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High Country Estate

Name: High Country Estate
Address: 678 Piries-Goughs Bay Road, Goughs Bay VIC 3723, Australia, High Country / King Valley, Victoria, 3723, AU
Telephone: 0414 385 123

High Country / King Valley, Victoria Capacity: Up to 150

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Overview & Vibe

An award-winning garden estate at Goughs Bay, fifteen minutes from Mansfield on the shore side of Lake Eildon. It is a public garden attraction that also does weddings — two hectares of designed landscape shaped into intimate garden rooms, sweeping lawns and enchanting pathways, plus a hedge maze, a labyrinth, giant topiaries, sculptures, a fine art gallery and a café. The gardens have been shown on Gardening Australia, Better Homes & Gardens and Secrets of Beautiful Gardens.

Setting & Style

Ceremonies go “beneath ancient trees” and receptions among seasonal blooms, with indoor and outdoor spaces across the grounds. The features a couple actually books around are the hedged avenues, the topiary lawns, the maze and the sculpture rooms — a wagon wheel set into a hedge, a cherub on a plinth, a figure blowing a trumpet in a green alcove — and giant lawn chess for the guests.

Ideal For

Couples who want a formal, meticulously kept garden rather than a paddock, at up to 150 guests, with the catering and coordination handled by one team.

The Need-to-Knows

Catering and coordination now come with the venue. The estate has an exclusive partnership with Master of Munch Catering, and describes the result as “seamless venue, catering, and event coordination — all under one trusted brand”: bespoke menus, beverage packages, on-site coordination and styling support.
Enquiry goes to Jenny or Nancy.
Up to 150 guests, stated once, for “intimate weddings through to larger celebrations”. No seated-versus-cocktail split is published.
It is a fully licensed venue. Stated plainly in the offer list.
Directory listings under the old name are describing the same place.
The garden is a working public attraction with a café, a gallery and a maze open to visitors. Confirm what exclusivity a wedding booking buys.
Contact is two mobiles and a caterer's email address — Jenny on 0414 385 123, Nancy on 0402 939 199, info@masterofmunch.com.

Standout Feature

Two hectares of television-featured formal garden — hedged avenues, topiary, a maze and a labyrinth — fifteen minutes from Mansfield.

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Website

highcountrymaze.com.au

Phone

0414 385 123

Address

678 Piries-Goughs Bay Road, Goughs Bay VIC 3723, Australia

Amenities

Two Hectares Of Award Winning Gardens
Intimate Garden Rooms
Sweeping Lawns
Hedged Avenues And Clipped Box Parterres
Enchanting Hedge Maze
Labyrinth
Giant Topiaries
Garden Sculptures
Fine Art Gallery
On Site Cafe
Giant Lawn Chess
Seasonal Planting And Autumn Colour
Indoor And Outdoor Event Spaces
Fully Licensed Venue
Exclusive Catering Partnership With Master Of Munch
Bespoke Wedding Menus And Beverage Packages
On Site Coordination And Styling Support
Full Bar Service
Featured On Gardening Australia
Featured On Better Homes And Gardens
15 Minutes From Mansfield

Ceremony Setting

outdoor
garden
lawn
indoor

Dietary Options Supported

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

Goughs Bay – The lakeside locality the estate sits in
Lake Eildon – The estate is on its eastern arm
Mansfield – Fifteen minutes away
Mount Buller – The alpine resort above Mansfield
Piries – The neighbouring settlement on the same road
Howqua Valley – North along the lake
Lake Eildon National Park – Surrounds the lake's arms
Melbourne – About two and a half hours south-west

On Site Accommodation

No details available.

Price Notes

Pricing is provided on enquiry — no per-head rate, venue hire fee, minimum spend, package figure or deposit is published. Enquiries go by phone or to the caterer's email.
Catering and coordination come with the venue under an exclusive partnership, which is the main thing to know here: the estate is partnered with Master of Munch Catering and provides venue, catering and event coordination under one brand, including bespoke menus, beverage packages and on-site styling support. The word the estate uses is "exclusive", so assume you cannot bring your own caterer.
The venue is fully licensed, with full bar service. No BYO option is mentioned.
The estate traded for years as High Country Gardens, Gallery and Maze and now trades as High Country Estate. It is the same property, so older reviews and directory listings under the previous name still describe it.
The estate describes its gardens as four acres in one place, six acres in another and two hectares in a third — so read the size as roughly five acres.
Contact is two mobiles and the caterer's email: Jenny on 0414 385 123, Nancy on 0402 939 199, and info@masterofmunch.com. There is no venue landline, which follows from the catering partnership.
The gardens are a public attraction as well as a wedding venue — a café, a fine art gallery and a hedge maze all operate for day visitors. Nothing published sets out what exclusivity a wedding booking buys, so ask.
The gardens have been curated over many years and shown on Gardening Australia, Better Homes & Gardens and Secrets of Beautiful Gardens.
The estate also hosts corporate events, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, family reunions and private lunches in the same spaces, and keeps a separate special-events schedule — so check your date against it.