FIND YOUR WAY

mornington peninsulaWHAT WILL YOU FIND?

Check out the EIGHT BRILLIANT BREWS for ideas from pink gin to ciders and ales

and FRESHLY ROASTED COFFEE.

MEET OUR SPRING BABIES and go on a walk along the picturesque Bay Trail

SEAROAD FERRIES TURNS 30 AND ROCKS THE BOAT!

Perfect Spring Picnic Ideas

SPRING 2017

BLoom, grow, learn

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spring things

Places to Go• Perfect Spring

Picnics• Eight Brilliant Brews• Wine Food Farmgate• Wander the Bay Trail• Sweet Dreams• Social Media

Inspiration

Things To Do• Spring has Sprung• Meet our Spring

Babies• Find Your Way to

great experiences• Strawberry Smoothie• Searoad Ferries turns

30!

spring: BLOOM,

GROW, LEARN issue

in this issue

Spring means.... budburst on the vines, spring vegies coming into season, cherry tree blossom, the start of strawberry season, beach

walks, picnics and a chance to enjoy the company of friends and family in the sunshine. Spring sure is packed with lots of options to

get you out and about on the Mornington Peninsula.

spring has sprung

Spring in the Mornington Peninsula gives you a chance to enjoy the wonderful fresh air with lots of family activities. Grab the kids, get out doors and meet baby animals of all sorts. The pouches are bulging with new life at Moonlit Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Park - home to the cutest swamp wallabies. Baby goats are always fun, and there are just so many of these cuties bouncing around at Main Ridge Dairy. At Rain Hayne Shine Farmyard the baby goats have loads of baby friends– ducklings, piglets, chickens and even goslings later in October. There are calves to feed with a bottle and loads of opportunities to cuddle and pat new friends. Green Olive at Red Hill has fun Farm Tours where you can feed the chooks and ducks, pat Gracie the pony and chat with the pigs.

Just bring your smile and your camera!

meet our Spring babies

Grab the kids, get out doors

and meet baby animals of all

sorts.

find your way to

Discover key regional experiences; attractions and adventure, marine activities, arts andculture, golf, hot springs and wellbeing, tours, transport, markets and shopping, and more.

arts & culture golfFrankston Arts Centre > Moonah Links Golf Complex >

Montalto > Portsea Golf Club >

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery > RACV Cape Schanck Golf >

adventure & attractions marine activitiesArthurs Seat Eagle> Bayplay Adventure Tours >

Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens > Polperro Dolphin Swims >

Boneo Maze & Mini Golf > spa & wellbeingHeronswood Historic House & Gardens > Peninsula Hot Springs >

Horseback Winery Tours > Woodman Estate Spa Retreat >

Lantasia at Boneo Maze > markets and shoppingMoonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park > Mornington Racecourse Market >

Mornington Racing Club Events > Point Nepean Markets >

Mornington Railway > Red Hill Market >

Peninsula Short Film Fest > Peninsula Gourmet Emporium >

Rain, Hayne & Shine Farmyard > TRANSPORT & TOURSRoyal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Gardens > MP Experience >

The Enchanted Adventure Garden > Searoad Ferries >

Treesurfing at Enchanted Adventure Garden > Western Port Ferries >

So much to see... So much to do...

Strawberry season starts in november. pick you own or buy them ready to go!

This delicious Strawberry Smoothie is best made with new season strawberries from Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm

Preparation time – 5 minutes

Ingredients150g strawberries, washed and hulled2 teaspoons icing sugar2 teaspoons honey250ml Greek yoghurtHandful of ice1 tablespoon grated chocolate for decoration

MethodPlace all the ingredients (except for the chocolate) into food processor and blend until smooth.Pour mixture into a tall glass and sprinkle grated chocolate on top.Enjoy!

diary date: CHerry season

starts in December!

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don’t miss ‘rock the boat’

- the 30th birthday party for searoad

ferries!

Since 1987, the car and passenger ferry from Sorrento to Queenscliff has linked the Mornington Peninsula to the Great Ocean Road and become a joyous part of many daytrips and holidays.

The 5.6 nautical mile journey takes only 45 minutes, but floating along in the state of the art ferry makes it feel like you are a world away. It’s easy to see why Searoad Ferries are multiple tourism award winners - Hall of Fame for the Victorian Tourism Awards and a national winner for Major Tour and Transport operator.The southern part of Port Phillip includes marine national parks and is home to a unique species of dolphin who can be sometimes spotted surfing the bow waves of the ferry.

The ferry journey takes you past the clifftop mansions of Sorrento and Portsea and past the

spectacular coastline of Point Nepean National Park with its important indigenous history. You can spot the enormous chimney of the Quarantine Station and if you look a bit harder, the remnants of WW1 and WW2 fortifications.

October 21 will see Searoad Ferries celebrate 30 years of crossing Port Phillip with a special ferry party trip. Think live music, food trucks. pop up bars & roving entertainment! The boat will be rocking, tunes pumping and bubbles popping on the car deck which will be transformed into a party hub. 80’s finger food and DJ music will be followed by a fireworks display that will light up the Queenscliff skies.

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Seawinds, Arthurs SeatBlue Mini ~ Eatery, Emporium, Events

Polperro Winery

Need an excuse to spend a few hours lolling about enjoying the Spring sunshine and taking in the view? Find time to grab a blanket and a basket and plan a picnic. There are so many parks and picnic spots it’s hard to know where to start.

Try Seawinds Gardens at Arthurs Seat, Sorrento Park, Coolart Homestead, or even at the very tip of Point Nepean. If you can’t be bothered packing the picnic yourself, then you can pick a gourmet one up

from a local supplier:Polperro Winery picnics include access to their gorgeous lake for your own secluded picnic spot, while Blue Mini picnics include some location suggestions, plus a few of

their favourite walks for you to try.

