum’s extensive object collection. Explore the tools of the trade from the early nineteenth century to modern innovations.
Times
- This day trip is available every Saturday and Sunday. Ferry departs Docklands at 10.40 am and returns from Geelong Waterfront 4.00 pm.
- During the Summer Holidays this package is also available weekdays (except Tuesdays). Ferry departs Docklands at 9.30 am and returns from Geelong Waterfront 3.00 pm.
Package inclusions
- Return ferry tickets from Docklands to Geelong (via Portarlington)
- National Wool Museum Entry Ticket (same-day use between 11.40 am–5.00 pm)
- Entry into Wildlife Photographer of the Year
- Entry into On the Land: Our Story Retold
Please note
- Ferry boarding opens 20 minutes and closes 3 minutes prior to departure times.
- Cruise duration is approx. 2 hours 10 mins each direction.
- National Wool Museum is an approx. 5-minute walk from the Geelong ferry terminal.
- The museum closes daily at 5.00 pm. We recommend allowing for at least 60-90 mins viewing time.
- For General Entry to the National Wool Museum please present this Port Phillip Ferries boarding pass to National Wool Museum staff upon entry. For additional assistance please call us on (03) 9514 8959
- National Wool Museum and Ferry Tickets are only valid for names and travel dates provided on your ticket booking.
Only 5 minutes walk from the ferry
