LOST Spring 2022

For 165 years, the Farmers Arms Hotel has been a gathering place for Daylesford locals and gourmet travellers alike Nowadays, it has evolved into one of the biggest supporters of local producers, showcasing wild and farmed ingredients from around Daylesford and the best of the region And it doesn't stop at the food The extensive drinks menu has all your favourites and some you can only find in Daylesford Try local gin made from Mt Macedon pepper berries, vodka from Trentham potatoes, house wine from a 400 year old Rofosco vine transplanted by Daylesford founders and beer brewed in the neighbourhood too. Book the 'Farmers Kitchen', a private dining experience, dine in one of the luxe vintage dining rooms, or rub elbows with those at the bar Complete your stay by experiencing the luxury of the Daylesford Heritage Cottage or Daylesford Art Motel, only a quick trot across the road When it comes time to leave, rest assured your heart will be as full as your belly

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It's

spring time! How beautiful are the flowers popping up all over town! Spring is one of my favourite seasons. The inward / hibernation energy of winter slowly strips away to unveal the social butterfly patiently waiting inside. And with the Spring Eqquinox, we are offered a moment to acknowledge what has become out of balance in the winter months, and given warm energy to implement positive changes into our daily lives. Living in Victoria, seasonality is something we all adore. Through watching nature, we can observe the similarities in ourselves. Although some days are still saturated by fog and rain - warmer weather is on the horizon. The light of new life is nearly in our grasp as new buds appear on trees. We must honour this transition period, for both our internal and external environments.

Mahmood started his Spring adventure at the Shizuka Ryokan in

WRAP UP OF NEWS AND HAPPENINGS IN OUR REGION BY EDITOR, TAYLOR ALBIOLI

Hepburn Springs with Catherinewhat a beautiful scene to re-ermge in! He then visited Katherine, and was amazed by her craft of jewellery making. Not too far down the road, Mahmood met Lou at Woodend General Store, a new space filled with an abundance of goodies! Lastly, he spoke with Daniele from Meraki Organics

Larissa stopped for a bite to eat at Matthew's Fika Brewers in the heart of Ballarat.

Whilst, Michael visited Zoe at Spiced Chai for a delicious belly warming brew!

With the (hopeful) sun on your skin, and this magazine in your hands, it's time to see what spring is offering!

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Something Yourself

STORY BY MAHMOOD FAZAL

BY CHRIS TURNER

MERAKI ORGANIC FARM

Meraki

is a word that modern Greeks often use to describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you’re doing, whatever it may be.

In Victoria's Hepburn Springs region, Daniele and Liv set out to live by their mantra and create a family owned 6-acre farm.

Daniele was born in southern Italy in a town called Matera. He says, “On school breaks and stuff like that, I started to get into hospitality, into cooking.”

Since taking up the tools of the trade from the age of ten, Daniele built a fine dining career with stints at Gordon Ramsey’s Maze and earning the title of Head Chef at No. 8 by John Lawson where he was nominated as The Age Good Food Guide’s Young Chef of the Year.

“I got sick of hospitality for personal reasons,” says Daniele. “My wife started doing some organic auditing and certification. She was looking into organic gardening. We found this place and we wanted to turn it into a small farm.”

While working his last stint at Peppers restaurant, Daniele was sourcing produce from an organic farm in Bendigo. “I saw a massive difference in the quality of produce, especially the taste…sort of reminded me of the produce that I used to eat when I was growing up in Italy. A massive difference in flavour.”

It sparked something inside him. “I was sort of curious why the produce was so different from what I would normally get.” This coupled with his wife’s interest in organics, fuelled his passion for farming.

“In hospitality if you get three people calling in sick, you still have to serve people and so in farming, it doesn't matter, the weather or the adversities, you still have to take care of the livestock and conclude your plans at a certain time to be able to harvest months down the track.”

The biggest struggle for Meraki Farm was the weather, adapting their knowledge to the growing inconsistencies from one season to the next.

