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Summer 2013-2014 20www.visitor.com.au 21ART GALLERIES ANTIQUE CENTRESThe Peninsula is a treasure-trove of fine art galleries antiques, from the majorpublic regional galleries in Mornington and Langwarrin to the myriad of highquality smaller private galleries andantique shops and centres scatteredthroughout the region.
See pages 51-55 ARTHURS SEAT Fabulous lookout once your on top of the world there s walking trails seawinds gardens to explore.
ASHCOMBE MAZE LAVENDER GARDENSRed Hill Road, ShorehamPh.5989 8387 Open daily from 10amLose yourself the children in oneof Australia s largest hedge mazes.
The complex is a botanical delight, also featuring a rose maze, tinklingwaterways, formal gardens a forest oftrees from around the world.
Tearoom caf terrace serve refreshments all day.
BONEO MAZE ANDWETLANDS CENTRE695 Limestone Rd, Fingal.
5988 6385 Open every day except Christmas Day 10am-5pm.
Hedge Mazes Garden Chess Gardens Bird Life Caf Gift shop 2km boardwalks 15 acres of swamp wetlands and new garden mini golf adverture zone.
THE BRIARS PARK Nepean Highway, Mt Martha Ph.
5974 3686 Open daily 9am-5pm homestead open 10am-4pm Closed Dec 25 Good Friday.
Settled by Europeans in the 1840s, The Briars incorporates an 1850s homestead withits acclaimed Napoleonic collection surrounding 8 hectares of lawns, gardens and trees.
Enjoy meals or refreshment in the converted stables, watch birds from the wetland hides or stroll on well defined woodland trails.
CAPE SCHANCK BOARDWALKCape Schanck Road, Cape Schanck - Open daily From the cliff top lookout you descend via a wellconstructed staircase on a journey to the wild Bass Strait coastlinewhich will stimulate the senses in mostweather.
The red capped lighthouse hasbeen winking out its signal since 1857 HERONSWOOD The magnificent bluestone homestead was built in 1871 on the slopes of theArthurs Seat range overlooking Port Phillip Bay.
The cottage gardens in eight separate sections have been established on the original 1870 s plantings andfeature annuals and perennials which areat their best between October April.
105 LaTrobe Pde, Dromana 5984 7318 HORSE-RIDING Gunnamatta Trail and Ocean Beach Rides 5988 6755 Arthurs Seat Trail Rides 5989 2766MCCLELLAND GALLERY SCULPTURE PARKSet in 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens, this uniquesculpture park showcases over 60 sculptures by major Australian sculptors.
390 McClelland Dve Langwarrin ph.
03 9789 1671 MOONLIT SANCTUARY 550 Tyabb Tooradin Rd Pearcedale.
Ph 03 5978 7935.Voted Victoria s bestwildlife park day or night.
Open daily10am-5pm.
MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERYSerious art without the serious attitude.
Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd, Mornington.
Open Tuesday - Sunday 10am-5pm.
5975 4395 MARKETS Every Wednesday Mornington Main Street Market 9am-3pm all year 1st Saturday Red Hill Community Market 8-1pm Sept-May3rd Saturday Boneo Market 8am-noon all year.
Emu Plains, Balnarring Market Oct-April, 8am-1pm2nd Sunday Mornington Racecourse, 9am-2pm all year4th Sunday Mt Eliza Farmers Market9am-1pm, rain hail or shine.
MCCRAE HOMESTEAD 11 Beverley Road, McCraePh.
5986 5688 The drop slab construction homestead built in 1844 on the slopes ofArthurs Seat for the pioneering McCrae family evocatively recalls the early farming days on the Peninsula.
NEPEAN HISTORICALSOCIETY MUSEUMCnr.
Ocean Beach Melbourne Rds, Sorrento Ph.
5984 0255OpenWeekends, public school holidays 1.30-4.30pmPENINSULA HOT SPRINGS Springs Lane, Rye Ph.
5950 8777Natural hot mineral water drawn from springs deep underground the Mornington Peninsula to feed the pools at the Peninsula Hot SpringsPOINT NEPEANLocated at the very tip of the Mornington Peninsula, Pt Nepean is one ofVictoria s most beautiful natural landscapes.
Visitors can explore the military forts and tunnels, see the Historic Quarantine Station or view the memorial where Priminister Harold Holt disappeared.
There are coastal tracks to walk or bike ride with spectacular coastline views and native wildlife to discover.
Open everyday.
Ph 131 963 www.parks.vic.gov.auSUNNY RIDGESTRAWBERRY FARM Cnr Flinders and Shands Road, Main Ridge Ph.
