DISCOVER OUR STORY
3,000 acres. One family. A place worth sharing.
Oakhill Estate is a 3,000-acre working farm and conservation sanctuary in the hills above Bathurst. Sinclair was the first to hold this land when he settled here. He sold it to Bert and Poppy in 1948; Ray and Mary farmed it next. Clay and Erin bought the property in 2021 and named the glasshouse cabins for them — Sinclair’s, Bert & Poppy’s, and Ray & Mary’s.
Most of the land is still paddock, creek and high country. The cabins sit on their own hills, a sliver of the estate, built so guests can sleep under the stars without asking the farm to become a resort. Protect the land. Share the view. Leave it better than you found it.
OUR STORY
Oakhill Estate is a 3,000-acre working property and conservation sanctuary in the hills above Bathurst, on Wiradjuri Country, at Clear Creek in the Central Tablelands.
Most of the land is still farm. A handful of glasshouse cabins sit quietly on their own hills, each one far enough from the next that you cannot hear another guest. The idea is simple. Protect the country. Keep the farm going. Let people stay long enough to feel it.
CLAY & ERIN
Clay and Erin came to Bathurst looking for a quieter life. What they found was a property with a long farming memory — creek flats, high country, remnant gold workings, and views that drop all the way to town.
They bought Oakhill in 2021. They kept the superfine Merino flock, added Aussie White sheep, and began building the glasshouses one by one. The cabins are named for the people who held this land before them.
THE FAMILIES WHO CAME FIRST
Sinclair was the first to hold this property when he settled in Bathurst. The land stayed with him until 1948, when he sold it to Herbert Stanley Williams — Bert — and his wife Poppy.
Bert and Poppy bred superfine Merino wool, worked as horsemen and stockmen, and ran a general store and butcher’s in town. Their way of living on this country still shapes the place.
From 1982 to 2019 the farm was run by their son Raymond Herbert Williams — Ray — and his wife Mary, a qualified wool classer. Ray was a skilled stockman. Together they kept the Merino tradition going.
Those names are on the cabins for a reason. Sinclair’s. Bert & Poppy’s. Ray & Mary’s. The land has a memory. Guests are staying inside it.
THE LAND
The property runs from sheltered creek flats up to hills that rise close to 1,000 metres above sea level. Open-cut gold workings from the Bathurst rush of 1851 are still visible in places. Wildlife moves through the paddocks. The wind comes off the ranges.
We farm here. We also leave most of it alone. The cabins occupy only a sliver of the estate — a way to share the views without turning the whole place into a resort.
THE GLASSHOUSES
There are three cabins now.
Ray & Mary’s sits highest, at 960 metres, with the widest view of Bathurst.
Bert & Poppy’s looks into mountainous country and long golden-hour light.
Sinclair’s is the quietest and most finished of the three — king bed, heated floors, indoor fire, glass to the horizon.
All three are built to disconnect. No WiFi. A hot tub ready when you arrive. Breakfast in the fridge. The rest is weather, firelight and sleep.
WHY WE OPENED THE GATES
This is still a working farm. It is also a place people come when they need to stop. We built the glasshouses so guests could have the view we get every morning — and so the next generation of this property has a reason to keep looking after it.
Arrive. Unwind. Disconnect. Then, if you like, come back.
SUSTAINABILITY
The cabins are off the beaten track on purpose. Power is calculated carefully, which is why we ask guests not to bring hairdryers or extra heaters. Wood is supplied. Hot tubs are heated for arrival and relit the next day if you want them. We farm, we fence, we leave room for wildlife, and we keep the built footprint small.
Luxury here is not more. It is less, done properly.
AKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE WIRADJURI PEOPLE
Oakhill Estate stands on Wiradjuri Country. We acknowledge the Wiradjuri people as the Traditional Custodians of this land, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.