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From exploring the outdoors in Grampians National Park to sipping shiraz at one of Australia’s oldest wineries, there is plenty to do at Mount William Station and the surrounding Grampians region.

Halls Gap Market

Take the family and your four-legged friend to Pomonal Village Market and support many of the local makers and producers in the area. Pick from handmade treats, trash and treasure, and fresh produce. You’ll often find delicious jams and preserves, plants and more. Don’t forget to check out the coffee, too.

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Pomonal Village Market

Take the family and your four-legged friend to Pomonal Village Market and support many of the local makers and producers in the area. Pick from handmade treats, trash and treasure, and fresh produce. You’ll often find delicious jams and preserves, plants and more. Don’t forget to check out the coffee, too.

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Great Western Makers Market

The Great Western Makers Market is a true community affair. Held in the Great Western Hall, the stalls showcase a host of different crafts, with their motto “make it, bake it, grow it”. From handcrafted cards and pots to woodwork gifts and beautiful brooches, it’s the perfect place to pick up a unique gift.

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Ararat Trash & Treasure Market

Ararat Trash & Treasure Market is a long-established indoor and outdoor country market with approximately 60 stallholders. There is so much to see with handmade products aplenty, such as candles, soaps and jewellery. Don’t miss the homemade cakes and slices or the hundreds of books and bits of bric-a-brac.

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The Overland

Travel by train between Adelaide and Melbourne aboard the Overland, enjoying a relaxing journey while savouring the comforts and romance of rail. For over 135 years, The Overland has been a fan favourite for people travelling between Adelaide and Melbourne.

The Overland

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Silverband Falls

As soon as you step on to Mount William Station, you'll notice the many birds and animals we have on the property. Challenge yourself to find as many as you can!

Silverband Falls

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MacKenzie Falls (Migunang wirab)

As soon as you step on to Mount William Station, you'll notice the many birds and animals we have on the property. Challenge yourself to find as many as you can!

MacKenzie Falls (Migunang wirab)

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Kalymna Falls

As soon as you step on to Mount William Station, you'll notice the many birds and animals we have on the property. Challenge yourself to find as many as you can!

Kalymna Falls

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J Ward, Ararat’s Old Gaol and Lunatic Asylum

Take a guided tour of J Ward, Ararat’s Old Gaol and Lunatic Asylum. Hear stories of its time as a gaol with murderers and thieves and later as the home for Victoria’s criminally insane. Tours run at 10am and 1pm each day with extra tours at 11am and 2pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Victorian public and school holidays (except Christmas Day).

J Ward, Ararat’s Old Gaol and Lunatic Asylum

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Aradale Lunatic Asylum

Take a guided tour through the cavernous wall and halls of the institution that treated and housed Victoria’s mentally ill for over 126 years. Aradale Asylum was an Australian psychiatric hospital, located in Ararat, a rural city in Victoria, Australia. Now a ghost “town”, Aradale was once known as the Ararat Lunatic Asylum. Aradale and its two sister asylums at Kew and Beechworth were commissioned to accommodate the growing number of “lunatics” in the colony of Victoria. Construction began in 1865 and was opened for patients in 1867. It was closed as an asylum in 1993. At its height, Aradale

Aradale Lunatic Asylum

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The Stick Shed

The Stick Shed (previously known as the Murtoa No. 1 Grain Store) is the only remaining emergency grain store built during World War Two. It is an enduring testament to Australian bush ingenuity and a symbol of the growth and strength of the Australian wheat industry. The Stick Shed is the 101st Australian icon included on the National Heritage List. Completed in 1942, the unique and dramatic structure of The Stick Shed has captured the imagination of everyone who has seen its serene and evocative cathedral-like interior. Referred to by some as the ‘Cathedral of the Wimmera’. The Murtoa Stick

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Budj Bim Cultural Landscape

One of Australia’s great national heritage landscapes, Budj Bim is recognised nationally and internationally as a special place that offers unique and authentic visitor experiences of a living Indigenous culture, a history and a landscape which does not exist anywhere else.

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape

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Paintballing

Paintballing is awesome fun and makes a great birthday party, work function or family event! Grampians Adventures has 5 original scenarios perfect for battling it out in a fun, safe and memorable setting in the Grampians.

Paintballing

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Mount William Station Tour

Want to learn more about the property and it's history? Request a farm tour when booking and Mount William Station owner, Will Abbott, will take you on a tour of the property and tell you more about his family history.

Mount William Station Tour