LOCAL Q&A

Q&A

L O S T

A MONTHLY INTERVIEW WITH A LOCAL

3. What has been an unexpected positive to come from the past year?

Personally I find myself saying out loud I enjoyed lockdown and kinda miss some aspects of it. It gave me lots of time with my gorgeous family and taught me to be grateful for what I have, especially where I live. After all, we were lucky enough to be able to go for walks in nature during lockdown. This period for me was very grounding.

4. If you were to be a tourist in our region for a weekend - what would your itinerary look like?

ANNISSA WHITE

Business Development Manager

Daylesford Macedon Tourism This is a di cult one. There are so many itineraries I could recommend, our region is made up of so many little townships. Living in Daylesford I’ll have to pick a Daylesford itinerary. For other itineraries please visit

daylesfordmacedonlife.com.au

1. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your role at DMRT?

I’m a mum of two and a wife to one. I grew up in the Yarra Valley, lived in St Kilda, then Kingsville eventually building a house in our spiritual home of Daylesford. My role as Business Development Manager at DMT is very rewarding because I work with such talented people and businesses. These businesses do all hard work and I get to tell everyone about it, how good is that! Check in at Sky High Mount Franklin, this luxury property has spectacular 360 degree views and a great deck. On your way in be sure to grab a bottle, or six of Passing Clouds Pinot Noir and a cheese platter from Winespeake and enjoy the outlook.

In the morning have breakfast at Cli y’s’ Emporium. My favourite there is Cli y’s Benedict, it’s so delicious and full of flavour, you can’t go past it. After this you’ll need a walk, I recommend going to Tipperary Springs and waking the Twin Bridges circuit of the goldfield track, it’s about 5km and not to di cult.

For lunch go to Blake Family Grocer and check out their deli for some great pre made food. Grab your picnic blanket and head to Lake Daylesford or Jubilee Lake to enjoy the food and the scenery. For dinner you can’t go past Bistro Terrior for traditional French cuisine or the Surly Goat serving a prixe fixe 4 course menu of seasonal local produce.

2. What has been the most challenging aspect of your role in this COVID riddled year?

Talking to businesses during covid was tough for me, I just wanted to reach out, hug them and say everything will be ok. But I didn’t have the answers and couldn’t say that, while we were all experiencing the same thing collectively our journey’s during this time were very di erent. When I called to chat, I was surprised by how resilient everyone was and their genuine concern for others in our region stood out.

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