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Editor's pick · Winter '26

Laura at Pt Leo Estate

Sit at the bar, not the dining room. Better view, faster service. The kingfish is the order.
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Jackalope

The architecture is doing the work. Book Doot Doot Doot for dinner the same night, the room rate justifies the splurge.
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Ten Minutes by Tractor

Three vineyards, one table, and the Wallis Pinot is the pour. The architecture does the rest.
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Bushrangers Bay walk

Two hours, almost nobody on it after lunch, and the wildflowers come out late April. Park at Cape Schanck, not Boneo.
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Ridge to Sea

Two nights, Red Hill down to Flinders. The order matters: ridge first, coast second, and the Friday-night arrival makes the whole thing work.
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Editor's pick · Winter '26

MPRG school holiday workshops

Starts 1 July in Mornington, indoor, practical, and actually useful if the school-holiday weather turns. Book early.
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On the quiet authority of a good autumn

The season the Peninsula stops performing. Vintage trucks finished, weekend crowds thinning, the producers finally with time.
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July sits in the quieter stretch of Peninsula winter, and that is the point. The lead booking is a truffle hunt at Red Hill. Sunday is for the sculpture park at Pt. Leo.

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