Reviews

Would highly recommend. Really fun and interesting and great value.The day runs like one long show so worth coming fairly early, some things only happen once or close early in the day so turning up after lunch could be disappointing.Tickets price doesn’t include the trains or tractor ride or animal feed. The whole thing is run by volunteers and the money goes back into the village so I was happy to get some extras. The animal feeding (I think at 12pm) was particularly fun for the kids.The damper cafe isn’t great. Worth bringing a picnic or having low expectations! It’s cheap though… We didn’t realise there was another food place up at the top until later. Didn’t look amazing either tbh. Not what people would come for, but fine if you didn’t have time to pack a picnic like me!Website says card preferred but several of the souvenir type stalks asked for cash. Worth having both I guess!Only open Sundays and some special days (run by volunteers)

Absolutely awesome Australiana pioneer village at Wilberforce NSW is an absolutely under promoted and under utilised tourist destination. It features genuine, (not replica), buildings from Sydney’s distant past set into a colonial village atmosphere. Entry is only $15 family (4) people (as at 1/2020). The food also is about half the price of anywhere else, and probably twice as good. It is an enormous spread of land with sheltered picnic ares in abundance. Only open Sunday and public holidays from 10am to 4pm. It is operated and supported by volunteers, hence the cheap prices. The village atmosphere and free guided tours was enjoyed by all of us from 11 year old to 73 years old. It’s located about 5 minutes drive north of Windsor NSW. You will have a great family day and it cost very to similar places. It needs patronage to keep open, or genuine places like this could be lost forever. I hope you support this historic attraction.

You can really feel the spirit of the time.Lots of kids and family attractions.Lots of parking.You can picnic in the area or use the nice coffee shop there.The structures are authentic up to the smallest details. It's a place frozen in time. Everyone is dressed up to fit the time of early settlers.You get to see how kids were educated in the day and lots of other sights and sounds to really take you back in time.Highly recommended.

Fantastic day out with the family. Plenty of hands on activities for the kids, large grassed areas with plenty of shade. I love the various events throughout the year. Plenty of off-street parking. A great value day out

Great value day out This place is like stepping back in time. Fascinating insight into the lives of early European settlers.

Beautiful grounds, picnic areas, BBQs, toilets. Cheap entry, free parking. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.

If you are visiting Sydney, it's well worth a day trip to the Hawkesbury region.

Great fun day out with the kids and really great value. Lots of history and interesting things to see... Would just be good if they had ATM or eftpos facilities

This place is a must. If you want to experience how people in the olden days lived and just see how everything was then this place a like time travel.

Amazing place to spend a whole day with family and friends—it deserves more than 5 stars! The kids loved the train rides, tractor ride, candy shop and animal feeding. You can dress up and take photos, and there are nice picnic spots and photographic spots throughout. You can buy food and ice creams as well. The local history is well-preserved, and they had activities running throughout the day. All these for a very, very reasonable price.

This place is a hidden gem in Hawkesbury. Easy to access and lot of parking. If you have young kids, then a great place to spend a day. Got a lot of activities including mini train rides, tractor ride, animal feeding etc. btw some activities could be a bit better organised and presented better hence I didn’t give 5 stars. Yet not discounting the fact that it’s volunteers running this and well managed with available resources I feel.

Great place for a day of family enjoyment. Not wishing to add to all the other comments or feedback with positive attribution, other than to say, it is a great place to leisurely enjoy the attractions of the village with plenty of open space and a BBQ, along with undercover family sites if you get there early enough to grab one!

Our only detracting critique was it's a bit of 'spot the Aussie' atmosphere. Felt like an alien being outnumbered by noisy rude Asians and Indians. This especially in the Oxboro Inn where our lunch experience was sullied by the banter of loud gibberish Cantonese or Hindi lingo conversation and some little urchin repeatedly trying to sit in one of our chairs. Yep Aussies were the odd ones out, English obviously becoming a second language......Should've brought along my prayer mat to fully assimilate.

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This place reopened after Floods and needs more visitors. Great place to have a day out.. liked the way they have tried to preserve the olden days heritage of Australia. Just one note is that facilities need to be more accessible friendly.

We had lots of fun on our visit with a 5 yo. They do an animal feed walk where kids can feed the horses, goats and sheep. There is a miniature train and tractor trailer rides. Lots of open space so take some chairs or picnic blanket if you like. Food service was slow, but we did go on one of their busier days so wasnt unexpected; food was simple but yummy.

I went there with friends, we all had a memorable day. The kids enjoyed the activities , especially the corn peeling race, the truck ride, and experience making cream using the old traditional way.

Excellent Visit What a great day out we had. Such a friendly, relaxed atmosphere in a picturesque setting, what more could you ask for! A big thank you & well done for all your hard working volunteers, you are all wonderful. What a great clean up job after the recent

We had a amazing family day out. Beautiful historic site and great fun looking at old time stories and buildings.Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Greeting and dressed like the old days. When you standing on the main street It gives you the feeling that time traveled back for 100 years.Price is cheap. Lots activities to do. And the Devonshire tea is a must try.Only down side is the waiting time for the train ride. We waited 40mins to get the admin tickets and another 40mins to get a train ride.But still it doesn’t bother us enjoying the site.Great job. Would definitely recommend to others.

We enjoyed our trip to the village, it was great to see and experience the 19th century Australian pioneer life.Inside the village there are two cafe's, just be aware that the cafe is also an old timber building.

I went there for an event so am not sure what is happening during opening hours. But I loved the place, looks like an old village and there are some animals and a mini lake. Really relaxing setting! I went by car so not sure if public transport could be an option.

An insightful and interesting step back in time to see how the area was in early settlement times. The heritage group volunteers are friendly and very knowledgeable and happy to give details on each homestead on display. The food options were good and very reasonably priced.

This is a great place to take your family for a little taste of Australia. It is self funded by public entry fees. Very reasonable. It is well run and a great tourist attraction. From what I am led to believe there are also ghost tours here throughout the year

Great value day out This place is like stepping back in time. Fascinating insight into the lives of early European settlers.

Beautiful grounds, picnic areas, BBQs, toilets. Cheap entry, free parking. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.

If you are visiting Sydney, it's well worth a day trip to the Hawkesbur