Victorian Seniors Festival 2025

Board the Polly Woodside and sail back to 1904 aboard a real tall ship. After travelling 1.5 million miles across the globe, the Polly Woodside now welcomes you aboard.

Barwon Park is an imposing bluestone mansion set in a sweeping rural landscape. Built between 1869 – 1871, and home to Thomas and Elizabeth Austin, it was one of the largest homesteads in the Western District.

The only survivor of a fashionable and picturesque mid-nineteenth century villa built along the Barwon River in Geelong. With the Barwon River as the vista, the house was built for successful merchant and banker Jonathon Porter O’Brien and his wife Ann.

Visit one of the largest surviving prefabricated houses in Victoria, situated in a flourishing garden setting. The intact kitchen is a must see as are the floral garden beds when in bloom.

One of Victoria's oldest homes, Mills Cottage is a reminder of maritime history and life in Port Fairy, a fishing village on the Shipwreck Coast

The McCrae Homestead, once home to artist Georgiana McCrae, offers an exceptional glimpse into domestic life in the 1840s. The homestead also houses the Burrell Gallery, which chronicles the story of a family's life on the Mornington Peninsula over 75 years.