Conservation Works

Currently Gulf Station is undergoing important conservation works which have lead to the temporary closure of Gulf Station to casual visitors and the removal of the animals to other properties.

Group tours and school bookings will be available after Easter. These tours lead by our experienced team of guides can be tailored to meet the needs and mobility of your group and include the original farmhouse, schoolhouse, kitchens, laundry, separator room, butchers shop, slaughterhouse and milking sheds.

Please phone (03) 8663 7262 to make a group or education booking after Easter.

Group charges are $9.00 per Adult, $7.50 Child, $7.00 Concession. Bus parking is available.

ICOMOS* International Day of Monuments & Sites 18 April

This year’s international theme is the heritage of agriculture. It is an important day because it raises public awareness of the diversity of the world’s heritage and the efforts that are required to protect it. The Trust and ICOMOS are partners in promoting events in Victoria.

A family picnic on 18 April at our historic farm property in the Yarra Valley, Gulf Station, will be complimented by activities arranged via Branches: Bendigo, Portland, Geelong and District, and Mornington Peninsula. With funding from Federal Government and Heritage Victoria, the Trust is working to secure long term conservation of Gulf Station. Entry will be a gold coin donation and there will be displays and activities including working horses. We will be making sure the place looks sounds and smells like a farm again! There will also be an opportunity to see progress on the restoration of the site, including the reconstruction of the recently saved and relocated Croydon House of c1870. This building will in future house our ticketing facilities, allowing the main house to be further opened up for interpretation.

Where: Gulf Station Farm
Time: 10-4pm
Entry fee: Gold coin donation