28 mornington peninsula visitors guidesummer 2015 ATTRACTIONS ART GALLERIES ANTIQUE CENTRES The Peninsula is a treasure-trove of fine art galleries antiques, fromthe major public regional galleriesin Mornington and Langwarrin tothe myriad of high quality smallerprivate galleries and antique shopsand centres scattered throughout theregion.
See pages 56-63 ARTHURS SEAT Fabulous lookout once your on top of the world there s walking trails seawinds gardens to explore.
ASHCOMBE MAZE LAVENDER GARDENS Red Hill Road, ShorehamPh.5989 8387 Open daily from 10amLose yourself the children inone of Australia s largest hedge mazes.
The complex is a botanicaldelight, also featuring a rose maze, tinkling waterways, formal gardens a forest of trees from around the world.
Tearoom caf terrace serve refreshments all day.
BONEO MAZE AND WETLANDS CENTRE NEW ADVENTURE ZONE 695 Limestone Rd, Fingal.
5988 6385Open every day except Christmas Day10am-5pm.
Hedge Mazes Garden Chess Gardens Bird Life Caf Gift shop 2km boardwalks Paddle boats Water Slides 15 acres of swamp wetlands andnew 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 with its acclaimedNapoleonic collection surrounding8 hectares of lawns, gardens and trees.
Enjoy meals or refreshment in theconverted stables, watch birds fromthe wetland hides or stroll on well defined woodland trails.
HORSE-RIDING Gunnamatta Trail and Ocean Beach Rides 5988 6755 Arthurs Seat Trail Rides 5989 2766 CAPE SCHANCK BOARDWALK Cape Schanck Road, Cape Schanck - Open daily From the cliff top lookout you descend via a wellconstructed staircase on a journey tothe wild Bass Strait coastline which will stimulate the senses in most weather.
The red capped lighthouse has been winking out itssignal since 1857 HERONSWOOD The magnificent bluestone homesteadwas built in 1871 on the slopes ofthe Arthurs Seat range overlooking Port Phillip Bay.
The cottage gardens in eight separate sections have beenestablished on the original 1870 s plantings and feature annuals andperennials which are at their bestbetween October April.
105 LaTrobe Pde, Dromana 5984 7318 MCCLELLAND GALLERY SCULPTURE PARK Set in 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens, this uniquesculpture park showcases over 60sculptures by major Australian sculptors.
390 McClelland Dve Langwarrin 03 9789 1671 MOONLIT SANCTUARY 550 Tyabb Tooradin Rd Pearcedale.
Ph 03 5978 7935.
Voted Victoria s best wildlife park day or night.
Open daily 10am-5pm.
MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY Serious 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-May 3rd Saturday Boneo Market 8am-noon all year.
Emu Plains, Balnarring MarketOct-April, 8am-1pm 2nd Sunday Mornington Racecourse, 9am-2pm all year 4th Sunday Mt Eliza Farmers Market 9am-1pm, rain hail or shine.
A MAKE MEMORIES TO TREASURE AT ASHCOMBE MAZE The Ashcombe Hedge Maze, Australia s most famous and popular traditional hedge maze was planted in the 1970 s with more than 1000 Cypress plants and each year the hedge gets a bit bigger and the paths gets a bit narrower Ashcombe has something to delight all generations.
Adults with fond recollections are returning as parents with young children and ageing parents to recreate thosetreasured childhood memories and do not leave disappointed.
Mazey Mike still resides at Ashcombe Maze looking after the gardens, with new gnome fairy friends visiting each semester for children adults alike delighting if they look carefully in finding them sleeping in the trees gardens during the daytime.
Admission to the gardens includes a clipboard and pencil with an answer sheet to fill in the names of the gnomes fairies spotted in the gardens.
The children and adults who try the hardest receive a lolly and a stamp for theirefforts...and at the same time they have a lot of fun exploring the gardens.
The Caf is still cosy but vastly improved.
Ashcombe s new chef has created the menu with a selection of the most popular dishes still remaining but with a newflair.
