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Gourmet Weekends - Travel Inspiration YARRA VALLEY Why Wine, wine and more wine - the Yarra Valley is spitting distance from Melbourne and one of the original wine regions of Victoria. Expect mainly chardonnay, pinot noir and sparkling wines with some surprises thrown in.... Learn more...   Enjoy good coffee and breakfast in the hotel’s café, or, weather depending, munch on bacon and egg jaffles at a rooftop table atop Togs Place nearby. Ask the people at Mulberry’s Fine Foods next door to put together a gourmet hamper for two... Learn more...
 Let Wursthaus at Olivers pack a picnic hamper to enjoy in the grounds of local vineyards Goaty Hill or Brook Eden where you can savour their wine. Or make up your own picnic with home-made goodies, local smoked trout, cheese and more from chef... Learn more...
 Commune with nature in a Falls Pavilion at Spicers Tamarind, sip a Spicers Sunset cocktail and dine in the intimate on-site restaurant of former Darley St Thai and Chilli Jam Café chef Paul Blain’s exemplary Thai cuisine. Book into one of his... Learn more...
 Since the UK-born chef has taken over the kitchens at Bannisters, the lovely seaside retreat 220 kms south of Sydney has built an enviable reputation for its pampering weekends and long Sunday lunches. Although only a hamlet, leafy Mollymook is... Learn more...  With one pub, a post office, an apple shed and a spread-out population of just 700, Stanley offers the best of both worlds – quality restaurants, cafes and food outlets in nearby Beechworth, plus the intimacy of small community living. Stay in... Learn more...
 Stay in new apartment-style accommodation and dine at the very central and stylish Stirling Hotel – a cross between country classic and city chic. Pick your own cherries on a ‘cherry trail’ of orchards and farm-gates in the hills – plus... Learn more...
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