“I found that the weather was so hard to predict,” says Daniele. So he decided to plant a variety of fruit and vegetables. “By having variety, I will always have a harvest of something. And I think it’s good to offer customers a variety. So we planted a whole heap of fruit trees, mainly apples. I've got olive trees. Eggs and seasonal vegetables depending on the season.”

For Daniele, the essence of good produce is tied to the farm’s name; Meraki - a preference to grow produce he loves.

“Generally I go by things that I like to eat as long as it’s possible to grow in this weather. The first things were potato because I love potatoes - being in Newlyn, you got to have

potatoes, right?” Daniele laughs as he lists the mouth-watering offerings, “Carrots, Beetroots, Broccolini, Zucchini, Black Cabbage, Pumpkins, Basil, Parsley, Coriander.”

The surprising thing is how far customer expectations have been warped away from naturally grown organic produce. One

customer’s reaction stays with Daniele, “she was like, ‘I don't like your lettuce not because it's not good, it's got too much flavour.”

But at the core of his work, there’s a deeper philosophy, a mindful passion for agroecology, it’s not about what Daniele and Liz take from the land - it’s what they put back into it.

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Chai

Empire

STORY BY MICHAEL HARDEN PHOTOS BY CHRIS TURNER

Formany of us, a major achievement over lockdown would have been re-organizing the pantry. Zoë Davis’ lockdown included having a baby and buying a chai business, which included building a small production facility in the backyard of her house in the Macedon Ranges, then running the whole thing, from production to paperwork, mailing and delivery. Some people are obviously more organised than others.

Chai, for those not already on the bandwagon, is a warm, sweetly aromatic, spiced teabased drink, often milky and most commonly associated with India. Those who are already chai converts or know someone who is will understand Zoë when she talks about her “passion and desire” for chai. People who love it talk about in terms of “before” and “after”. In fact, the chai that first turned her into a massive fan was made by the business she now owns.

“I first started drinking Anushka Chai at Mister, a café in Macedon,” says Zoë. “Then my older daughter started working at a café in Woodend called Fox in the Chamber which we discovered was owned by the same people behind the chai we loved so much. When my daughter told me that the owners were selling the chai business because the café had become so busy, I saw it as a really cool opportunity to own something we’d fallen in love with years before.”

Anushka Chai was already re-branding itself as Captain Spice when Zoë, whose background is in nursing, decided to buy the business. The owners, looking for someone as chaipassionate as they were to buy Captain Spice, not only gave her six months of mentoring, including teaching her how to produce their signature sticky chai, but also gave her the option of using either name.

“The new name seemed more fitting,” Zoë says. “They were basing the Captain Spice branding around Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator, and my husband is a pilot – a captain in fact - and so the Captain Spice name just worked on a few levels.”

So what is it about Captain Spice that makes it so special?

“For starters, we source spices from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal because they’re a much higher grade, and then, unlike many other chais we don’t use ginger, fresh or powdered, so Captain Spice has a sort of spicy, caramelly flavour that works well without milk but is sensational with, particularly soy milk. We also sweeten our chai with coconut sugar blossom, so it’s vegan, and we use pink peppercorns so that when you’ve brewed it and strain it, it looks very pretty with the pink peppercorns, green cardamom and all the other spices like cinnamon and cassia.”

Captain Spice comes in two versions – the sticky (slightly wet) chai that needs some brewing to prepare and Chai Brew, a readybrewed concentrate that can be simply steamed with milk for a quick, easy and delicious chai fix.

There are potentially other chai products in the mix too – a seasonal Christmas chai, for example, or a chai-scented beauty scrub – but with a fresh business, new production facilities, a rapidly expanding client base, not to mention the new baby, it seems like Zoë Davis has achieved enough right now.

But maybe not.

“I have big dreams,” she says, laughing. “ I want to be everywhere – a whole chai empire.”

Captain Spice

www.captainspice.com.au @captsinspicechai

Cooper’s Hill

Cooper’s Hill is a tranquil farmhouse retreat set amongst the rolling hills of Musk. Cooper’s Hill is the place to recharge and relax. Recently renovated the residence has been stylishly renewed. It offers modern accommodation whilst maintaining a farmhouse feel. Disconnect from fast paced life and slow down and reconnect with nature.

