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Food scene
Great cellar door offerings in a modern industrial style space with vineyard views. A range of quality coffee, wines and accompanying menu items available over weekends. Check website for current information.
17 locals recommend
Mount Towrong Vineyard
4 Taylors RdGreat cellar door offerings in a modern industrial style space with vineyard views. A range of quality coffee, wines and accompanying menu items available over weekends. Check website for current information.
So close you can almost smell the coffe brewing! Very convenient to Sage, Baringo offers various cafe, restaurant and bar options in a welcoming and comfortably modern venue. Check the website for current information...or take a stroll 250 metres to the right down Station road! Watch the occasional train slide by or just enjoy the courtyard garden out the back. The Baringo complex was completed in 2014 and stands where originally the Whistle Stop Hotel circa 1857, once stood. The renovated pub section retains the underground cellar space, which can be viewed through a glass floor in the modern bar, now serving the public.
12 locals recommend
Baringo Food & Wine Co.
283 Station RdSo close you can almost smell the coffe brewing! Very convenient to Sage, Baringo offers various cafe, restaurant and bar options in a welcoming and comfortably modern venue. Check the website for current information...or take a stroll 250 metres to the right down Station road! Watch the occasional train slide by or just enjoy the courtyard garden out the back. The Baringo complex was completed in 2014 and stands where originally the Whistle Stop Hotel circa 1857, once stood. The renovated pub section retains the underground cellar space, which can be viewed through a glass floor in the modern bar, now serving the public.
Indoors by fireside or outdoors on a sunny day, enjoy great pub fare in the public bar or fine food from the restaurant menu. Live music option at times A short walk to nearby exotics nursery, trading post cafe. Open gardens and walking tracks also within walking distance or short drive.
17 locals recommend
Mount Macedon Hotel
694 Mount Macedon RdIndoors by fireside or outdoors on a sunny day, enjoy great pub fare in the public bar or fine food from the restaurant menu. Live music option at times A short walk to nearby exotics nursery, trading post cafe. Open gardens and walking tracks also within walking distance or short drive.
Coles Gisborne
Robertson StreetThe Wine Collective
652 Black Forest DrSpices & Pestle
8 Station StVics Food & Wine
69-71 Oshanassy StFood Shopping Art & Nature
There are so many towns in the Macedon Ranges to explore
Daylesford offers a myriad of interesting shops, cafes, restaurants, galleries and other places - including the nearby famous Hepburn Spa centre.
61 locals recommend
Daylesford
Daylesford offers a myriad of interesting shops, cafes, restaurants, galleries and other places - including the nearby famous Hepburn Spa centre.
Woodend is a quaint and growing township with much to offer including florists, homewares, pubs, restaurants and many cafes and shopping options. It also has a fabulous children park with walking tracks, BBQ / picnic facilities and great play equipment.
18 locals recommend
Woodend
Woodend is a quaint and growing township with much to offer including florists, homewares, pubs, restaurants and many cafes and shopping options. It also has a fabulous children park with walking tracks, BBQ / picnic facilities and great play equipment.
We are very lucky in the Macedon Ranges to have beautiful walks through nature for a range of abilities and fitness levels. Refer to guide book for tracks, a personal favourite is the Bawden Road / Douglas Road to Macedon Memorial Cross - however it is quite challenging.
43 locals recommend
Mount Macedon
Memorial Cross Loop RoadWe are very lucky in the Macedon Ranges to have beautiful walks through nature for a range of abilities and fitness levels. Refer to guide book for tracks, a personal favourite is the Bawden Road / Douglas Road to Macedon Memorial Cross - however it is quite challenging.
As seen on various media interviews Steven Ryan’s nursery showcases rare and unusual plants and he can provide a wealth of information for interested gardeners and nature lovers.
Dicksonia Rare Plants
686 Mount Macedon RdAs seen on various media interviews Steven Ryan’s nursery showcases rare and unusual plants and he can provide a wealth of information for interested gardeners and nature lovers.
Sightseeing
Award winning wines at a family run vineyard with cellar door open daily 11-5pm. The surrounding landscape with its outcrops of granite boulders is truly unique!
8 locals recommend
Granite Hills Winery
1481 Burke and Wills TrackAward winning wines at a family run vineyard with cellar door open daily 11-5pm. The surrounding landscape with its outcrops of granite boulders is truly unique!
Forest Glade Gardens
816 Mount Macedon RdOpen garden scheme-please check online for current details
Terrific views in all directions from the memorial accessible from cafe car park via short walk on sealed pathway.
24 locals recommend
Mount Macedon Memorial Cross
Terrific views in all directions from the memorial accessible from cafe car park via short walk on sealed pathway.