Padthaway - Places to See

Padthaway Estate

The Buildings
Padthaway Estate is set on 50 hectares of red gum country. The Homestead was once the centre of an 80,000 acre property owned by the Lawson family. The current proprietors purchased the land from the descendants of Robert Lawson. The original Lawson cottage nestles in a glade and overlooks the courtyard surrounded by the old stables, the original kitchen, the workshop, the blacksmiths shop and overseers rooms. The shearers quarters have been restored to their original condition. The homestead garden was redesigned by the Victorian landscape gardener Ellis Stones in 1948 in the style of an English home with formal areas, walled gardens, orchard, patio, glade and outbuildings all sheltering behind luxurious hedges and English trees.

The Vineyard and Winery
Padthaway Estate Winery
Located on the main road in Padthaway this winery based around a 45 ha vineyard was established in 1990 and specialises in red and white table wines and sparkling wines derived from cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, pinot meunier and chardonnay grapes. It is open seven days for tastings and sales. It is the cellar door for all Padthaway regional wines. For more details contact (08) 8765 5039.

Padthaway Conservation Park
Located 1.5 km east of Padthaway this 984 ha park is situated on a former coastal dune and is characterised by stands of yellow gum, ribbon gum, brown stringybark with extensive acacias and banksias. It is also home to the rare long-billed corella.