Explore the old out buildings and imagine what life was like when you had to make your own butter. Stroll through the beautiful gardens and discover unusual exotic plants or to the beach for views of Phillip Island and Westernport. In 1895, Frederick Sheppard Grimwade bought the estate and built the …
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The Coolart gardens (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Explore the gardens
The Coolart gardens (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Explore the gardens
the Herb Garden (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Explore the gardens
The shearing sheds (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Coolart Homestead
The stables and coach-house (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Coolart Homestead
The Coolart Homestead (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Coolart Homestead
The foyer of the homestead (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Coolart Homestead
The Grimwade Room in the homestead (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Coolart Homestead
View of the Buttery and Meat house from the verandah of the homestead (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Coolart Homestead
The Barracks, built in the 1860s (photo: Kim Cott)
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Location: Coolart Homestead
Rose garden
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Golden foliage in Autumn
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The gardens
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Anemones
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Pleasant spot for lunch
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Location: Picnic
Coolart homestead
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Location: Coolart Homestead
Coolart Homestead
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Location: Coolart Homestead
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Explore the gardens
Coolart’s gardens were designed in 1938 for Tom and Gertrude Luxton by David Mathews the curator of Footscray Gardens. Trees from all around the world can be found here including the exotic Gingko from China and the majestic Blue Atlas Cedar from Algeria and Morocco. Accessibility Information There is a …
Picnic
The Homestead lawns are the perfect location for a leisurely picnic or if you prefer, free electric barbeques are available in the picnic area. If it is cold or wet, please ask at the Visitors Centre for access to the stables. Accessibility Information The picnic and barbecue area at Coolart …
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Observe Regulations in Lake Tyers State Park
16 Apr 2013
Parks Victoria is reminding visitors and campers in Lake Tyers State Park to keep vehicles to formed roads and tracks, set campsites back from the waterline and collect firewood only where permitted. The special values of the Lake Tyers area were recently recognised with its declaration as Lake Tyers State …