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Due to the popularity of their original Newcomb store, the Mill Markets have branched out to open in other locations. In Mackey Street, North Geelong, they have an enormous factory space, filled with amazing range of antique, retro and salvaged items.
There are old petrol station signs, pressed metal cabinets, historic commercial fishing equipment, entire doors, pianos, and even a fireplace complete with canopy and flu.
You could pick up a 1950s style Kelvinator fridge or a dentist's chair with manual levers, a war-time medical cabinet, architectural model, or marvel at the huge Lithuanian church altar that decorates one wall. Even the giant, industrial knitting machines from the building's former history as a Woollen Mill, still sits among the hundreds of items for sale.
An old washing mangle
If you're looking for that unique piece of garden sculpture to complete the landscaping at your home, then your imagination will be set alight when you visit the
Mill Market and you picture your passionfruit vines creeping through the intricate, wrought iron bed-head you've just found or when you think of how spectacular your orchids will look spilling out of the top of one of the 44 gallon drums available.
If your thoughts lean more towards interior decorations, then you will be captivated by the heavy wooden cabinets and bureaus. While visiting recently, I managed to spend almost half an hour examining the old-fashioned printing equipment alone. There were purpose-built drawers filled with tiny, letterpress stamps, different fonts of the alphabet, embellishment shapes, punctuation marks, ink rollers, and paper press.
paraphernalia
Browsing through the Mill Market will easily fill the hours of your weekend morning or afternoon. The main dilemma being that you're likely to fall in love with pre-decimal cash register or Singer sewing machine and lament the fact that you don't have enough space for it in your home.
Even if your not shopping with anything particular, the Mill Market - North Geelong, is still an excellent place to visit. With it's collection of nostalgia items, it's like a museum of earlier life. If you want to make a day of it, you can continue the excursion by visiting the
Mill Market at the waterfront.
Would this look good in your home?