AnOde to Nourishment

SHIZUKA RYOKAN

STORY BY MAHMOOD FAZAL PHOTOS BY CHRIS TURNER

Inthe shade of lush bushland, Shizuka Ryokan offers a zen Japanese experience in the heart of Hepburn Springs.

“We have a number of cherry blossoms on site,” says owner Catherine Defina. “But my vision is to have a cherry blossom avenue up the driveway.”

Cherry blossoms are a central motif in the Japanese worship of nature, and they have also signified the short but colourful life of the samurai. Inside the wellness retreat, the delicate bloom offers guests a moment to consider the nature of themselves.

“It was actually built 24 years ago now by a Japanese guy,” adds Catherine. “I grew up in country Victoria. But through a series of synchronistic life events, and a bit of a romantic notion that I, at some point, would run a wellness retreat.”

In 2016, Catherine was at a crossroads in her corporate career. “I was in Sweden, my contract was coming to an end, I'd been before the three years in Sweden, living four years in Japan, and I had fallen in love with the country and the culture.” Catherine says, “I just fell in love with the whole way of being in Japan. There's something really unique about the culture that has been protected for hundreds of years.”

Catherine says, “Mindfulness is really just woven into the fabric of their daily life. They notice, in a very natural way, much more about their surroundings, they're more connected with the seasons. It's woven through everything their architecture, their garden design, their way of being the hospitality, and that amazing care that they have for people and it's truly from the heart.”

After a trip to Chiva Som health spa in Thailand, the idea of owning a wellness retreat fascinated her. Catherine eventually stumbled across the sale of Shizuka Ryokan, “totally serendipitous it dropped into my junk email, which I never look at. And I happen to notice it…here I am six years later.”

Inside Shizuka Ryokan, guest rooms feature futon bedding, tatami straw matting, shoji rice paper sliding screens, tokonoma alcoves, zaisu chairs, zabuton cushions and kotatsu low tables.

The authenticity of the Japanese experience shines through the architecture, the gardens and the Japanese chefs who cook in the way that their grandmother taught them.

“It's not only the nourishment of the nutrients in the food that's important that nourishment of the time that we pay for eating, and taking notice of the texture, flavours and the environment that you're sitting; perhaps in a beautiful garden or in a room with a beautiful flower arrangement or the way that light might be falling through the window and leaving shadows in the room.”

Omotenashi is word that we translate to hospitality, but in Shizuka Ryokan guests are gifted with a rich understanding of what hospitality means in Japan. “What it means is taking care of someone from the heart.”

Shizuka Ryokan info@shizuka.com.au shizuka.com.au

Lakeside Drive, Hepburn Springs

THE

DINING ROOM

Phoebe’s Cottage

A quaint, historic two bedroom, two bathroom country cottage set on half an acre of lush cottage gardens, tucked away in the rural village of Lyonville. Featuring interiors lovingly styled by Belle Hemming, using many of the original cottage features and a mix of carefully curated vintage and quality contemporary finishes. The result is a moody and subtle interior with warm, cosy and inviting spaces

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STORY BY LARISSA DUBECKI PHOTOS BY CHRIS TURNER

You

could say Matthew Freeman took the tradesman’s entrance into café ownership. His early twenties saw him working in sales for a wholesale food business; a job that took him into the back end of the coffee game. “It got me down the Surf Coast and into Melbourne,” says the now-32-year-old. “I learned a lot about the industry and really fell in love with it.”

Fast-forward to 2022, and his seven-yearold FIKA café in the heart of Ballarat is a favourite hangout, attracting a steady crowd of appreciative locals – yes, that includes tradies – for its excellent coffee and sharply honed menu.

Freeman. “FIKA is all about being simple, quick and delicious.”

The road to FIKA (the name is Swedish for “coffee break”) started with Freeman ditching sales to train as a barista at South Melbourne coffee kings St Ali. The decision to return to his hometown of Ballarat saw FIKA opening on Doveton Street in 2015. Then, as now, he chose to serve St Ali coffee beans in the café’s espresso and milk-based coffees, while Collingwood’s Proud Mary stands in for filter coffee.

