Attractions in Colac
Brunt’s Vintage Truck Museum
Seeking attractions in Colac? Brunt’s Truck Museum is one of Australia’s most significant private truck collections. The Museum has over 40 restored trucks on display including International trucks & Brockway trucks.
Address: 42A Clark Street, Colac Victoria
Phone: 0419 351 185
Colac Botanic Gardens
A not-to-be-missed attraction in Colac is the Botanic Gardens. The Colac Botanic Gardens occupy about 16 hectares in an elevated position along the southern banks of Lake Colac.
A 1.1 kilometre carriageway circumnavigates the gardens, providing access to cars, runners, walkers and cyclists. Mature oak trees planted along the perimeter provide shade and weather protection to visitors.
A series of walking paths weaves through the gardens, showcasing feature garden beds and trees, places to sit, open lawn areas and beautiful vistas across the lake.
At the eastern end of the gardens, a children’s playground and barbecue area provides a fantastic place for family time. The former curator’s cottage (c.1924) at the western end of the gardens has been converted into the popular Botanic Café.
On the centre northern fringe of the Gardens a viewing platform provides a place to rest and enjoy the view across the lake towards Warrion Hills, while a set of steps down the steep escarpment provides easy access to the Lake Colac foreshore. Attractions in Colac don’t get much better than these gardens, so be sure to allow yourself enough time.
History of the Colac Botanic Gardens
Colac Botanic Gardens are of historical, aesthetic & scientific (botanical) significance to Victoria. Two of Australia’s most influential and revered directors of botanic gardens had a hand in their design.
The Gardens were established in 1865, and in 1868 Daniel Bunce, Director of the Geelong Botanic Gardens, was appointed to lay out the gardens in a “proper & scientific manner”. In 1910, outstanding botanist and landscape designer, William Guilfoyle was engaged to redesign the gardens. Guilfoyle’s design retained the carriageway and highlighted the lake embankment as well as the vistas of the lake and hills through the trees. A copy of his design is on display in the Botanic Cafe.
The National Trust classified the gardens in 1990.
Where: Fyans Street, Colac Victoria
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42A Clark Street, Colac Victoria
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