Plan your stay..

 where to eat

  • The Patch Store

  • The General Food Store, Emerald

  • Kallista Tea Rooms

  • The Independent Gembrook (a little further but so worth it!)

  • Bam Bam Italian

  • The Paradise Hotel

  • Proserpina Bakehouse

  • Sir Paz Estate Winery

  • Miss Marples Tea Room

  • Cooks Corner

  • Killik Rum Distillery

  • The Olinda Tea House

  • Micawber Tavern

  • Monbulk Thai

  • House of Fras

extras

  • Hampers, cheese and biscuits, breakfast - must pre book prior to your stay

  • In house massages and facials - must pre book prior to your stay

  • Mystery picnics - Dandenong Ranges

  • Horse riding at Avoca Park

  • Elopements at the Safari

  • Sound Healing - must pre book prior to your stay

  • Penny Olive bakery on Saturday mornings

what to do

  • Puffing Billy Steam Train

  • Puffing Billy night train

  • Cameo Cinema Belgrave

  • Lysterfield Lake

  • Gumbuya World

  • Sky High

  • Cardinia Dam

  • Glen Harrow Park Trees Adventure, Belgrave

  • Tesselaar’s Tulip Festival

  • U-Pick Berry Picking

  • Bushwalking / hiking (see below)

  • Cloud Hill Gardens

local shopping

  • Epoch, Kallista

  • Leaf Studios, Kallista

  • Emerald Gardens Nursery

  • Behind The Trees, Emerald

  • Olinda and Sassafras have lovely shops

  • The Lost Woods Market (Second Saturday of the Month)

local sights

  • Emerald Lake

  • John’s Hill Reserve Lookout

  • Dragons Nest (Neuman Track, off Grantulla Road Kallista)

  • Grants Picnic Ground (and surrounding walks)

  • Sherbrooke Forest

  • Alfred Nicholas Gardens

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