Serviceton: Railway History, Border Art and Golf

Serviceton offers travellers several distinct themes: a historic railway station on the Melbourne–Adelaide rail line, public art with a border theme, and golf along the border between Victoria and South Australia. If you’re looking for a hotel in Serviceton, these local features can help you choose the focus of your trip.

Railway history and tours

Serviceton Railway Station was built in 1888. It includes original customs offices, which were used to collect duties on goods transported between the states. The station also includes holding cells for prisoners transferred between the states. These rooms reflect two different functions of transport at the time: the customs offices dealt with the movement of goods and the collection of duties, while the cells held transferred prisoners.

Since the 1980s, Mr Millikin has been a dedicated volunteer tour guide, showing visitors around historic Serviceton Railway Station. Tours can be arranged subject to volunteer availability. If you’d like to include a tour in your trip, enquire in advance about the possibility of arranging one.

Serviceton Silo Art: a border theme

Serviceton Silo Art is a public art site at 14 Elizabeth Street, Serviceton, Victoria 3420. The mural addresses the 1847 border surveying error between South Australia and Victoria. It was completed in November 2025. The dates refer to different points in time: 1847 is when the historical error occurred, while November 2025 marks the completion of the artwork. For travellers interested in border history, the mural is distinct from the railway station: its art explores a surveying error rather than the station’s former customs and holding functions.

Golf course on the border

Serviceton Golf Club is an 18-hole sand-scrape course on gently undulating terrain with sandy loam soil along the border between Victoria and South Australia. It is located on the former Lockhart racecourse grounds. Here, the border has a geographical significance; in the mural, it is the subject of a historical surveying error.

Around Serviceton

Serviceton Camping Ground at Serviceton Recreation Reserve is 1 km south of Serviceton. It offers powered and unpowered sites. Facilities include toilets, showers and a recreation room with games, as well as access to an oval and tennis courts. Whether you need a powered site is a practical consideration when choosing between the two types of site.

The railway station, mural and golf course offer different perspectives on the town: historic transport functions, a specific art theme, and a golf facility with its own history of the site. For your travel plans, you can choose between railway history, border art and golf as distinct areas of interest.

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