“At St Ali I learned the skills behind coffee and being a good barista – the workflow, the coffee quality,” he says. “But in the way of keeping customers happy, I learned a lot talking to business owners in my previous sales job and

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“We’re like a workingman’s café compared to what you’d call a weekend spot,” says

observing their take on it. For me, it’s so much more than about simply serving a product; it’s about creating a sense of community and a way of life. I’m trying to create that sense of connection that’s really what makes us humans.”

You can take it as a given that the welcome is warm and the service as smart as the Scandiminimalist interiors designed by Freeman himself. Kids are welcome; dogs are a common sight with their owners at the kerbside tables.

If you’re looking beyond a caffeine fix, there’s chai from Anushka in Woodend and hot chocolate by Ballarat’s Grounded Pleasures. On the food front, there’s smashed avocado, jazzed up with goats’ curd, radishes and plenty of herbs, or the tradie favourite bacon and egg roll with its credentials intact thanks to artisan Salt Kitchen bacon and a buttermilk

bun. Toasties include a classic Reuben or a tuna melt bright with cornichons and mustard. Wellness crowd will warm to a macadamia chia pudding and be tempted by the cakes and pastries in the cabinet.

Freeman also owns the day-to-night eatery Johnny Alloo, less than one kilometre away, which means his hands are full indeed.

“I’m more hands-on at FIKA at the moment,” he says. “But my team at both addresses are focused on customer service. It’s all about having those small, simple interactions that can really make someone’s day.”

FIKA Coffee Brewers 36A Doveton Street, Ballarat 0427 527 447

fikacoffeebrewers.com.au

AVIA TION

Value

The of Intention

BOWMAN

STORY BY MAHMOOD FAZAL

BY CHRIS TURNER

Katherine

Bowman’s art is disguised as jewellery, “My practice is quite open. I don't just make jewellery. I also do sculptural work.” She makes artefacts set with the spirit of those who adorn them.

“I've always made things. When I was about 15 or 16. I started working with wire,” she says, while thinking of how she came to be a leading jeweller.

Katherine’s first degree was a Bachelor of Arts with a Double Major in Fine Art History from the University of Melbourne. “Bachelor of Arts sort of introduced me to jewellery, notions of adornment, the value of intention and materials in creating meaning. The important

lessons were to really think about why I'm doing what I'm doing and where it goes out into the world.”

Since Katherine moved to the region, her approach has shifted. The quieter pace helps Katherine stop and look at things. “I think seeking out what is best for me, what is the best way to live, how to live well with what you have, and what surrounds you.”

The shift to the country from the city has placed her closer to nature, acutely aware of the drifting seasons and a post-covid shift in the people around her, “Everyone is craving, not intimacy, but a sense of being seen and heard.”

Katherine is aware of the energy around her and applies it in her practice. “I just feel that, you know, if you look at something that is plastic, next to something that is perhaps a crystal next to something that is wood, there's a different energy between each of them.

For thousands of years adornment has informed people’s spiritual and cultural values, by being carried on their bodies. Each piece, reflecting the person, leaves behind a story.

It’s why Katherine’s jewellery is always unique. “My practice is very much about making one and then making another one - not making 10. it's about the handmade and about making something that will last, not something that is fashionable, something that will be a daily lived experience.”

Her ideas begin with a careful interrogation of her practice. “I suppose for a long time, what I've investigated is, if you have like a sheet of brass, or a sheet of gold, or a sheet of copper, what does the maker myself have to do to transform that material?”

For Katherine, it’s a personal transmission. ”You go through technical things, but you also go through an investment of your thought

processes, the way you live your life manifests in the materials and objects that you make.”

Katherine recalls a quote from the Vietnamese filmmaker, Trinh T. Minh-ha: ‘"May my story be beautiful and unwind like a long thread…," she recites as she begins her story. A story that stays inexhaustible within its own limits.

Aware of the stigma of jewellery, bound up in class and shallow materialism, Katherine challenges us to seek out its essence.

“How do I put energy and meaning into material so that it is something that is not just a commodity, but it is something that an individual will choose to wear every single day, or to protect themselves when they go out into the world? Or to remind themselves of love? Or being loved? Of heritage or religion?”

