Quieter side of wine
TRADITIONALLY, the Warburton Highway has been the quieter side of the Yarra Valley wine experience.
But tradition is challenged with Shedfest.
Each year, in October, the...
Hotel has best of both worlds
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
OFFERING a bar, bistro, function rooms and round the clock access to the customer service desk, Dorset Gardens Hotel is a one-stop...
Wine, a family affair
FOR Franco D’Anna, winemaking is more than just a lifestyle, it’s a family affair.
He said he ‘fell into’ his job as a winemaker at...
A taste of history
By Jesse Graham
A TASTE of history - and some of the valley's best produce - is on offer to visitors , as a redeveloped...
Tourism within easy reach
By KATH GANNAWAY
WHEN tourism and business operators from around the Yarra Ranges’ region gathered in May this year for a seminar on accessible tourism,...
Five reasons to visit Olinda
National Rhododendron Gardens
Host to a range of spectacular blooms of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, cherries and daffodils, your eyes won’t know where to look with...
Puffing Billy and more
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WHILE Puffing Billy draws in many visitors, young and old, Belgrave offers a lot more for people to see and do.
Visitors immediately...
Put a little spring in your step
SPRING into action as the days get warmer and a burst of colour covers the hills.
This time of year is one of the...
What’s behind the mask
By Jesse Graham
AN expansive exhibition exploring disguises, deception and masking is currently filling the halls of TarraWarra Museum of Art.
The TarraWarra Biennial, Whisper in...
A time of gardens
SPRING ... when one’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of gardens (to borrow from 19th century poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson).
Well, if Tennyson were...
Blueberries, by chance
EVERT Driessen went shopping for cherry trees in 1984 and returned with blueberry plants.
It was that impromptu, but fortuitous, change of plan 30 years...
Let’s get this party started
By JESSE GRAHAM
THERE’LL be excitement, noise, history and fun as the celebrations for Healesville’s 150th birthday ramp up, and everyone is invited to the...
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Take on trail biking in the Yarra Ranges
For motorbike riders looking for tracks to take on in the coming months, look no further than the Yarra Ranges.
Challenging weather may make tracks...
