East Bellarine was once a thriving little village.  From the 1850’s, the township grew housing its own:  Post Office, Bakery, Blacksmith, School (No. 231), ‘Willey’s Pub‘, Cobb & Co. Station, Church and community. St Paul’s Anglican Church, today The only evidence that remains today, is the rebuilt ‘Avondale Farm’ . . . The ‘East Bellarine Christ Church’ which was of an Read more…

It is believed that ‘Avondale Farm’ was the first farm run and owned by Frederick Willey; who arrived with his wife (Eliza) and children (Elizabeth, Robert and Mary Anne) on the ship ‘Hope’ on the 21st July 1849. ‘Avondale Farm’ (as described in the Probate of Frederick Willey in 1900), aka ‘Willey’s Pub’, was located on the corner of Church and Portarlington Roads, East Bellarine Read more…