She believes the world has too much stuff. Before adding, “And I'm a maker of stuff. So I want my stuff to have some relevance.”

Katherine Bowman katherinebowman.com.au

Bring

Them Happiness

STORY BY MAHMOOD FAZAL PHOTOS BY CHRIS TURNER

Woodend

General is nestled in the heart of the Macedon Ranges. It’s a retail store forged from a dream by sisters Louise and Angela Pannel, who spent their childhood “playing shops.”

Louise remembers the journey out from Melbourne to the picturesque Macedon Ranges, “[My sister] Angela just happened to move to Castlemaine, maybe six or seven years ago. Then we ended up moving to Woodend in 2016,” explains Louise. “We have two young children and I guess, like a lot of people, just wanted to have space, air and room to move. A quieter life.”

Louise was living in Woodend for a few years before she began to notice something missing from the town. There was a high influx of people passing through Woodend and she thought about opening a lifestyle store with her sister Angela, carefully curated with a strong focus on high quality, functional and ethically made goods for the Home, Garden and Family.

Louise began to lean on her background in visual merchandising, “It's a good marriage between commercial and creativity, which is what I always enjoyed about it.”

The key to a great retail setting is steeped in ambience; a country contemporary flair is carefully weaved into the atmosphere of Woodend General.

“You can obviously buy all the products and put them in a space, but it's about the look and the feel and that environment that you're creating,” says Louise. She tries to infuse the decor with the seasonal pace of the region. “You need an eye for detail. And you've got to be a great stylist with an understanding of the commercial side of running a business.”

On the wall there’s a digging spade by Burgon & Ball from Sheffield in the UK, pink slippers by Kip & Co, and Turkish bath sheets by Miss April.

“At the moment I really love Bonnie & Neil from Melbourne - they’re textile designers,” says Louise. “They create beautiful textile products but they also have some wonderful ceramic glass vases and coloured glassware.”

Louise and Angela take pride in stocking local artists and creatives on their shelves. Louise adds, “Memosa Botanicals is a friend of Ange’s based in Castlemaine, we stock their bath salts, essential oil blends and oil burners.”

All the items in the story are best punctuated as a gift. The essence of Woodend General is founded on the meaning of gift-giving. Louise explains, “We wanted a space that was for people who could come and find a gift for everyone; baby gifts or gift for dad or your partner or whoever.”

“Gift giving is the giving of joy. It doesn’t matter if you’re giving someone a $39 packet

of incense or you’re giving someone a really expensive beautiful vase, it’s about that beautiful feeling of joy you want to impart on them,” she says.

“You want to give them something that you love or that you think they will love and you want to bring them happiness and I think that's really beautiful.”

Woodend General

shop@woodendgeneral.com.au woodendgeneral.com.au

84-88 High Street, Woodend

Curated Goods for the Home, Garden & Family.

Handmade

Reasons to Get Lost in Spring...

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Annual Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival

Kyneton has a long history and famed reputation for breeding and growing daffodils. They are an intrinsic symbol of the town and the annual Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival has been shaped around this heritage.

This true country-style community festival welcomes spring in Kyneton with an exciting series of activities including visual and performing arts, crafts, gardens, flower shows and hospitality.

THE GRAND PARADE: Held on the last day of the festival, the ‘Grand Parade’ is a wonderful experience of life in a Central Victorian country town and features bands, dancers, floats, cars and vintage vehicles. The festival closes with a fair, performances, activities in Kyneton’s main streets and an after-party at Major Tom’s burger joint on Piper Street. It’s a fantastic family day out!

See website for more information https://www. kynetondaffodilarts.org.au/

Fred Smith and the Urban Sea Shanties Community Choir

Join us for a special performance by Fred Smith, accompanied by our very own Urban Sea Shanties Community Choir.

This performance is a culmination of months of choir rehearsals under the guidance of choral leaders Andrew Price and Seija Knight, producing a multi-layered, witty and moving live performance with Fred Smith and his four-piece band.

