Hillvale

Excited to announce entries are now open for our 4th annual Photo Trophy 🏆.

Proudly Presented by
Hillvale Hillvale Gallery

Major Partner
Fujifilm Photos Australia

Supporting Partners
ILFORD PHOTO
PENTAX Film Photography
Crumpler

Prize Partners
Camera Electronic
Leica Akademie Australia
Perimeter Books
Frames Readymade
Wetlab Naarm/Melbourne
PHOTOBOOTH
THIRDS Fine Art Printing
Times Camera

Hospitality Partners
Philter
🍷Minimum.
Cielo Soda

Featured images from the 2025 Photo Trophy by
Karl Halliday
Alice (with a hard C)
Ed Gorwell

Re-di cameras are back for 2026.

We’ve cleaned and reloaded a huge batch of 1,000 disposable cameras with fresh film, all in-house at Hillvale.

We know plenty of you love shooting with disposable cameras, so we created a recycling program to give the camera bodies a longer life. Throughout the year, as disposable cameras come through our lab for processing, we save suitable bodies, clean them up and reload them for our next Re-di release.

Once you’ve finished the roll, return the whole camera to Hillvale for processing and scanning. We’ll save the body for a future run, helping keep more cameras in circulation and out of landfill.

Available now online, in-store and from Hillvale vending machines.

Pleased to announce a new vending machine and dropbox install over at in Nipaluna / Hobart. Located toward the back of the Brooke Street Pier precinct (where boarding the Mona Roma ferry kicks off). If you find yourself in Niplauna, be sure to say hi to our friends at too.

Dropbox collected every Tuesday from 9am.

Last weekend we opened our doors, with Hillvale co-founder Jason Hamilton hosting tours of our photo lab. Over 50 visitors came along to gain a behind the scenes look at our film workflow — with Jason offering insights into how our lab team processes, scans and delivers to our amazing customers. Brunswick Design District ‘Open Studios’ tours operated in collaboration with Melbourne Design Week 2026.

Photos by .nz

We're excited to be participating in the 2026 MDW BDD Open Studios. Act quick to secure your space for a free tour of Hillvale to see how a professional lab operates.

Please note! Bookings are essential to secure a space (which are filling fast). Follow the MDW X BDD link in our bio to book.

Be sure to check out the Brunswick Design District website to see all the other creative spaces offering a glimpse behind closed doors during Melbourne Design Week.

Pleased to announce that we’re back to our regular 3-5 working day turnaround for C-41 (colour) film. Thanks for your patience and your custom 🤝.

B&W developed every Monday & Thursday (3-5 working day turnaround).

E6 (slide) developed every Monday (5 working day turnaround).

Questions? Have a read of our FAQ or shoot us an email.