The Phoenix Singers will be performing on Churchill Island on 18 and 22 December 2024.

Come to Churchill Island on Community Day Saturday 14 September. Free entry to Bass Coast residents, get your advance tickets. FOCIS members free entry as always. Activities in the morning: tractor wagon rides, donation to FOCIS, choir singing, farm demonstrations. Come and say hello at the FOCIS  Desk.

The Summer 2023 Newsletter is now available online.

You can access this edition as well as earlier editions of the Newsletter here: FOCIS Newsletters

The Autumn 2024 Newsletter is now available online.

You can access this edition as well as earlier editions of the Newsletter here: FOCIS Newsletters

Christmas Carols at Churchill Island 1899

Join FOCIS and Samuel and Margaret Amess to celebrate Christmas as it might have been in 1899.

Historical characters introduce carol singing led by the Phoenix Singers.

Saturday 23 December 11 am and 1 pm

in the Shearing Shed, Churchill Island

The Winter 2024 Newsletter is now available online.

You can access this edition as well as earlier editions of the Newsletter here: FOCIS Newsletters

Life on Churchill Island Part 1 – Arrival on the Island.  Edited by Terry Melvin and associates.

Life on Churchill Island Part 2 – Work and Leisure.  Edited by Terry Melvin and associates.

MOORELAND CHARLIE

FOCIS has committed to the purchase of Mooreland Charlie, an 11year old Clydesdale gelding. Charlie will provide buggy rides for visitors and demonstrate historic farm equipment.

We have three Clydesdales but Syd and Max are now in retirement, too old to work and Nellie has not been trained. Charlie has worked in Melbourne and Sovereign Hill and is an experienced horse.

Charlie is FOCIS Christmas and New Year present to Churchill Island Farm and will play a major role in maintaining the heritage of farms worked by horses. He will arrive after the summer season as staff need training and development for his management which is best done after the peak period. He also needs to pass a medical examination before joining us.