03 5989 4500 Open daily 9am-5pm Nov-April, weekends only May-Oct Produces Australia s biggest and juiciest strawberries.
Pick your own from the fields between November andApril.
Visit the produce showroom sample the strawberry fare at other times of the year.
WINERIESFor a complete listing of participating wineries offering cellar door tastings sales many with restaurants See Pages 74-95GOLF Rosebud Park Public Golf Course 5981 2833 Flinders Golf Club 5989 0312 Settlers Run Golf and Country Club 9785 6207ON THE WATER Take some time to view the dolphins of southern Port Phillip, there s always the antics of the seals as well.
SAILING, FISHING CHARTERS SIGHTSEEING TOURS Rosebud, Sorrento, Mornington Western Port Bay.
Jillian Fishing Charters 0418 148 426.
Relax Go Fishing 5976 3070 Rip Charters 5985 5968SEAROAD FERRIESGetting there is half the fun -Take a fabulous trip across the Bay to Queenscliff on the newly refurbished MV Queenscliff.
It can turn a long road trip into a relaxing, peaceful journey.
Or travel as a foot passenger and enjoy a magnificent day exploring the quaint villages of Queenscliff or Sorrento.
Book online www.searoad.com.au or call 5258 3244Discover tranquillity with a twist inAshcombe s beautifully themed gardens and eternally popularmazes.
As Australia s most established and famous traditional Hedge Maze,Ashcombe Maze is now standing over 3 metres high 2 metres thick.
TheAshcombe Hedge Maze was planted in the 1970 s with more than 1000Cypress Cupressus macrocarpa plants.
They are planted at around 1 metre intervals and each year thehedge gets a bit bigger and thepaths get a bit narrower .
Ashcombe Maze Lavender Gardens, is now open to the Publicfrom 7 30am and the Cafe will be serving hot breakfasts to hungry locals and visitors to the area.
Mazey Mike still resides atAshcombe Maze looking afterthe gardens, with New gnome fairy friends visiting eachsemester for children adults alike delighting if they look carefully in finding themsleeping in the trees gardensduring the daytime.
Admissionto the gardens includes aclipboard and pencil with ananswer sheet to fill in the namesof the gnomes fairies spottedin the gardens.
The children and adults who try the hardestreceive a lolly and a stamp for their efforts...and at the sametime they have a lot of funexploring the gardens.
Ashcombe Maze has somethingto delight three generations will leave each family member with joyous memories to treasure.
Adults who recollect fondmemories are returning as parentswith young children ageingparents to re-create those fondchildhood memories.
Ashcombe s new chef has createdthe menu with a selection of themost popular dishes still remainingbut with a new flair.
All productsare homemade and produced on thepremises.
The Chef adds flavour to FOR ALL THE FAMILY ASHCOMBEMAZE the dishes that are produced from thesmall culinary garden at Ashcombe.
The Breakfast menu has a greatselection from a simple servingof raisin toast accompanied byfreshly brewed tea or coffee, to the Ashcombe Big Breaky and will be served daily to the general publicfrom 7.30 until 10.30am.The fully licensed Maze Caf has always beenthe perfect ending to a great adventure -after getting lost in the mazes or wandering the gardens - offering as it still does light lunches and deliciousmorning and afternoon teas and thefamous AshcombeLavender Ice-cream.
CELEBRATE THESEASONS...
Ashcombe maze showcases the truebeauty of trees plants, particularlynow coming into the Summer season, watch the children frolic on the lawns - a fantastic day out for the kids, big small alike.
AGLANCE Point Nepean Peninsula Hot Springs 20www.visitor.com.au 21ART GALLERIES ANTIQUE CENTRESThe Peninsula is a treasure-trove of fine art galleries antiques, from the majorpublic regional galleries in Mornington and Langwarrin to the myriad of highquality smaller private galleries andantique shops and centres scatteredthroughout the region.
See pages 51-55 ARTHURS SEAT Fabulous lookout once your on top of the world there s walking trails seawinds gardens to explore.
ASHCOMBE MAZE LAVENDER GARDENSRed Hill Road, ShorehamPh.5989 8387 Open daily from 10amLose yourself the children in oneof Australia s largest hedge mazes.
The complex is a botanical delight, also featuring a rose maze, tinklingwaterways, formal gardens a forest oftrees from around the world.
Tearoom caf terrace serve refreshments all day.
BONEO MAZE ANDWETLANDS CENTRE695 Limestone Rd, Fingal.
5988 6385 Open every day except Christmas Day 10am-5pm.
Hedge Mazes Garden Chess Gardens Bird Life Caf Gift shop 2km boardwalks 15 acres of swamp wetlands and new garden mini golf adverture zone.
THE BRIARS PARK Nepean Highway, Mt Martha Ph.
