Cross Creek: Inside Victorian wild west village with its own jail, brothel and saloon has a crazy Wolf Creek link

A man with a unique connection to Wolf Creek has transformed his property into a real-life Aussie outback Westworld, complete with a jail, church and brothel. TAKE A TOUR

Chris Olver is selling his Yandoit home which includes a hand-built a wild west-themed village. Mr Olver is also a stand-in for serial killer character Mick Taylor in the Wolf Creek Travelling Show. Picture: Tim Carrafa.

An incredible property near Daylesford that’s been dubbed ‘Australia’s Westworld’ with its own wild west-style village featuring a saloon and courthouse is up for grabs.

Owner Chris Olver has spent 23 years building the private village on his and wife Shirley’s 5.06ha home at 35 Mystic Drive, Yandoit.

A fan of westerns, Mr Olver dubbed the village “Cross Creek” in honour of a town from the 1956 movie The Fastest Gun Alive.

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Buyers interested in the couple’s three-bedroom house with a home cinema can also snap up the village’s jail, general store, church, blacksmith, picture theatre, stagecoach booking office, brothel and grain store for the $1.8m asking price.

Mr Olver built Cross Creek from recycled materials he collected while working as a truck driver.

“I thought, ‘I’ll build a little building, before I knew it I had another one and then another one,” Mr Olver said.

“It’s a bit of Australian colonial with the American wild west.”

Inside the saloon complete with mannequin bar tender. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Welcome to Cross Creek, which Chris Olver has spent more than two decades building. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Homeowner Chris Olver in costume as Wolf Creek’s main character, Mick Taylor. He is part of the Wolf Creek Travelling Show which promotes Australian film and raises funds for charities

The front of the main house that Mr Olver and wife Shirley live in.

A builder friend and the Olvers’ son, a plumber, assisted with the construction.

The village is fitted out with old-fashioned objects collected from antique stores and garage sales, and US imports.

Horse carts, anvils, cactus plants and life-size mannequins dressed in costumes, adapted by Shirley, add authenticity.

Mannequins at a wedding in the wild west village church. Picture: Tim Carrafa

The church’s exterior.

Chris sits outside the church. Picture: Tim Carrafa

There’s a cemetery with false gravestones and a mining set-up, as a nod to Yandoit’s Gold Rush history.

Cross Creek is not open to the public but Mr Olver occasionally hosts car clubs and organisations like Probus in return for a donation.

“A lot of older people are really blown over by the stuff they remember from their younger days,” Mr Olver added.

The Australian flag greets visitors.

Chris Olver outside his old-fashioned picture theatre, in Mick Taylor get-up. Picture: Tim Carrafa.

Mr Olver’s Wolf Creek museum includes a 1978 Holden used in the TV series. These are not for sale.

Chris inside his museum that includes a car used in the Wolf Creek TV show. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Leafy views from the veranda.

There’s two dams.

Cheyenne even boasts a Wolf Creek museum with props including a fake charred body and a 1978 Holden used in the TV series of the same name, although none of these items are for sale.

Inside the main home on the property.

The main house’s light-filled kitchen.

The main house also has a cinema.

Chris with Wolf Creek actor John Jarratt. Picture: Tim Carrafa

While attending a 40th anniversary Mad Max film celebration, a television producer mistook Mr Olver for Wolf Creek actor John Jarratt done up as the serial killer character Mick Taylor.

This resulted in Wolf Creek Travelling Show organisers Glenn Bertram and Lyndon Holt recruiting Mr Olver as a Taylor stand-in for their production which promotes Australian film and raises funds for charities by attending events like Supernova comic conventions.

Cross Creek has been a project which Mr Olver has poured plenty of hard work and love into. Picture: Tim Carrafa

One of two bathrooms in the main house.

McQueen Real Estate director Kim McQueen said Cheyenne described Cheyenne as amazing”.

“Pending council approval, it would be a great place to host weddings and events,” Ms McQueen said.

The property offers “spectacular views” of Mt Franklin, a cellar, two dams with a pump for garden irrigation, 50,000 litres of water storage, a double garage and carport.

Another look at the saloon.

The home is set on 5.06ha.

Mr Olver said he would give buyers both the 35mm and modern Blu-ray projectors inside the house’s cinema, and throw in some of his DVD westerns.

“Yandoit is great place to live, it’s quiet and beautiful,” he said.

“I’m sorry to be selling but at my age, 77, it’s a bit hard to keep up with everything that needs to be done around here.”

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