Caldermeade Farm & Cafe

Caldermeade Farm offers a unique experience for family and friends. Enjoy great country food in the natural settings of a classic dairy farm.

Situated on the South Gippsland Highway just south of Pakenham and Koo Wee Rup, Caldermeade Farm and Cafe is the ideal place to stop off on a trip to Phillip Island or when visiting the many attractions of Gippsland. Settled in 1875, Caldermeade was originally one of the region’s premier beef cattle properties. Today it is a modern, fully operational commercial dairy farm focussing on educating and entertaining its visitors. Nestled behind century-old Hawthorn hedges is the friendly family café providing indoor and outdoor dining. Schools, community, disabled and special interest groups can take advantage of specialized farm tours by arrangement.

THE CAFE - Enjoy our house made and locally sourced country fare in the natural settings of a commercial dairy farm. Try our award winning house made pies and scrumptious Devonshire tea and scones which are baked fresh daily. We offer true Aussie brekkies, filling lunches, kids meals and senior deals. Don’t get too carried away, you must save room for our house made gelato using our farms fresh and creamy Jersey Cows Milk.
PETTING ZOO - Come up close to pet and hand feed the baby calves, chooks, cheeky goats, lambs, ducks, lamas and donkeys in our animal nursery!
THE GARDEN - Enjoy the great outdoors and spend the afternoon in our garden & playground.
MILKING - See the milking of our Jersey cows live from the viewing room every day from 2:30pm. Our herd of over 500 jersey cows provides the beautifully creamy milk used in our various milk products. Hailing from the channel island of the same name, Jersey cows are known for their rich, creamy and distinctive yellowish milk. We milk our beautiful cows twice a day

BOOK A TOUR - Let us take you on an adventure at Caldermeade Farm! We provide tours for schools and small groups. Please contact us today. We would love to hear from you