All products are homemade and the Chef adds flavour to the dishes that are produced from the small culinary garden at Ashcombe.
The Breakfast menu has a great selection from a simple serving of raisin toastaccompanied by freshly brewed tea or coffee, to the Ashcombe Big Breaky and will be served daily to the general public from 7.30 until 10.30am.
The fully licensed Maze Caf has always been the perfect ending to a great adventure - aftergetting lost in the mazes or wandering the gardens - offering as it still does light lunches and delicious morning and afternoon teas, the famous Ashcombe Lavender Ice-cream and the new lavender and strawberry jam.
Take a Closer Look at the Mazes The North Maze is a totally different layout to the South Maze, so any tricksyou worked out while making your way through the first part, mean absolutely nothing in the other The Rose Maze is the oldest circular Rose Maze in the world - planted with more than 1200 bushes 217 different varieties chosen for their colour perfume.
The object of a Circular Maze is to try and find your way into the Central Arbour.
It is actually a lot harder than it looks.
And of course, onceyou get into the Centre you have to remember how you go there and see if you canget out Of course if you take a little while to get through the maze, at least youhave time to stop and smell the roses - the fragrance is truly beautiful.
The Lavender Labyrinth is part of 3000 square metres of garden set on therolling hillside overlooking the incredibly picturesque Ashcombe Arboretum.
The 4000 lavender plants have been used to create the winding paths of the lavenderlabyrinth leading to a viewing platform floating above the lavender.
Careful plantselection and garden design ensures a garden that has lavender in flower for twelve months of the year.
Just opened is the Japanese themed garden with new ponds, bridges and pathssure to delight young and old.
Ashcombe Maze showcases the true beauty of trees plants, particularly in theSummer season, watch the children frolic on the lawns - a fantastic day out for thekids, big small alike.
15 Shoreham Rd, Shoreham, Mel.
256 E4.
Open daily 10am all year.
Ph.
5989 8387 www.ashcombemaze.com.au 28 mornington peninsula visitors guidesummer 2015 ATTRACTIONS ART GALLERIES ANTIQUE CENTRES The Peninsula is a treasure-trove of fine art galleries antiques, fromthe major public regional galleriesin Mornington and Langwarrin tothe myriad of high quality smallerprivate galleries and antique shopsand centres scattered throughout theregion.
See pages 56-63 ARTHURS SEAT Fabulous lookout once your on top of the world there s walking trails seawinds gardens to explore.
ASHCOMBE MAZE LAVENDER GARDENS Red Hill Road, ShorehamPh.5989 8387 Open daily from 10amLose yourself the children inone of Australia s largest hedge mazes.
The complex is a botanicaldelight, also featuring a rose maze, tinkling waterways, formal gardens a forest of trees from around the world.
Tearoom caf terrace serve refreshments all day.
BONEO MAZE AND WETLANDS CENTRE NEW ADVENTURE ZONE 695 Limestone Rd, Fingal.
5988 6385Open every day except Christmas Day10am-5pm.
Hedge Mazes Garden Chess Gardens Bird Life Caf Gift shop 2km boardwalks Paddle boats Water Slides 15 acres of swamp wetlands andnew 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 with its acclaimedNapoleonic collection surrounding8 hectares of lawns, gardens and trees.
Enjoy meals or refreshment in theconverted stables, watch birds fromthe wetland hides or stroll on well defined woodland trails.
HORSE-RIDING Gunnamatta Trail and Ocean Beach Rides 5988 6755 Arthurs Seat Trail Rides 5989 2766 CAPE SCHANCK BOARDWALK Cape Schanck Road, Cape Schanck - Open daily From the cliff top lookout you descend via a wellconstructed staircase on a journey tothe wild Bass Strait coastline which will stimulate the senses in most weather.
The red capped lighthouse has been winking out itssignal since 1857 HERONSWOOD The magnificent bluestone homesteadwas built in 1871 on the slopes ofthe Arthurs Seat range overlooking Port Phillip Bay.
