How a house built in Germany arrived in Avoca

Directions to Story Point 6: Look east. Can you see a white story house along Dundas Street? This building has a unique story. Walk over for a closer look, pause the video, then play when in front of the house.

The sudden influx of people to the town resulted in an acute accommodation shortage. Sent from Hamburg in numbered planks, Watford House, 1856, was shipped to Geelong, then it was transported across Victoria and assembled in the Main Street as accommodation for the Avoca Hotel. See the insert. It was sold 20 years later and rolled down the hill, on logs sawn locally to the current site. It was brought back to life across 14 years by artist Lyndall Jones. Today, it is a private residence.