Red Hill Truffles

Food & Drink
Australia, Dog, Eat, Experience, Farm, Gather, hunt, Local, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Produce, Red Hill, Taste, Tours, Truffle Tours, Truffles, Victoria, Walk
It’s a sunny, chilly autumn afternoon and Jenny McAuley of Red Hill Truffles is preparing for the busiest season of the truffle calendar. ”The truffle season starts at the beginning of June and runs for 12 weeks,” explains Jenny. “The truffle starts growing in the ground in the first week of December and it takes until the first of June to grow and ripen. The fungus grows on the root of tree, and the tree likes the fungus because the fungus kills the grass around the tree that competes with it for the sugar, water and elements it needs to thrive.

South Beach Project

Food & Drink
Beach, Cafe, Children, Coffee, Eat, Events, Family, Food, Kitchen, Local, Love the Pen, Mornington Peninsula, Restaurant, South Beach Project, Swim, Village, Volpino, Walk, Weddings, Weekend, Wine
Going out for a brunch of avocado on toast and a perfectly brewed flat white is a weekend ritual for many down Mt Martha way but the eclectic menu also includes dishes such as Fried Noodle Omelette, Mexican Grain Salad, Cauliflower Cous Cous & Korean Fried Chicken Burgers. As a region, we are spoiled for choice when it comes to exceptional cafes and South Beach Project fits neatly into this bracket.

Red Hill Lavender Farm and Cafe

Farmgates, Food & Drink, Retreat
Accommodation, Cafe, Coffee, Distillery, Farm, Farmgate, Farmhouse, Food, Johnny Ripe, Lavender, Lavender Farm, Love the Pen, lunch, picnic, Pies, Products, Red Hill, Walk, Weding, Weekend, Wellbeing, Wine
One place, three offerings, five senses all engaged in a wonderful environment for relaxation, stimulation and renewal is how we best describe the Red Hill Lavender Farm and Distillery. The beautiful farmhouse ...

International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend at Cape Schanck

Events
Australia, Cape Schanck, Lighthouse, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Walk, Weekend
Join us at the Cape Schanck Lighthouse for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend! Be sure to book in a tour of the Lighthouse, where you will climb the steps to the lamp room, discover the history of the lighthouse, see how it still operates to this day and experience spectacular views across from the Lighthouse Balcony.

Montalto

Food & Drink, Winemakers
Cellar Door, montalto, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Piazza, Pizza, Red Hill, Restaurant, Sculpture Walk, Trail, Vegetables, Vineyard, Walk, Weekend, Wine
With fruit coming from six unique vineyards located across the Peninsula, Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove creates interesting and complex wines reflecting the fantastic diversity of the vineyards, according to winemaker Simon Black. There’s more than the multiple award winning wines and the restaurants 11 chef’s hats since 2002 that make a visit to Montalto such a rewarding place to visit.