"Balladong Farm " Beverley Off The Beaten Path Tip by keeweechic

Balladong Farm is a genuine living museum and the only working museum in Australia. The farm still operates with traditional methods and skills. First established as a farm in 1831, it was later sold and in 1848 convicts came to work on the farm. They were responsible for the building of the Shearing Shed, Granary, Stables and Bridge House. Visitors can see sheep being blade shorn, crutched and drenched, a hand operated wool press, a granary with pit sawn timbers and shingled roof as well as cows being hand milked, a forge where traditional blacksmithing methods are still being use and the complete process of wheat growing. There are various displays and a wide range of animals on the farm including old Clydesdales. The farm was purchased by the National Trust in 1974 and is in the Blandstown area of York on the road to Beverley.