5974 3686 Open daily 9am-5pm homestead open 10am-4pm Closed Dec 25 Good Friday.
Settled by Europeans in the 1840s, The Briars incorporates an 1850s homestead withits acclaimed Napoleonic collection surrounding 8 hectares of lawns, gardens and trees.
Enjoy meals or refreshment in the converted stables, watch birds from the wetland hides or stroll on well defined woodland trails.
CAPE SCHANCK BOARDWALKCape Schanck Road, Cape Schanck - Open daily From the cliff top lookout you descend via a wellconstructed staircase on a journey to the wild Bass Strait coastlinewhich will stimulate the senses in mostweather.
The red capped lighthouse hasbeen winking out its signal since 1857 HERONSWOOD The magnificent bluestone homestead was built in 1871 on the slopes of theArthurs Seat range overlooking Port Phillip Bay.
The cottage gardens in eight separate sections have been established on the original 1870 s plantings andfeature annuals and perennials which areat their best between October April.
105 LaTrobe Pde, Dromana 5984 7318 HORSE-RIDING Gunnamatta Trail and Ocean Beach Rides 5988 6755 Arthurs Seat Trail Rides 5989 2766MCCLELLAND GALLERY SCULPTURE PARKSet in 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens, this uniquesculpture park showcases over 60 sculptures by major Australian sculptors.
390 McClelland Dve Langwarrin ph.
03 9789 1671 MOONLIT SANCTUARY 550 Tyabb Tooradin Rd Pearcedale.
Ph 03 5978 7935.Voted Victoria s bestwildlife park day or night.
Open daily10am-5pm.
MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERYSerious art without the serious attitude.
Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd, Mornington.
Open Tuesday - Sunday 10am-5pm.
5975 4395 MARKETS Every Wednesday Mornington Main Street Market 9am-3pm all year 1st Saturday Red Hill Community Market 8-1pm Sept-May3rd Saturday Boneo Market 8am-noon all year.
Emu Plains, Balnarring Market Oct-April, 8am-1pm2nd Sunday Mornington Racecourse, 9am-2pm all year4th Sunday Mt Eliza Farmers Market9am-1pm, rain hail or shine.
MCCRAE HOMESTEAD 11 Beverley Road, McCraePh.
5986 5688 The drop slab construction homestead built in 1844 on the slopes ofArthurs Seat for the pioneering McCrae family evocatively recalls the early farming days on the Peninsula.
NEPEAN HISTORICALSOCIETY MUSEUMCnr.
Ocean Beach Melbourne Rds, Sorrento Ph.
5984 0255OpenWeekends, public school holidays 1.30-4.30pmPENINSULA HOT SPRINGS Springs Lane, Rye Ph.
5950 8777Natural hot mineral water drawn from springs deep underground the Mornington Peninsula to feed the pools at the Peninsula Hot SpringsPOINT NEPEANLocated at the very tip of the Mornington Peninsula, Pt Nepean is one ofVictoria s most beautiful natural landscapes.
Visitors can explore the military forts and tunnels, see the Historic Quarantine Station or view the memorial where Priminister Harold Holt disappeared.
There are coastal tracks to walk or bike ride with spectacular coastline views and native wildlife to discover.
Open everyday.
Ph 131 963 www.parks.vic.gov.auSUNNY RIDGESTRAWBERRY FARM Cnr Flinders and Shands Road, Main Ridge Ph.
03 5989 4500 Open daily 9am-5pm Nov-April, weekends only May-Oct Produces Australia s biggest and juiciest strawberries.
Pick your own from the fields between November andApril.
Visit the produce showroom sample the strawberry fare at other times of the year.
WINERIESFor a complete listing of participating wineries offering cellar door tastings sales many with restaurants See Pages 74-95GOLF Rosebud Park Public Golf Course 5981 2833 Flinders Golf Club 5989 0312 Settlers Run Golf and Country Club 9785 6207ON THE WATER Take some time to view the dolphins of southern Port Phillip, there s always the antics of the seals as well.
SAILING, FISHING CHARTERS SIGHTSEEING TOURS Rosebud, Sorrento, Mornington Western Port Bay.
Jillian Fishing Charters 0418 148 426.
Relax Go Fishing 5976 3070 Rip Charters 5985 5968SEAROAD FERRIESGetting there is half the fun -Take a fabulous trip across the Bay to Queenscliff on the newly refurbished MV Queenscliff.
It can turn a long road trip into a relaxing, peaceful journey.
Or travel as a foot passenger and enjoy a magnificent day exploring the quaint villages of Queenscliff or Sorrento.
