Balladong Farm is a colonial-era property on the edge of town that has been preserved as a working heritage farm. Established in the 1830s — one of the earliest farms in the Avon Valley — it retains original stone buildings, outhouses, and farm infrastructure that give a concrete sense of what early settler agriculture looked like in Western Australia.
The farm runs heritage programs including demonstrations of traditional farm practices and guided tours through the historic buildings. It is a good counterpoint to the streetscape: where Avon Terrace shows the commercial prosperity that came once the town was established, Balladong shows the hard-scrabble beginning. Children respond well to the animals and the working equipment.