And an after lunch snooze is mandatory!

perfect SPRING picnics

EIGHT BRILLIANT BREWS (clockwise from top left hand side) » Grab your freshly roasted morning

coffee from Boneo Road Roasters » Enjoy a Mornington Peninsula

Brewery ale on the Ale Train (Nov 11) » Try a new release pink gin from Bass &

Flinders Distillery » Sample Hix beers or Hickinbothan wines

at Hickinbotham of Dromana » Explore sweet, dry or classic apple ciders

in the cider lounge at Mock Red Hill » Sip a limited release clone wines on a

guided tasting at Yabby Lake » Enjoy a nice hot cup of tea with fluffy

scones and real strawberry jam and cream at Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm » Taste the honey in the locally made

honey cider at Pure Peninsula Honey

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GET ON THE TRAIL...

wine food farmgateFIND YOUR WAY TO...

Bass & Flinders Distillery > Ocean Eight Vineyard & Winery >

Benton Rise Farm > Paringa Estate Winery & Restaurant >

Blue Mini Eatery, Emporium, Events > Peninsula Fresh Seafood >

Boneo Road Roasters > Peninsula Hot Springs Dining >

Cellar and Pantry Phaedrus Estate >

Crittenden Estate > Point Leo Estate

Doot Doot Doot > Polperro Winery >

Dromana Estate > Port Phillip Estate >

Elan Vineyard & Winery > Pure Peninsula Honey >

Flinders Hotel Dining > Rare Hare at Willow Creek >

Foxeys Hangout > Red Gum BBQ >

Georgie Bass Café & Cookery > Red Hill Brewery >

Gourmet Paddock Red Hill Cherry Farm >

Green Olive at Red Hill > Ripe ‘n’ Ready Cherry Farm >

Hawkes Farmgate > Staples Apples >

Heronswood Garden & Dining > Stonier >

Hickinbotham of Dromana > Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm >

Hillock Downs Produce Store > T’Gallant Winemakers >

Just Fine Food The Function Group >

Kings Market Gardens > The Long Table >

Lindenderry Estate Red Hill > The Portsea Hotel >

Main Ridge Dairy > Trofeo Estate >

Max’s Restaurant > Tully’s Corner Produce Store >

Mock Red Hill > Woodman Estate >

Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove > Yabby Lake Vineyard & Cellar Door >

Mornington Peninsula Brewery >

Mornington Peninsula Chocolates >

Nazaaray Estate Winery >

The Mornington Peninsula has amazing wine, food and farmgate experiences. Meet the makers, growers and chefs as you find your way around the region.

Find out more >

Name of place here

Stretching from Dromana through to Sorrento, this 28 kilometer meandering trail through the foreshore reserve is flanked by the beautiful sandy bay beaches and clear waters of Port Phillip.

With Arthurs Seat behind you, there is any number of places to start the trail in Dromana - as long as you head south! The township of Dromana was proclaimed in 1861 and was well established as a seaside resort by 1881 and it’s not hard to imagine the pier busy with steamships taking holiday makers and produce to and from Melbourne. The sealed wide pathway offers an easy walk along the Dromana coast to the rocky cutting of Anthonys Nose - where Arthurs Seat falls steeply into the sea. The path continues through the McCrae camping grounds and past the tallest lighthouse in Port Phillip. It winds through the tall banksia and tea tree with campsites on one side and

the beach on the other to the pier at Rosebud (named after a shipwreck!) then through Capel Sound to the town of Rye. At the base of the aptly named Whitecliffs is an historic lime kiln that tells the story of how local limestone was mined and turned into lime to help create many of the buildings in Melbourne. Heading over Whitecliffs and through the Moonah trees along the foreshore of Blairgowrie, you pass the picturesque yacht club marina and arrive at Sullivan Bay and the Collins First Settlement site. It was here in 1803 the first official European settlement of Victoria was established. From here it’s on to Sorrento and up the hill behind the pier where the tram tracks built in 1889 for the Sorrento Tramway Company can still be seen. Through the Sorrento Park with its great playground and diverging a bit between Point King Road and Lentell Avenue will take you through the part of the Sorrento Portsea Artists Trail known as Millionaires Walk. To refresh, finish up at a favourite ‘watering hole’ in Portsea village.

Take a walk along the Bay Trail

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Capel SoundRye

Blairgowrie

If 28 kilometers along the Bay Trail sounds a bit much, then it’s easy to choose one section

to explore at a time. And if you plan it right you are never too far away from a coffee shop.

Try Dromana to McCrae, McCrae to Rosebud, Rosebud to Capel Sound, Capel Sound to Rye, Rye to Blairgowrie, Blairgowrie to Sorrento, or

Sorrento to Portsea.

break it up into short strolls

SUITE DREAMSWhat will your wake up call be?

The murmur of the sea? Bird calls in the bush? The rustling of the vines or the first golfers to the tee?

Bayplay Accommodation >

Brewer’s Cottage >

Harmony Bed & Breakfast >

Jackalope Hotel >

Lakeside Villas at Crittenden Estate >

Lindenderry Country House Hotel >

Max’s Retreat >

Mercure Portsea >

Mornington Peninsula Foreshore Camping >

Nazaaray Beach House at Rosebud >

Peppers Moonah Links Resort >

Polperro Winery Villas >

Port Phillip Estate >

Quarters at Flinders Hotel >

RACV Cape Schanck Resort >

St Andrews Beach Apartments >

Woodman Estate >find greatpackageshere >

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