Visit Historic Village Herberton

Excellent, great items and machinery on display from a past era. Highly recommend

They have almost all the shops you can think of in the old days… it’s easy tospend 4-6hours here. The entry ticket doesn’t cover the train ride, you have to buy it separately but also from the front reception. The train only runs for certain days and few times, it is about 15 mins ride plus a 25mins tour introducing the history of the town and some other old trains, they are operated by volunteers. Quite worth it if you get the chance.

Great experience.

We love this village. A return visit for us. Well worth the entry price and you can return for next 2 days. Too much to see in a day. So good to see all the machinery operating at different times. The staff love this place and it shows. We got to meet one of the owners and she is passionate about it too. And the cheapest gift shop I have ever seen.

Give yourself plenty of time here so much to see,

Amazing step back in time! Staff very nice and helpful. They provided a wheelchair for my aged Mother, who was then able to thoroughly enjoy the day. Would highly recommend!

What a surprise this place is, was not what I was expecting. Visit was fantastic. We loved the tearooms for lunch and the gift shop. It was lovely that the place was all open and you could walk around everywhere and see things. Well worth the visit and our son loved it!

A fantastic place to visit! Great for kids.

So much to see

Excellent experience. Well maintained buildings and grounds. Respect to their support for the old trades

A great day out, for young and the not so young. Lots to see and do. The train ride was a treat.The volunteers were all in character and happy to chat or have a photo taken.Cafe on site is the only disappointment of the day. Very limited selection and extremely over priced.

Brilliantly presented. Amazing displays,great information. Had an interesting day.

We were unsure beforehand whether the Historic Village could be worth the $46 admission, but how wrong we were! It is worth every cent!!This is an amazing collection - and so well preserved! No matter your age, there is something here to take each of us back to the world we grew up in. Well worth it, and a credit to the owners and staff!

We are in our 30's and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit here! Sabrina was very approachable and she sent us in the right direction. We also have done the 15mins loop bush walk and we were rewarded to see some stunning bird species including pheasant cuckoo. Great experience. Highly recommended 👌

The best musium in Australia! The atmosphere is perfectly conveyed and you can immerse yourself in Australia's past.

Wonderful museum and an authentic cafe

Wow. What a great place. Came to visit the absolutely gorgeous cafe, which you can get into without buying an entry ticket, and stayed the whole day after being drawn into the museum/village. Love that place and all the friendly staff.

Favourite place up in the tablelands and the ladies were lovely

A must go if you visit the area! We had an amazing experience in this preserved piece of history. The staff was lovely and there were lots of details to be seen inside the buildings. Shout out to Darryl for his amazing blacksmith demo 😊 lots of places to sketch too!

Perfect! Thanks for the great experience

Fantastic! Must visit

One of the best attractions on tablelands!!! A Must go!!

EXCELLENT! Went with the family last Sunday.
Very entertaining and very friendly team members!
I highly recommend this place both for adults and children!

Not to be missed! Strangely, Herberton historic village has no mention in the 2024 edition of Australia Lonely Planet Guide. I found it quite by chance ‘on-line’ while we were staying near Kuranda. It was the best discovery yet!
This beautifully re-created tin-mining village has the most extraordinary collection of early pioneering equipment to be seen anywhere. Not only mining equipment, but every sort of early manufactured items from wood-working tools, photographic equipment, recording equipment, sewing, cookware, pottery collection. There were displays of an old prison, old pub/inn, church, bakery, ironmongery etc. A large collection of vintage cars and commercial vehicles. .and much much more. An excellent (not-to-be missed) 30 minute film explained the village and its early development.
The grounds are beautifully maintained by a team of staff. There is a cafe/refreshment area with toilets. We spent much of the day in the village & didn’t manage to see it all.

My only suggestion: Contact Lonely Planet & make sure the village is included in next guide edition! It’s a fabulous (& educational) day out for all the family.

It is very interesting, allocate around 3 hours for the tour. It has many photo spots.

Cracking place and well worth the visit. All the buildings were local and brought together to create the village. Visit the chemist, the bank, schoolhouse and so much more. Cross the river for some Billy tea and damper at Pioneer Camp. One of the best places we’ve visited!

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Really nice has lots of historical stuff and cheap for what you can see. Recommended

Extremely well presented display of history of Herberton. Lots to learn for young and old.

AMAZING. Absolutely huge area to explore, over 64 different display buildings, all kept in great condition. Very friendly staff and the cafe inside has GF and vegan options. Happy wife.

amazing place huge pet friendly great collection live displays

It was fantastic,we stayed until closing time! Couldn't believe the variety of different displays. Wonderful staff. Differently need at least 3 hours to see most of this village. Lunch was terrific from the cafeteria. Highly recommended 😃

We had a wonderful day yesterday visiting the historic village Hernerton. Such a great collection of items from buildings to tractors to sewing machines. Cars medical implements and even a collection of glass eyes. We really enjoyed the stream train ride too. Really worth a visit.

If you in to history and old machinery, this is the place to visit We spent 4 hours there and haven't seen all of it

Mir haben es die alten Fahrzeuge angetan alles sehr Liebevoll gemacht und in Privater Hand.

Excellent, excellent. Well worth to see our past.everything was well set out and easy to see.you can take a dog on a leash and there is refreshment about half way round.takes a couple hours to see.you get a three day revisit ticket.