The cottage gardens in eight separate sections have beenestablished on the original 1870 s plantings and feature annuals andperennials which are at their bestbetween October April.
105 LaTrobe Pde, Dromana 5984 7318 MCCLELLAND GALLERY SCULPTURE PARK Set in 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens, this uniquesculpture park showcases over 60sculptures by major Australian sculptors.
390 McClelland Dve Langwarrin 03 9789 1671 MOONLIT SANCTUARY 550 Tyabb Tooradin Rd Pearcedale.
Ph 03 5978 7935.
Voted Victoria s best wildlife park day or night.
Open daily 10am-5pm.
MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY Serious 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-May 3rd Saturday Boneo Market 8am-noon all year.
Emu Plains, Balnarring MarketOct-April, 8am-1pm 2nd Sunday Mornington Racecourse, 9am-2pm all year 4th Sunday Mt Eliza Farmers Market 9am-1pm, rain hail or shine.
A MAKE MEMORIES TO TREASURE AT ASHCOMBE MAZE The Ashcombe Hedge Maze, Australia s most famous and popular traditional hedge maze was planted in the 1970 s with more than 1000 Cypress plants and each year the hedge gets a bit bigger and the paths gets a bit narrower Ashcombe has something to delight all generations.
Adults with fond recollections are returning as parents with young children and ageing parents to recreate thosetreasured childhood memories and do not leave disappointed.
Mazey Mike still resides at Ashcombe Maze looking after the gardens, with new gnome fairy friends visiting each semester for children adults alike delighting if they look carefully in finding them sleeping in the trees gardens during the daytime.
Admission to the gardens includes a clipboard and pencil with an answer sheet to fill in the names of the gnomes fairies spotted in the gardens.
The children and adults who try the hardest receive a lolly and a stamp for theirefforts...and at the same time they have a lot of fun exploring the gardens.
The Caf is still cosy but vastly improved.
Ashcombe s new chef has created the menu with a selection of the most popular dishes still remaining but with a newflair.
All products are homemade and the Chef adds flavour to the dishes that are produced from the small culinary garden at Ashcombe.
The Breakfast menu has a great selection from a simple serving of raisin toastaccompanied by freshly brewed tea or coffee, to the Ashcombe Big Breaky and will be served daily to the general public from 7.30 until 10.30am.
The fully licensed Maze Caf has always been the perfect ending to a great adventure - aftergetting lost in the mazes or wandering the gardens - offering as it still does light lunches and delicious morning and afternoon teas, the famous Ashcombe Lavender Ice-cream and the new lavender and strawberry jam.
Take a Closer Look at the Mazes The North Maze is a totally different layout to the South Maze, so any tricksyou worked out while making your way through the first part, mean absolutely nothing in the other The Rose Maze is the oldest circular Rose Maze in the world - planted with more than 1200 bushes 217 different varieties chosen for their colour perfume.
The object of a Circular Maze is to try and find your way into the Central Arbour.
It is actually a lot harder than it looks.
And of course, onceyou get into the Centre you have to remember how you go there and see if you canget out Of course if you take a little while to get through the maze, at least youhave time to stop and smell the roses - the fragrance is truly beautiful.
The Lavender Labyrinth is part of 3000 square metres of garden set on therolling hillside overlooking the incredibly picturesque Ashcombe Arboretum.
The 4000 lavender plants have been used to create the winding paths of the lavenderlabyrinth leading to a viewing platform floating above the lavender.
Careful plantselection and garden design ensures a garden that has lavender in flower for twelve months of the year.
Just opened is the Japanese themed garden with new ponds, bridges and pathssure to delight young and old.
Ashcombe Maze showcases the true beauty of trees plants, particularly in theSummer season, watch the children frolic on the lawns - a fantastic day out for thekids, big small alike.
15 Shoreham Rd, Shoreham, Mel.
256 E4.
Open daily 10am all year.
Ph.
5989 8387 www.ashcombemaze.com.au 28-29.indd 28 22 12 2014 10 29 pm