Castlemaine Slate Crazy Paving

Castlemaine Slate is Victoria's most recognised natural paving stone, and Yarrabee & Castlemaine are the quarry owners. The quarry has been in operation since the 1950s, and our team has worked it for over 20 years - hand-splitting the stone on site near Castlemaine to produce the natural cleft face that gives it its character. No two pieces the same shape, the same thickness, or exactly the same tone.

The colour range runs through warm browns, sandy beiges and occasional soft pinks, all sitting within an earthy palette that weathers well and ages gracefully outdoors. When sealed or wet the tones deepen noticeably, which is worth considering when choosing a sealer - a wet-look sealer will push the stone towards its richer end, while a natural-finish sealer keeps it closer to its dry tone.

As crazy paving, it's supplied in organically shaped pieces across a range of thicknesses to suit the application. Veneer and light pedestrian traffic from 10-20mm; standard paving at 20-30mm or 30-40mm; heavy-use and driveway applications from 40-50mm or 50-70mm thick. The density and hardness of the stone makes it genuinely driveway-safe, and its natural slip resistance and salt tolerance make it a long-standing favourite for pool surrounds and coping.

In an era where most paving stone travels a long way to get here, Castlemaine Slate is genuinely local - quarried and hand-split in regional Victoria, and one of the very few Australian stones still available at scale. There's a reason it's still the benchmark.

Castlemaine Random is laid in a large scale display in our showroom - come in to see it up close and pick up a free sample!