Bluestone pavers, natural split, 30mm thick in 600x400mm and 800x400mm. This is Victorian bluestone character in a sawn paver format: deep grey with a blue cast, the fine peppered texture of basalt, and a split face with honest grip.
Melbourne’s Default Stone
Bluestone is what Melbourne is paved with, from laneways to cathedral steps, and it still suits Melbourne houses better than anything else. A good share of our bluestone orders come from the established suburbs, Templestowe, Ivanhoe, Balwyn and around, where new paving has to sit beside period brick and old bluestone kerbs. We are in Keysborough, so Melbourne buyers can visit the warehouse, see full pavers rather than a sample chip, and arrange pickup or next-run delivery.
Real Bluestone or Bluestone-Look Porcelain?
Plenty of people comparing this page are weighing real stone against bluestone-look porcelain, so here is the honest comparison. Porcelain gives you identical tiles, lighter weight and no sealing. Real bluestone gives you what porcelain imitates: natural variation piece to piece, a surface that wears in rather than wearing out, edges that chip to character rather than to damage, and the option to re-dress or reuse the stone decades on. Repairs also never go wrong with natural stone, since there is no printed batch to match. If the porcelain look tempted you mainly for price, measure again at 30mm real stone; the gap is smaller than most people expect.
Formats and Laying
Both sizes are 30mm: lay on compacted road base with bedding sand for paths and patios, or on a reinforced concrete slab for driveways. The 800x400mm is the pick for long stepping-pad paths and generous terraces; the 600x400mm suits tighter layouts and mixed coursing. Basalt is dense and hard-wearing, and unlike limestone or marble it shrugs off acids, so it is also the low-anxiety choice around outdoor dining.
Seal it to keep the colour even, and expect the stone to read darker wet, which is part of its appeal.
The Rest of the Bluestone Set
The same basalt runs through bluestone crazy paving, steppers, pool copings and treads, so a whole garden can carry one stone. The wider range is under bluestone. Samples are free, dispatch is from Keysborough, and we quote freight Australia wide.
