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Daylesford

April 2013

  • The Melbourne Review

The former mining town of Daylesford is the ideal getaway retreat.

Blessed with natural springs, spas and spectacular scenery, Daylesford is the perfect place to spend a weekend away to rejuvenate and relax.

Located just 90 minutes from Melbourne in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, the Daylesford-Hepburn Springs area contains about 80 percent of all Australia’s known mineral water springs and the area takes advantage of the natural springs with spas including the Mineral Spa at Peppers Mineral Springs Retreat, Hepburn Bathhouse and Spa and Shizuka Ryokan Japanese Country Spa & Wellness Retreat.
There is more to Daylesford than spas. The area is a haven for culture and food and wine with wineries, quality local produce, fine dining restaurants and art galleries. Wineries include Curly Flat, Hanging Rock Winery and Passing Clouds while local food identity Alla Wolf-Tasker runs the Lake House Restaurant. Other eateries of note include The Argus Dining Room and casual dining spot Red Star Cafe.

Then there’s the produce. You can try and buy everything from artisan cheese (Holy Goat and Meredith Dairy) to the local delicacy bull boar sausages and even fish for your dinner at the Tuki Trout Farm. To sample the best of the local produce head to the Daylesford Farmers’ Market on the first Saturday of every month or the weekly Daylesford Sunday Market, held at Daylesford Station.

Whether you want to relax, rejuvenate or just sample the best of country produce and hospitality, Daylesford is the place to drop in, tune out and feel good.

 

Photo by: David Hannah

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