On our doorstep in south-western Victoria, the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is arguably the world's oldest engineered aquaculture system, dating back over 6000 years.
I will be upfront; I had a limited knowledge of this highly significant area when it achieved UNESCO World Heritage listing in 2019.
For the three-day visit to Budj Bim and the wider region, we decided on Port Fairy as a base, primarily as Drift House had long been on our radar due to the owners’ collaboration with architectural