Tocal Homestead

It was a lovely day, beautiful property and scenery, and was turned into perfection by sharing the experience with my beautiful lady so stunning. I can only look at her in small doses so as not to overwhelm my senses 🥰

Attended my brother-in-law's wedding here. They had a small ceremony out the front of the homestead under one of the beautiful fig trees.
They had photos taken straight after the wedding with family and friends. Great spot to mingle and we were also able to take a quick look through the homestead and grounds.
The reception was held at the same location in the reception hall. A well set up timber building a short stroll from the homestead.
As you can see this is a fantastic venue for a wedding. Beautiful setting not that far from Maitland or Paterson.

I've been lucky enough to have photographed a bunch of weddings at Tocal Homestead and I just love it. It is a really beautiful place, from the historic houses and structures, the giant fig trees to the epic farmland. It has everything you want in a Hunter Valley wedding venue. One of my favourite places and to shoot wedding at.

Went to 'Peek into the Past' held here today and really enjoyed it. Had a great variety of things to see including a fashion show, music, farm animals, machinery and more. The Ploughman's Lunchbox and Devonshire tea was delicious as well. The highlight for me was watching the battle re-enactment. Great day for the family.

As a wedding photographer this venue rocks! We’ve been lucky enough to capture a bunch of couples weddings here. There’s so many options for amazing photos and the converted barn for the reception on site is amazing! If you book this venue give us a shout, we’d love to come back 😁.

Interesting part of history.
Plenty to see, both inside and outside.
Some beautiful Morton Bay figs.
Toilets on site.

Amazing and well preserved. Worth a few hours to walk around and admire the buildings and large amount of period pieces kept at the homestead. Some of the areas were locked due to needing some maintenance but most open. Beautiful area. Can purchase some scones and drinks at the entry. Friendly staff/volunteers.
Modern, hand held speaker for the self guided tour was great!

Having photographed many weddings at Tocal Homestead over the past 8-10 years, it has become one of my favourite country venues.

The massive property, with homestead, the barracks onsite accommodation, the barn & many other buildings provide plenty of spots for photos on your wedding day.

Tocal Homestead is a venue that needs to be on your shortlist when you start planning your wedding!

Absolutely beautiful location for a day out. Visited on a Sunday, and was greeted warmly by the team in the Gift Shop and Reception for tour tickets. I was lucky enough to have a one-on-one tour of the heritage main homestead, support buildings and gardens with the wonderful Bruce Soper. His knowledge of both the local history and property was extensive and fascinating, with lots of special extras on the tour like an original Rolls Royce Phantom and the original blacksmith shop. Any visit to Tocal, even to have a general walk around the grounds and gardens, would be wonderful for families.

Such a stunning wedding venue!!!! Henry the horse was a gorgeous wedding guest, and the venue for the reception was so rustically chic! A truly fairytale location

One of Hunter Valley’s best kept secrets. We stayed at the nearby barracks so didn’t have to pay entry. Usually entry is $10 for above 15 year olds which is great value. Great place to spend an hour and soak up some history and nostalgia. Staff is very friendly (like almost everyone in the Hunter!) and very knowledgeable about the local history. On the tour you get these cool audio devices where you input a number that corresponds to one of the many sights and it gives your a great audio description. Highlights for me were the vintage Rolls Royce and the amazing garden overlooking the creek.

A wonderful spot in the beautiful country side. Attended a wedding here and it was one of the best weddings I have been to. Ceremony was jeld outsode with horses roamomg around in the back ground. We the had time to wonder the homestead. What an amazing piece of history. All the out building are maintained in there original form and really add the to beauty of the homestead.
The recption hall is great. 2 levels so there is plenty of space for everything. Food was very nice too amd not your standard wedding choices. A faultless wedding venue.

As a photographer, Tocal is always one of my favourite locations to visit. Couples can have the ceremony, photos + reception all on site, as well as having accommodation onsite and plenty more nearby. The grounds are gorgeous for photos and always has a beautiful angle for the sunset. The many barns, sheds + verandahs provide plenty of undercover areas if it's a rainy day. Combined with the superb catering & service from the team, it's hard to find anything to complain about!

A great look into our past. Well kept homestead, it is as if the owners just stepped out.

Our tour guide on the day was very knowledgeable and told us along of information. A great day out back in time.

This was the venue for my niece's wedding ceremony and reception. Beautiful vistas, infrastructure and facilities.

A wonderful place to visit! I had the pleasure of visiting to photograph a delightful wedding at Tocal Homestead and it was such an amazing venue. Beautiful grounds, lots of history, a relaxed setting, great amenities and a joy to work with the staff onsite. It makes for an incredible wedding venue for weddings of all sizes. I cannot wait to get back to photograph there again!

Very interesting and great Devonshire Tea.

We recently got married at Tocal Homestead. Despite the rainy day, we had a blast and our guests did too. We ended up using Blacketts barn for our ceremony (due to the weather) which still had a beautiful backdrop for photos.

The guests commented on how fresh the food tasted, and how delicious the dessert was (would highly recommend the chocolate lava cake dessert option!).

Thanks Sprout Catering + Tocal for making our wedding day so memorable.

Absolutely love this place have been many times and each time we go I still discover something I haven't seen before