Photo Sessions
(Private Photo Session at Ballybrook Farm)
Sessions Available
(Summer discounts available now!)
Highland Cow Memories Session
Cost – $900 $600 includes:
- Includes our photographer (and a driver / guide)
- You get access to all parts of the property, and all the animals
- We will capture every moment for you, you just enjoy the experience and the cattle
- 10 high resolution digital images
- Allow 2 hours for this session
Highland Cow Portrait Session
Cost – $600 $460 and includes:
- Is include in a standard 90 minute Highland Cow Experience (Farm Tour)
- We provide the photographer for a 30 minute session with one group of Highlands
- We will capture every moment for you, you just enjoy the experience and the cattle
- 6 high resolution digital images
Highland Cow Customised Session
Cost – TBA (Contact us to discuss)
- We provide the photographer (& an experienced cattle / horse handler) – typically takes 3-4 hours
- We can customise a photographic session just for you
- You have access to all animals & the entire property (paddocks and buildings), including Highland cattle and Highland Ponies on lead
- Great for wedding photography (a wedding proposal – we guarantee she will say yes guys!), birthdays, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, anniversaries.
Have your very own photo session with our professional photographer (Jess from Foxtail Photography), with our Highland cows and Highland Ponies, utilising the whole farm, farm buildings and animals.
What you do:
- Show up at your booking time and we will do the rest
- Most of the images will be candid (you don’t need to be a model!), but we can set up some shots with specific animals
- We provide you with your edited, high resolution images within 14 days of the photo shoot
- We provide the photographer (Jessica Taylor from Foxtail Photography),
- The weather can vary, and our photographer can work with most weather conditions to make your images special, however sometimes we need to re-schedule for extreme weather
- What to wear? – accepting that you may want to look a certain way, ideally wear boots that you are OK to get mud & manure on (& a weather proof jacket perhaps)
- Bookings are essential
What else happens on Ballybrook Farm?
There is something for everyone (look below to see), but heck, if you have an idea of something special that you might want to experience here, or a combination of events, let us know – we will likely be able to work something out for you.
Accommodation
Accommodation is now available at “Ballybrook Farm” (or at “Cnoc Dubh Farm” 5 minutes down the road). If you simply want to get away from the hustle and bustle to the country or the bush, or just to be surrounded by nature on a working farm, we have options for you.
From here, you can explore the scenery, wineries and history of the Macedon Ranges – all this and only 40 minutes from the centre of Melbourne and 30 minutes from Melbourne airport.
Paint, Pat, Pinot
Paint your own masterpiece, under the guidance of a local artist.
Pat some Highland cows
Sip a Pinot and some other locally sourced wines, while nibbling on an antipasto plate.
You get to be artistic (you’ll be amazed at how Amber can bring out the inner Picasso in you), in our purpose build function room in “Glen’s Shed”. We will take you out to meet some of our Highland cows, and you can give them a scratch and make their day too.
Highland Cow Experience (Farm Tours)
Want to PAT A HIGHLAND COW – we offer up close and personal & private tours of our farm, where you can meet our Highland cattle and Highland ponies.
You travel around our property on a 6-seater CanAm side-by-side, and visit several groups or cows and calves and ponies. You also have the option of a “Picnic in the Paddock” as well.
Yes, you can touch them.
Yes, there are Highland calves
Yes, they are adorable!
Bree’s Bovine Behaviour
Since 2018, Bree has been teaching a new way of thinking about moving and training cattle. She teaches Natural Cowmanship around Australia to increase safety (for cattle and their handlers), improve the lives of cattle undergoing training. She can help you make your cattle actually want to be with you.
With a deep knowledge on bovine behaviour and a simple way of articulating and explaining what she practices, Bree’s instruction will give you the ultimate experience in how to understand your cattle.
Tailored Special Events
If you have an event or small function that you think could happen at Ballybrook Farm, contact us and we can work with you to make it happen. This can include:
Proposals
Elopements
Anniversaries
Birthdays
Weddings
Work Functions
You name it, and we will make it memorable for you.