Codrington Wind Farm Tours
P.O. Box 283
PORT FAIRY VIC 3284
PH/FAX: 03 5568 1853 (B.H.)
Mobile: 0419 188715
Email: tcb@surftheworld.com.au
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| Codrington Wind Farm Tours P.O. Box 283 PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 PH/FAX: 03 5568 1853 (B.H.) Mobile: 0419 188715 Email: tcb@surftheworld.com.au |
| Welcome to the Codrington Wind Farm Tours. This is the first, and at the time of construction, largest wind farm in Victoria, and is located in a magnificent setting. A leisurely twenty minute journey from Port Fairy west along the Princes Highway will bring you to the roadside car-park and the Wind Farm. It is an understatement to say that they are impossible to miss! The 34 towers include 14 towers of the Codrington Wind Farm (2001) and 20 towers of the Yambuk Wind Farm (2005), and can be viewed easily from the car-park and viewing platform. However, for a really impressive close-up look at the 70m towers and their rotors, you will be greatly rewarded by taking a tour. | |
| Tours also enable views of the farmland (and eye-to-eye contact with sheep and cattle as they wander across the tracks), and surrounding countryside. Magnificent isolated beaches can be seen, as well as a nearby island, and further away, Portland Bay and old volcanos. |  |
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Educational tours are available to pre-booked large groups, schools and coach tours. Tours last approximately one hour and take visitors across the farm to the base of a wind tower, where visitors can walk around, take photos, ask questions, etc. On the way, a professional commentary provides information about the history of the farm (which has been in the same family since 1856), and the development of wind power, as well as technical information about the turbines.
Prices on application - Phone 03 5568 1853 or 0419 188715.
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Tours are available to the general public from Christmas week to mid-January. Inquiries regarding hours and availability to the Port Fairy Visitor Information Centre or 0419 188715.
Codrington Wind Farm Tours has been in business since July 2001. Since that time, we have provided tours and answered questions for thousands of visitors, young and old, with varying levels of interest in alternative sources of energy. We have catered for students from Preps to university level, as well as family groups and hundreds of general interest coach groups. Codrington Wind Farm Tours can pick up small groups in Port Fairy for your convenience by arrangement, and provide an informative narration on the drive to Codrington. In that relatively short 20 minute-drive, we pass diverse farming enterprises (dairy, sheep, beef, buffalo, aquaculture, agroforestry, quarries, tourist enterprises, and of course wind farming). | |
| Port Fairy, Great Ocean Road |
