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Markdale Station
Great Australian Stations & Homesteads
A heritage home in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales

The home of the Ashton family, and the 8,000 acre sheep property on which it stands, provide one of Australia’s finest heritage stays. When the Ashton brothers first came to Markdale in 1920, they not only developed a fine pastoral country, but also the birthplace of polo in Australia. In this they were so successful that the Australian polo team that toured Britain in the 1930s arrived as unknowns, all of them Ashton brothers, and returned to Australia having won every game by significant margins! Whether you chose to stay in the greater seclusion of the original 19 th century homestead (a short distance away) or in the main homestead, waking up to the calls of cockatoos, rosella and kookaburras in the morning is a uniquely Australian experience.

Hosts: Geoff & Mary Ashton

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Accommodation / Meals: Guests are accommodated in the main homestead, The Old Stone House and The Annexe to Stone House. In addition to a swimming pool and tennis court, Markdale has one of the finest gardens in Australia should you wish to simply just relax and enjoy the atmosphere of the property.

Activities: Join the farm manager to have a look around the property, visit the old woolshed and learn something of Australia’s wool industry. Or you may prefer to take a walk out on the property – the steep grassland hills are interspersed with tracts of dense eucalypt, which are home to kangaroos, wallabies and many native birds. Try casting a fly for brown trout in one of the local rivers, enjoy a picnic lunch on the banks of the Lachlan River or local touring to the Abercrombie & Wombeyan Caves can be arranged.

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