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We couldn’t get much better weather than this weekend to have had our Open Garden Weekend, it was very special. Thank you to all who came and visited and shared in the weekend. Here are a few photos from Saturday.

Westfield’s 2017 winter campaign was photographed at the historic Anlaby Station in the Mid North of South Australia, much to the delight of owners Andrew Morphett and Peter Hayward. A collaboration with The Woolmark Company bought together wool growing families from two states, including an International Model Stephanie Field, and stories of the history ...

Historic Anlaby Station in the Mid North of South Australia has been operating for 178 years and much more recent owners, Andrew Morphett and Peter Hayward were delighted to host a fashion shoot for Westfield’s 2017 winter campaign. What a fascinating story there is to tell of how the collaboration with ...

Beautiful Anlaby Station, placed in history as one of Australia’s oldest Merino studs is currently featuring in the ‘Westfield’ and ‘The Woolmark Company’s winter fashion campaign, celebrating Australian Merino Wool. Anlaby Station and Homestead was the special location for the Westfield Winter Fashion shoot recently. This occasion was the result of a ...

The Woolmark Company’s “The Source” online publication has featured the Anlaby Story of humble beginnings back in 1839 through to the present, 176 years later as Anlaby continues to be a significant piece of South Australia’s history. Current owners of Anlaby, Andrew Morphett and Peter Hayward keenly preserve Anlaby’s untouched history, yet embrace new ideas ...

We have just uploaded a great video of the other week’s shearing at Anlaby, We hope you enjoy it Video showing shearing Merino Sheep in Anlaby’s Historic Shearing Shed. Check out more about our Merino Stud on this page,

Anlaby A Beautiful Step Back in Time To coincide with our tenth anniversary of owning Anlaby, Peter has written a book about our time here and about some of the history of the property. The book traces much of the 10 year  journey from the first time that we looked at the property, ...

Australian Wool Innovation Ltd’s highly sort after magazine ‘Beyond the Bale – Profit from Wool Innovation’ has just released their Issue 58 – March 2014 edition and Anlaby has a great feature story in it. The story ‘Woolgrowers diversify income’ focuses on how Anlaby owners, Andrew Morphett and Peter Hayward have ...

Just before the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Seasol, in partnership with the Flemington Racecourse and Victoria Racing Club, ran a promotion called the ‘Seasol Spring Carnival Gardens Tour’. Anlaby was selected as one of the featured gardens, and a video produced which people could  vote for Anlaby by voting BAROSSA. At the time there was an opportunity ...

Anlaby are proud to announce that the 2017 Open Gardens weekend at Anlaby will be on the weekend of the 14th-15th October 2017. The weekend is always a very busy one, with lots of highlights and activities, so book the date early, as we look forward to seeing you here. MORE DETAILS AS WE ...

Please note that this is a post about our previous Open Garden. You can be sure we will let you know when we have the next one. We had all kinds of weather extremes – leading up the the open weekend, So it was a great rush to have the gardens looking nice. Visitor comments ...

The Anlaby performance of the Mikado Presented by Anlaby and Co-Opera in collaboration with the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA Performed on 5th March 2016 It is hard to imagine that in 1885, when the first performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s, The Mikado was first being staged in London, a flock of 60,000 ...

Matthew Flinders was born in Donington, Lincolnshire 16 March 1774 and died 19 July 1814. He was an English naval officer and one of the most iconic explorers in Australian history. Flinders was the first to circumnavigate the island of Tasmania (then called Van Die men’s Land) and later the mainland of Australia. Flinders ...

This year Anlaby will hold A Gala Performance of ‘Madam Butterfly’ as part of it’s celebrations For Anlaby’s 175th Anniversary. Read more…

Bookings button removed as event is over – a grand success! Anlaby 175th Anniversary Gala Performance, Anlaby Quadrangle Series & Co-Opera present MADAM BUTTERFLY Saturday 12th April 2014 from 5pm (for Dinner) with performance at 7:00pm Experience the emotion of Puccini’s opera staged under the stars in the unique setting of the Anlaby quadrangle and celebrate 175th Anniversary ...