Fred Smith writes songs. Some of them are sad. Some of them are funny. Some of them are sad and funny. Some of them are quite serious. They have melodies and stories you can remember, they reflect the world he has seen in what, so far, has been a messy and interesting life.

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 7.30pm-10pm, Woodend Bowling Club, Buy tickets online

Hannah Gadsby – Body of Work

A Brand New Stand Up Show.

Hannah Gadsby, world class, award-winning funny person, is coming to Kyneton this September with her much celebrated show Body of Work.

In 2018 the global sensation and ground breaking Netflix special Nanette really changed things for Hannah. She won an Emmy and a Peabody.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 7.30pm-9pm, Kyneton Town Hall, Mollison Street, Book tickets online

Open Gardens Victoria: Lewisham

An exclusive open garden experience for one weekend only in the beautiful village of Macedon.

Wander through this expansive 2.3-hectare garden and enjoy the abundance of blossoms – including weeping cherries, crabapples, camellias, azaleas – mature trees, many wearing their soft emerging foliage, and an abundance of bulbs.

Stylish bridges, which span the lakes and ponds, link the wide lawns which contain hedged garden beds, pergolas, arches, and various forms of garden art. A gazebo sits amongst various statues and urns.

Sat, 1 & Sun, 2 Oct 2022 10:00am - 04:00pm

305 Mount Macedon Road, Macedon Buy tickets online

Mountain Writers Festival

The inaugural Mountain Writers Festival will be hosted in the regional town of Macedon, Victoria (Wurundjeri Country). It will be the first Australian writers’ festival to focus exclusively on the environment – the most important topic of our times – with a forever theme of ‘Place, Story, Nature’.

An epic lineup of thought-leaders with worldchanging ideas, a passion for the environment, and a desire to write a better future for us all.

Join us for some regional local hospitality, great company, author panels, in-conversation events showcasing novels with regional settings, environmental science writing, indigenous storytelling, nature writing and cli-fi.

See dates and purchace tickets online, November, 2022.

Jubilee Hall, Smith Street, Macedon

FIRST SATURDAY

WOODEND FARMERS MARKET

9am-1pm High Street, Woodend

FIRST SUNDAY

CASTLEMAINE ARTISTS MARKET

9am-2pm Western Reserve, Castlemaine (Opp Farmers Market)

CASTLEMAINE FARMERS MARKET

9am-1pm Forest Street, Castlemaine

GISBORNE ALL SEASONS MARKET

9am-3pm Gisborne Village Shopping Centre, Gisborne

SECOND SATURDAY

BALLAN FARMERS MARKET

9am-1pm Mill Cottage, 96 Inglis Street, Ballan

KYNETON FARMERS MARKET

8am-1pm St Pauls Park Piper Street, Kyneton

SECOND SUNDAY CLUNES FARMERS MARKET

9am-2pm Collins Place, Clunes

MALDON MARKET

9am-2pm Cnr Church & Edwards Street, Maldon

THIRD SATURDAY

CRESWICK MARKET

9am-1pm Napier & Victoria Street, Creswick

GLENLYON VILLAGE MARKET

9am-1pm Glenlyon Hall, Glenlyon

LEONARDS HILL HALL & COUNTRY MARKET

9am-2pm Ballan-Daylesford Road, Leonards Hill

TRENTHAM FARMERS MARKET

9am-1pm Trentham Town Square, Trentham

THIRD SUNDAY

WOODEND LIONS CLUB MARKET

9am-2pm High Street, Woodend

LAST SATURDAY

LANCEFIELD & DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET

9am-1pm High Street, Lancefield EVERY SATURDAY

WESLEY HILL COMMUNITY MARKET

9am-1pm Pyrenees Hwy, Castlemaine

EVERY SUNDAY

DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET

8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy

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RESTAURANTS, CAFE'S & FOOD STORES

BAD HABITS CAFE

5348 3211

7 Daly St, Daylesford. Open daily, 10am-4pm. Enjoy a light morning or afternoon tea, or a substan tial breakfast or lunch. theconventgallery.com.au

