Merricks General Store

Food & Drink, Winemakers
Cellar Door, Coffee, Eat, Exhibition, Food, Gallery, Garden, general store, Horse Riding, Kitchen, Local, lunch, Merricks, Merricks General Wine Store, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Produce, Restaurant, Shop, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Wine, Winemakes
Back in the days before impersonal supermarkets and oversized shopping centres, the humble general store was a community hub, a place that served an important social, as well as supply, service. In 1924, Merricks General Wine Store opened to serve a variety of needs of the local community. Built in a prime location on Hastings-Flinders Road, between Balnarring and Shoreham, it was a central point where locals could stock up on household items as well post mail, make phone calls at the phone booth, do banking and fill the petrol tank – a one-stop shop with friendly, familiar faces.

Green Olive at Red Hill

Food & Drink
Australia, Cafe, Cellar Door, Children, Coffee, Cooking Classes, Farm, Farmgate, Food, Garden, Green Olive, Horse Riding, Kitchen, lunch, Mornington Peninsula, Red Hill, Restaurant, Shop, Vineyard, Weekend, Wine
The olive trees on Sue and Greg O’Donoghue’s farm take three years to bear fruit, but when they do, one tree can provide up to 35 kilograms of olives. Similarly, patience and passion are key ingredients to bringing a big idea to life.

SEACLUSION

Beautiful Homes
Australia, Beach, Boat, caravan, Country, enjoy, Escape, Home, Kitchen, Lifestyle, Mornington Peninsula, Pool, Property, Real Estate, Shoreham, Summer, Victoria, Views
The relaxed ambiance of Shoreham's enviable coast and country lifestyle comes alive with this delightful timber home and sparkling inground pool nestled in peace and privacy on a quiet no-through road. With views of the bay, just a pleasant walk to the beach and offering the most idyllic location for divine permanent living or laidback weekend escapes, three living areas ensure there is plenty of space to entertain while the north-facing pool deck and covered sitting area is a summer delight.

Tucks Wine

Food & Drink
blind wine tastings, Cellar Door, Coffee, fabulous food, Farm, Food, Kitchen, Local, lunch, Main Ridge, montalto, mornington, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Red Hill, Restaurant, Ridge, tasting, terrace views, Tucks, Vineyard, Wedding, Weekend, Wine
At Tucks you’re offered a diverse range of experiences beyond the cellar door that match the fabulous food, spectacular terrace views, a tempting menu and just enough quirk to remind you of your unique surroundings – for example, Tucks blind wine tastings encourage you to write your opinions on the tasting bench.

Point Leo Retreat

Retreat
Accommodation, Art, Artist, Australia, Beach, Exhibition, Food, Garden, Holistic, Home, Kitchen, Local, lunch, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Point Leo, Point Leo Retreat, Pottery, Retreat, Stay, Walk, Weekend, Yoga
City people are always rushing about from this to that and connecting more with electronics than each other, but even coastal life can sweep you up in the busy-ness of modern daily business. To retreat, rejuvenate, rebalance and reconnect to the essence of being present is the fuel stop we often need.

The Red Hill Kitchen

Food & Drink
Flinders, Food, Garden, Home, Kitchen, Local, mornington, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Preserves, Shop, Vegetables, vintage, Weekend
Towards the end of an inconspicuous unsealed road in Red Hill there is a kitchen in a quaint weatherboard house surrounded by a prolific vegetable garden, where Bernie Furness creates some of the most delicious take home food available. The Red Hill Kitchen is something of a closely held secret to locals, who make up about ninety per cent of the business. So renowned is it in these parts though, that after being closed for six months a couple of years ago, when they reopened word spread quickly and business resumed as if they’d never closed.