Book online www.searoad.com.au or call 5258 3244Discover tranquillity with a twist inAshcombe s beautifully themed gardens and eternally popularmazes.
As Australia s most established and famous traditional Hedge Maze,Ashcombe Maze is now standing over 3 metres high 2 metres thick.
TheAshcombe Hedge Maze was planted in the 1970 s with more than 1000Cypress Cupressus macrocarpa plants.
They are planted at around 1 metre intervals and each year thehedge gets a bit bigger and thepaths get a bit narrower .
Ashcombe Maze Lavender Gardens, is now open to the Publicfrom 7 30am and the Cafe will be serving hot breakfasts to hungry locals and visitors to the area.
Mazey Mike still resides atAshcombe Maze looking afterthe gardens, with New gnome fairy friends visiting eachsemester for children adults alike delighting if they look carefully in finding themsleeping in the trees gardensduring the daytime.
Admissionto the gardens includes aclipboard and pencil with ananswer sheet to fill in the namesof the gnomes fairies spottedin the gardens.
The children and adults who try the hardestreceive a lolly and a stamp for their efforts...and at the sametime they have a lot of funexploring the gardens.
Ashcombe Maze has somethingto delight three generations will leave each family member with joyous memories to treasure.
Adults who recollect fondmemories are returning as parentswith young children ageingparents to re-create those fondchildhood memories.
Ashcombe s new chef has createdthe menu with a selection of themost popular dishes still remainingbut with a new flair.
All productsare homemade and produced on thepremises.
The Chef adds flavour to FOR ALL THE FAMILY ASHCOMBEMAZE the dishes that are produced from thesmall culinary garden at Ashcombe.
The Breakfast menu has a greatselection from a simple servingof raisin toast accompanied byfreshly brewed tea or coffee, to the Ashcombe Big Breaky and will be served daily to the general publicfrom 7.30 until 10.30am.The fully licensed Maze Caf has always beenthe perfect ending to a great adventure -after getting lost in the mazes or wandering the gardens - offering as it still does light lunches and deliciousmorning and afternoon teas and thefamous AshcombeLavender Ice-cream.
CELEBRATE THESEASONS...
Ashcombe maze showcases the truebeauty of trees plants, particularlynow coming into the Summer season, watch the children frolic on the lawns - a fantastic day out for the kids, big small alike.
AGLANCE Point Nepean Peninsula Hot Springs Y u Guid TO OUR GUIDE JC1339-POTB-CONCEPT-BOOKLET-V4.indd 1 21 03 2014 4 00 pm Autumn HighlightsCalendar of Events Major Attractions - At a Glance Regional Map GREAT READING Horse lover s heaven, right here on the Peninsula Diggers going stronger than ever at HeronswoodWinter in our Wonderful Bay Oh we do love to Live Beside the Seaside Our Queens of Style on the PeninsulaDine in harmony on the PeninsulaPeninsula People - The Pouliers from Stillwater Amazing Wine, Food Cellar Doors Farewell to Wendy Lloyd, Our Queen of Chardonnay TOP ATTRACTIONS THINGS TO DO Autumn HighlightsHeritage, Attractions Our National Park Family FunOn The Water Shopping at LeisureMarkets Golf RELAX, UNWIND ENJOY Pure Indulgence Peninsula style.
GALLERIES AND ANTIQUES Explore the Peninsula s many specialty shops, antique markets, galleries and working studios.
Exhibition information.
DINING ENTERTAINMENT 56-73 Dining Directory by Area 65 Mt Eliza - Shop, Taste, Indulge 70-71 PENINSULA WINE COUNTRY 74-95 MPVA Map 94-95 A tapestry of vineyards with magnificent roadside landscapes and coastal scenery.
Maps and information on coming events.
-Touring with Arthur O'Bryan PENINSULA WEDDINGS 96-102 ACCOMMODATION TOWNSHIPS ...the why of where to stay At a Glance - listing of accommodation by area 114 Frankston - our regional city 104 Nth Mornington Peninsula 105 Hinterland - Arthurs Seat, Main Ridge Red Hill 106 Western Port - From Tyabb to Flinders French Island 107 Beachside - From Safety Beach to Rye Beach 108-111 Beachside - Sorrento and Portsea 112-113 online at www.visitor.com.au 003 .indd 1 6 6-22 16 20-21 58-59 14-15 30-31 37 38 45-49 56-57 68 74-76 84-85 10-50 22 30-33 22-29 34-41 44-49 50 43 42 51-55 Be In the Know Experience the pleasures of reading our magazine on paper combined with all the advantages of the internet.
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The index is live to take you to pages within the issue or you can simply flip through from cover to cover, zoom in and out or click on any ads with web sites listed to go direct to the advertiser's site.
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