Murtoa Stick Shed

Built as a wartime emergency grain store, the now-heritage listed shed was the first of its kind to be built in Victoria, and the last grain stick shed in use in Australia. Constructed over a speedy four months between 1941 and 1942, the enormous shed – known originally as the Murtoa No.1 Grain Shed – was designed to store a massive 92,500 tonnes of wheat the corrugated-iron clad structure is 265 metres in length, 60 metres wide and a whopping 19 metres high. The 560 interior wooden pole supports are made of unmilled mountain ash laid out in 10 rows.