HEPBURN GENERAL STORE

102 Main Rd Hepburn Springs.

Open 7 day from 7am. (Sundays 8am) hepburngeneralstore.com.au

WINERIES, DISTILLERIES & CIDERIES

ANIMUS DISTILLERY

5403 2431

1/89A Piper St, Kyneton. Artisan gin distillery. Open 12-Late Wed to Sun. Mon and Tues open by appointment. animusdistillery.com

BIG TREE DISTILLERY

1300 040 573

Producing Award Winning

Farm Crafted Gin Distillery

Tasting Room open most weekends and Mondays. bigtreedistillery.com.au

PALAIS-HEPBURN

5348 1000

New chef serving up Modern Australian cuisine in a luxurious setting.

Open Thu 5pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-12am, Dinner from 5pm-9.30pm palais-hepburn.com

SAULT

5348 6555

2439 Ballan-Daylesford Rd, Sailors Falls. Seasonal Mod ern Australian dishes in a scenic homestead. Dinner Wed-Sun. Lunch Fri-Sun. sault.com.au

SWISS MOUNTAIN HOTEL

5345 7006

3454 Midland Hwy, Blampied. Pub meals & Functions. Dinner TuesSan. Lunch Wed-Sun. Closed Monday. swissmountainhotel.com.au

THE VIRGIN CAFE

5348 2271

77 Main Road Hepburn Springs. Open 7 days from 7am. Part café, part gallery. Enjoy some of the finest culinary delights in Victoria. bellinzona.com.au

DAYLESFORD CIDER

5348 2275

155 Dairyflat Rd, Musk. Craft Cider, Tastings, Lunch & cellar-door sales. Online reservations, visit website for info on opening hours daylesfordcider.com.au

PASSING CLOUDS

5348 5550

30 Roddas Lane, Musk. Winery open daily 10am5pm. Lunch 12pm Fri-Mon (bookings are essential). passingclouds.com.au

WINE BARS, HOTELS & BOTTLE SHOPS

FARMERS ARMS DAYLESFORD

5348 2091

1 East Street, Dayles ford. Open 7 days lunch & dinner. Hotel and accommodation. thefarmersarms.com.au

FOXXY'S AT CELLARBRA TIONS

5348 3577

55 Vincent St Daylesford.

Open 7 Days until late. Local and international wines, beers and spirits. cellarbrations.com.au

RED HARE WINERY

0499 607 609

Boutique vineyard & cellar door. 1225 Daylesford Malmsbury Rd, Denver Open Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon 11.00 - 4.30 redhareestate.com.au

THE LOBBY BAR

5348 2271

77 Main Road Hepburn Springs. Open 7 days from 4pm until late. Swing by and settle in for the evening. bellinzona.com.au

SHOP TILL YOU DROP

PORTAL 108

5348 4353

108 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs

Clothing, shoes, handbags, designer pet gear, home wares and jewellery portal108.com.au

GALLERIES & STUDIOS

BULLARTO GALLERY

0408 529 725

962 Daylesford

Trentham Rd Bullarto

Beautiful space and works Open 10-4pm Sat & Sun or via appointment

@phillip.edwards.artist

VENUES

PALAIS-HEPBURN

5348 1000

Serving up the best cocktails in the shire. Selected French and local wines. Boutique bottle shop. Thu 5pm11pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-12am Dinner from 5pm-9:30pm palais-hepburn.com

THE FARM DAYLESFORD

0406 690 775

Daylesford's newest event space. Built from recycled tin, wood, striking power poles and 160 year old trusses.

thefarmdaylesford.com.au

SERVICES

OZ-TRANS 0407 697 877

Professional removals, general, furniture & pro duce freight. Art, piano's, pallets & parcels. Regular runs to Melbourne, Gee long & west/central Vic oztrans.com.au

SIGNSATION

0427 425 577

We specialise in hand painted signs and murals. We also offer the most up to date methods in digital printing to our customers. signsation.net.au

ACCOMMODATION

THE AMALFI

5348 2008

A beautiful self-contained property featuring 20 en-suited guest rooms, commercial kitchen and conference spaces. thehousesdaylesford.com

