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Ballarat’s best farm experiences

Visit Ballarat

09 Jul 2019

Filed underSee & Do

Get a taste of farm life and soak up the Ballarat region’s fresh air, fertile land and wide open spaces.

Black Cat Truffles

The Ballarat region is perfectly suited for growing truffles thanks to its cold, frosty winters and warm summers – all requirements to kick off the fruiting bodies and maturation process in the truffle.

Black Cat Truffles is situated just 20 minutes outside of Ballarat in Wattle Flat.

Visit the 1000-tree truffiere to find out more about this earthy, aromatic delicacy.

Tuki Trout Farm

Enjoy the unique pond to plate experience at Smeaton’s Tuki Trout Farm, where you’re guaranteed to catch a rainbow trout in one of the aerated spring water ponds.

Once you’ve hooked your catch of the day, you can have it cooked in the restaurant for lunch or cleaned and packaged to take home.

Located on traditional grazing property Stoney Rises, the farm’s cows and sheep graze on natural herbage and native pasture, which gives their meat greater nutritional benefits and a unique flavour.

This meat can be purchased at the on-site butcher or eaten in the restaurant.

Inglenook Dairy

Pushing for a higher farm gate milk price and supporting other farms has been a driving force in the continued growth of Dunnstown’s Inglenook Dairy

Its milk, cream and natural yoghurt products are all manufactured 100 per cent on the farm and boast a delicious and natural taste.

Pick your own

We all know fresh is best and you can’t get any fresher than straight from the source. Pick your own:

  • tomatoes and strawberries at Yendon Gourmet Tomatoes;
  • blueberries at Buninyong Blueberry Farm (by appointment) and Scotsburn’s Thistleberry Farm

Visit individual websites or social media pages for upcoming picking dates.

Acre of Roses

Stop and smell the roses at Trentham’s Acre of Roses.

The micro-flower farm is as pretty as a picture with its 1500 organically and sustainably-grown heritage rose bushes, peony patch, potager (kitchen and herb garden) and orchard.

Farm tours and pickings are by appointment between November and May, with flower therapy and styling workshops also a regular drawcard.

Tinakori Animal Farm

Experience life in the country at Tinakori Animal Farm in Clunes.

Whether staying in the four-bedroom self-contained accommodation or just visiting, cuddle bunnies, chickens, lambs and guinea pigs, fish on the lake, and admire the native birdlife.

Creswick Woollen Mills

Founded in 1947 by Polish migrant Paul Ryzowy, Creswick Woollen Mills is Australia’s last remaining coloured woollen spinning mill.

A leader in the nation’s natural fibre industry, the mill specialises in luxurious, high quality, natural and sustainable fibres including alpaca, cashmere, merino wool and possum apparel, accessories and homewares.

Visit Creswick Woollen Mills and experience a window in Australian history with A Very Fine Yarn – a interactive exhibition that showcases the journey of natural fibres.

Ballarat Specialist School FARM campus

Open to the public, the Ballarat Specialist School’s FARM campus in Invermay Park houses a range of livestock including poultry, pork, lamb and beef.

While you’re there, explore the market garden and orchards, on-site cafe/bakery, and play paddock complete with cubby house, obstacle course and huge sandpit.

Farmers’ markets

Let the farmers bring their produce straight to you at one of the Ballarat region’s farmers’ markets.

Across Victoria’s Midwest, we acknowledge that we travel across the ancient landscapes of many First Peoples communities.

These lands have been nurtured and cared for over tens of thousands of years and we respect the work of Traditional Custodians for their ongoing care and protection.

We recognise the past injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in this country. As our knowledge grows, we hope that we can learn from their resilience and creativity that has guided them for over 60,000 years.

As we invite people to visit and explore Victoria’s Midwest, we ask that alongside us, you also grow to respect the stories, living culture and connection to Country of the Ancestors and Elders of our First Peoples.