Collart Wetlands and Homestead is a historic farming property which has become a wildlife reserve, of 87 hectares, and managed by Parks Victoria. It is located on Westernport Bay, about 90 km southeast of Melbourne.

The Homestead was built in 1895. The adjacent "Barracks" and stables were built in the 1850s as a workmen's bunkhouse. The formal gardens were added by 1900.

I visited Coolart on March 29, 2006. The photos show the principal features, inclluding the 4 km "Woodland Walk". ... (more)