The ultimate country escape

Beautiful Homes
Australia, Buy Home, Country, House, Merricks, Mornington Peninsula, Paton, Property, Real Estate, Victoria
The ultimate Australian farmhouse on over 14 stunning acres of pastoral land abutting Merricks Creek, your bucolic dream with a luxury 5-bedroom homestead, lagoon pool and separate deluxe home office complex awaits. Comprising six paddocks, a large dam, an ornamental lake, natural springs, 7-bay machinery shed, horse arena, three loose boxes, cattle yards, chicken pen and home orchard, the property is suited to any number of horticultural or agricultural pursuits – currently home to several cows, horses, chooks and ‘Shane’ the pig.

Rare Hare Preview Dinners

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Accommodation, Australia, Cellar Door, Eat, enjoy, Farm, Food, Function, Garden, Jackalope, Kitchen, Local, Merricks, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Rare Hare, Restaurant, Shop, Stay, store, Vegetables, Victoria, Vineyard, Wedding, Weekend, Willow Creek, Wine
The first of two preview dinners commences in collaboration with Mornington Peninsula Brewery and Commonfolk Coffee. Highlights include five rounds of brews and chews, with dishes like snapper crudo, wood roasted prawns, and lamb shoulder, all served with select MP hops.

Winter Wine Weekend

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Australia, Buy, Cellar Door, Eat, enjoy, Local, lunch, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Red Hill, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Wine
The opening event of the weekend is the Winter Wine Fest (Saturday only 11am - 4pm), held at the Red Hill Showground is an exhibition and tasting which traditionally marks the beginning of the extensive Winter Wine Weekend program. One place on one day all under cover where you can taste more than 200 premium wines from 47 wineries.

Pet friendly!

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Accommodation, Australia, Beach, Children, Dogs, Family, Friendly, Holiday, Home, Local, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, pets, Retreat, Stay, Victoria, Weekend
There’s nothing like a coastal holiday; a ‘home-away-from-home’, but what if your family (like many) has a four-legged friend in their pack? Do you leave them behind? If you do take them on holiday, the inevitable questions arise. Are the facilities secure? Are the accommodations up to our standard? If you can’t take them then the inevitable feelings of guilt & separation anxiety arise.

Willow Creek Preview Dinner

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Australia, Balnarring, Buy, Cellar Door, Eat, enjoy, Food, Food Store, Jackolope, Kitchen, Local, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Willow Creek, Wine, Winery
A hop from the Peninsula's anticipated luxury hotel, Jackalope, Willow Creek's spiritual home will reopen on 01 March, completely reimagined as Rare Hare Wine & Food Store. With indoor and outdoor tables for 90 tails, Rare Hare is a restaurant, wine bar and produce store - destination dining, with a devil-may-care air.

Luxurious Scandinavian Style

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Accommodation, Australia, Cellar Door, enjoy, Food, getaway, Kitchen, Local, lunch, Luxury, Mornington Peninsula, Nord, Nord House, people, Red Hill, Red Hill House, Restaurant, Retreat, Scandinavian, Stay, The Epicurean, The Long table, Victoria, Vineyard, Wedding, Weekend, Wine
It’s the minimalist yet luxurious Scandinavian style that makes Nord House feel so right. Every single detail is carefully thought through - the textures, the light, the scents – all creating a harmony that inspires the mind and relaxes the soul. Once you arrive at the property which is just off the main strip of Red Hill, you can easily leave the car alone and walk to nearby restaurants and cafes (The Red Hill Cellar & Pantry, The Long table, The Epicurean and Red Hill House are all a comfortable walk away).

Country life in Merricks

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Australia, Cellar Door, Exhibition, Food, Gallery, Horse Riding, Local, lunch, Market, Merricks, Merricks General Wine Store, Mornington Peninsula, Restaurant, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Wine
In 1924, Merricks General Wine Store (MGWS) opened, to serve a variety of needs to the local community. To this day, the well-preserved building offers a glimpse into the past as a typical example of the rural general stores that were once a central hub of community life.

5 Stars from James Halliday

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Accommodation, Australia, Cellar Door, Coffee, Eat, enjoy, Food, Garden, Kitchen, Lindenderry, Local, lunch, Mornington Peninsula, Red Hill, Restaurant, Retreat, Stay, Victoria, Vineyard, Walk, Wedding, Weekend, Wine
What we love about Lindenderry this time of year is its symmetrical gravel walkways with carefully planted short hedges that lead to the many, park-like open lawn spaces that form what we call ‘natural outdoor rooms’. It’s these open spaces that offer respite from the heat, from the hub-bub of city life and provide the opportunity to frolic, play games, or enjoy a picnic. When you finish playing you can cool down around the beautiful pool. Lindenderry has it all; above and beyond everything else it offers a luxurious space, where you can just be, without a worry in the world to care about cause it’s being done for you in a traditional way with service at it’s core. Fuelling this direction is a team with an incredibly impressive food & beverage background and their winery which, recently received another 5 stars from James Halliday.

Georgie Bass

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Australia, Beach, Buy, Cafe, Children, Cookery, Cooking School, Eat, enjoy, Farm, Flinders, Food, Garden, Georgie Bass, Kitchen, Local, lunch, Mornington Peninsula, Restaurant, Shop, Victoria, Weekend, Wine
Welcome to Georgie Bass, the latest food experience in the heart of Flinders that combines a café & cookery. Inspiration for the name comes from George Bass, the legendary sailor who accompanied his good friend Matthew Flinders when they were charting Bass Strait to Tasmania.

Australian Certified Organic

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Australia, Bakery. Bread, Beach, buns, Flinders, Granola, Loaves, Local, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Summer, Toasted Sandwiches, Victoria, Weekend
Ever wondered what key benefits arise from a full sourdough fermentation, that excludes the use of bakers yeast? For starters, the long slow fermentation brakes down about 90% of the gluten in the bread so even the wheat loaves are very low in gluten, suitable for most people with gluten intolerance.