Places we recommend:
  • "The Monbulk Winery (open weekends and public holidays) for tastings of its kiwi fruit and regular grape wines.
    Monbulk Winery website >
  • Five Oaks Vineyard offering weekend and holiday visitor tastings and BBQs. Experience the personal touch of a small family vineyard producing handcrafted premium wines.
    Five Oaks Vineyard website >
  • Fine wines and weddings are the specialty of Elmswood Estate. Visit the glassed room ‘The Pavilion’ for a lovely lunch overlooking the vineyard.
    Elmswood Estate website >
  • The Seville Estate Winery was established in 1972 as part of the rebirth of the Yarra Valley wineries. Cellar door open 7 days a week, drop in and try their award winning wines.
    Seville Estate Winery website >
  • Fancy a tour around the Yarra Valley? One of our highly recommended tour guides can pick you up from your cottage and deliver you back after a half, long half or full day of wine tasting and dining.
    Evergreen Tours website >
    Grape Escape Tours website >
  • Silvan Reservoir Park in the Dandenong foothills providing visitors with walking trails through cypress pine, spruce, liquidambar, maples and eucalypt forest.
  • R.L. Chapman and Son features U-pick raspberries, cherries, peaches, apples and lemons (daily from December to January and week days only for the rest of the year).
  • Puffing Billy
    Puffing Billy website >
  • Spend some time fishing and you’ll be guaranteed to come back with some trout or salmon at the Macclesfield Trout Farm
    Macclesfield Trout Farm website >
  • Golf at Emerald or the Olinda Golf Courses
  • Hot Air Ballooning
  • Harley rides
  • Butterfield reserve is just down the road plus many other wonderful walking trails.
  • Or simply enjoy coffee and cake in one of the local cafes or try one of many fabulous restaurants that reflect the abundance of local produce.
Events:
  • Tesselaar's Bulbs and Flower gardens host an annual Tulip Festival, which runs from mid-September to mid-October when you can glory in millions of tulips, daffodils, freesias, ranunculi, hyacinths and anemones in full bloom.
    http://www.tesselaar.com/
  • Shortest Lunch. Join the boutique wineries of the Yarra Valley for a memorable day for a glass of wine, delicious food and live entertainment of the shortest weekend of the year.
  • Shedfest Wine Festival. Every year, on the second weekend in October, thirteen wineries along the Warburton Highway open their sheds for two days of fabulous food, fine wine, live music and entertainment.
    http://www.shedfest.com.au/
  • 'Silvan Food and Flower Festival' at Silvan in November.
  • The 'Victorian Strawberry Festival' takes place at the Seville Recreation Reserve on the Monbulk-Seville Road in November
  • Rose fanciers can get their fill at the 'Rose Festival' held at Roses Galore in the last weekend of November.
  • Local Markets see board in reception upon arrival for what markets are on in the area when you come to stay.