History
Click here to view an Old newspaper article on the farm
In the late 1800’s Buxton was a thriving town, it had numerous timber mills, guest houses cafes and garages and of course a general store. The Buxton Hotel was operating in the 1870’s the old pub burnt down in 1982 and was rebuilt for the third time on the same site. The Buxton Primary School was opened in 1875 and has remained open ever since. Social events were held in the in Buxton Mechanics institute and the Buxton Memorial Hall was built later in honour of the returned servicemen.
Catholic Church services were held in the old hall until St Thomas Church was opened in 1895. Dairy farming was the main agricultural pursuit and at one stage Buxton had its own cattle sale yards up behind the hotel.
The road was put through in the mid 1930’s and power to the town came in the mid to late 1950’s.
The Buxton Trout farm was the first commercial trout farm in Australia and opened in the mid 1950s. The first CFA shed was built in 1966 with the arrival of a new fire truck.
Buxton Trout and Salmon Farm is a property of 10 acres in Buxton approximately 100 Kms from Melbourne located in the Yarra Valley in the Shire of Murrindindi with a range of fish out ponds of varying degrees of difficulty to cater for differing skill levels.
It has been established for over 50 years and has visitor number in excess of 30,000 annually.
The smoked trout and caviar are gourmet items which are highly regarded by Buxton’s trout farms customers. Our smoked trout are cooked over a mountain ash fire in a traditional method and are considered by many chefs to be the best in Australia, as our caviar is hand milked it is of a premium grade.
Buxton Trout and Salmon Farm is known for its nature based experience, guaranteed catch, friendliness and consistent high quality trout products and gourmet produce sold through the fish out.
On the 7th February 2009, Buxton Trout Farm suffered from the Victorian bushfires that claimed over 170 lives, burnt out thousands of homes, devastated close by villages of Marysville and Narbethong. In excess of 400,000 hectares of bushland was burnt. Marysville had 3000 accommodation beds & rental properties for visitors, many attractions and activities all now gone.
The trout farm itself and the house was saved by the hard work of Mitch MacRae, family and friends, but 40 tonnes of fish, fencing, part of the hatchery and some sheds perished, this equates to over $500,000 of trout and salmon all uninsured stock. Brood stock for the coming years was also lost.
Since The fire, Buxton Trout Farm with the help of generous locals, customers, friends, and fisheries groups has got back up and running. We are ready to welcome you and your friends!