HOTEL BELLINZONA

5348 2271

77 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Open 7 days. Bespoke accommodation in the heart of Hepburn Springs. bellinzona.com.au

FARMERS ARMS

ART SUITES

5348 2091

2 East St, Daylesford Free Wi-Fi, Parking & Inroom mini bar. Across from the iconic Farmers Arms thefarmersarms.com.au

HOLYROOD HOUSE

5348 1063

51 Stanbridge St Dayles ford. Unparalleled service in magnificent Victorian Guest House. holyrooddaylesford.com.au

PARKSTONE REAL ESTATE

9115 7328

Shop 6/22-24 Howe Street, Daylesford. Real Estate Sales & Property Management. Servicing Daylesford, Castle maine & the Macedon Ranges. parkstonerealestate.com.au

THE OXFORD

5348 2008

Historical property catering to large groups of up to 24, in the scenic Hepburn Springs area. thehousesdaylesford.com

PEPPERS HOTEL

5348 2202

124 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs. Open 7 days. 1930's Daylesford hotel, transformed into a deluxe retreat. mineralspringshotel.com.au

THE HOUSES DAYLESFORD

5348 2008 Office located at 3 Howe St Daylesford. Full service agency specialising in corporate retreats and both large & small groups. thehousesdaylesford.com

THE TRAIN

5348 2008

Thoughtfully converted train carriage for two guests on a private block, only 5-min walk from Lake Daylesford. Pet friendly. thehousesdaylesford.com

WOMBAT EDGE

5348 2008

A beautiful and modern country home for up to 11 guests. Set on 10 acres with a lake, and only 15 minutes from Daylesford. thehousesdaylesford.com

THE GARDEN HOUSE

5348 2008

You could easily forget that you are so close to Daylesford’s thriving town centre, when inside these remarkable grounds. thehousesdaylesford.com

LEWELLYN HOUSE

5348 2008

Accommodateing 18 guests with 9 bedrooms & 9 en suites. Positioned opposite The Convent Gallery. thehousesdaylesford.com

Q& A

2. What motivates you to be our Lollipop Lady every day?

Well what can I say about working as the lollipop lady. I’m so lucky to work with beautiful children, parents, grandparents and visitors that use the crossing.

It’s funny when you have been the lollipop lady for a few years you get to know kids activities after school more than my own sometimes. I often have a joke with the kids . If it’s a rainy day I say it’s a beautiful day. They smile. When we get the spring weather I have a joke with the parents. A banana lounge on the grass.

You get to know what cars parents drive to send kids in the direction. Especially on a busy Friday afternoon. Some little kids before they start school think I live in the little green shed. When we had lockdowns I was still working. Only a few went to school and the roads are so quiet. I love my job I love putting a smile on everyone’s face.

4. How has Daylesford changed in your time growing up here?

KRYSTAL PHYPHERS

Long time local &

1. Tell us about yourself and your connection to Daylesford?

I grow up in the daylesford went to daylesford primary then carried on to daylesford college. Growing up in Daylesford Was so much fun. Summer holidays we hang at the swimming pool. Then in my high school years . My first job was at the supermarket in the Main Street. Packing shelves all weekend. Was involved in Daylesford & Hepburn netball. Loved my sports and still love sports today. I loverunning with my children and my dad and can’t forget my kelpie dog Milly.

So lucky to have my mum she’s always there when I need her. Love helping out in school activities and out side of school. I have beautiful friends, family that live in daylesford that I often catch-up with.

Daylesford has change so much more people living in the area. More people coming into the town weekends and holidays. It’s fantastic for businesses but I think it’s important to remember our locals. They are the people that work in our community so the town can operate. If I was a tourist coming into visit Daylesford for the weekend.

5. If you were to be a tourist in our town for the weekend, what would your itinerary look like?

You could start your morning with a walk in the wombat Gardens. Followed by a delicious breakfast either at Cli ys or Pancho.

A relaxing mid-morning at the bathhouse Hepburn. . Some wondering through the shops Portal in Hepburn my favourite. We have some beautiful dining out for dinner Jackies my favourite.So that’s my little story about myself about growing up in Daylesford.

So lucky to be the lollipop lady.