Canonical: https://peninsulainsider.com.au/explore/montalto-sculpture-trail/ Publisher: Peninsula Insider Published: unknown Modified: unknown Format: public main text, generated from the canonical page; imagery and interactive controls omitted. Dates and caveats below retain their page meaning; this format is not a new fact check. [Gallery]() [Red Hill]() 1 h # Montalto Sculpture Trail Montalto's sculpture trail is the quieter, gentler sibling of the Pt. Leo Sculpture Park - a curated walk through the vineyard and gardens with a rotating collection of contemporary Australian work, small enough to browse in under an hour but carefully enough placed that each piece earns its spot in the landscape. The trail is designed to be walked before or after a meal at the Montalto restaurant, and that is exactly how to use it. Arrive for a late-morning cellar door tasting, walk the trail, then move into the dining room for a long lunch. The afternoon disappears and the pace is right. Ask the cellar door team what is new when you arrive; the collection changes periodically and the permanent and rotating works are labelled differently. At a glance **Place** [Red Hill]() **Type** Gallery **Timing** 1 h **Best in** All Year **Website** [www.montalto.com.au/sculpture]() [Open place hub]() Pair it with a booking ## Where to eat, drink, or stay nearby The best explore pages should lead somewhere next. [See Red Hill →]() Winery [Red Hill]() ### [Avani Wines]() 98 Stanleys Road, Red Hill South VIC 3937 Shashi and Rohit Singh's biodynamic family estate, one of the Peninsula's only serious Syrah programs alongside the Amrit single-vineyard range. cellar door slow [Read notes]() Illustrative, not Cassis Red Hill. Photo: faVori rouge · Mornington Peninsula vineyard · resized and converted to WebP [Source]() [Licence]() Villa [Red Hill]() ### [Cassis Red Hill]() 164 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill VIC 3937 Five adults-only villas overlooking the vines: two with mineral plunge pools, three with outdoor baths. anniversary romance [Read notes]() [View stay]() Winery [Red Hill]() ### [Eldridge Estate]() 120 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill VIC 3937 David Lloyd's tiny cult estate, single-clone Pinot Noirs from individual rows, plus Gamay, made for the Burgundy obsessives. cellar door slow [Read notes]() [Book]() Keep going ## More ways to use this side of the Peninsula [Explore more →]() [Lookout]() [Red Hill]() 1.5 h · Easy ### [Arthurs Seat Eagle]() Arthurs Seat is the Peninsula's highest point and the Eagle is the gondola that runs people up it - about fifteen minutes each way, dangling over eucalypt canopy, with the bay widening out below until Melbourne appears on the northern horizon. As a first move on a Peninsula weekend it is surprisingly effective: you arrive, you go up, and the whole region orients itself around you in a way that makes the rest of the trip easier to plan. The summit has a cafe, a lookout deck, and short walking trails through the scrub. Come at the start of a clear day for the view north across the bay; come at the end of a clear day for the light spreading over the ridge. Go midweek if you can - weekends in school holidays can be busy. Book tickets online if visiting in summer. [Open the guide →]() [Beach]() [Balnarring]() 1 h · Easy ### [Balnarring Beach]() Balnarring Beach is Western Port's quiet argument against the bay-side beaches most visitors default to. The sand is paler, the water flatter, and the crowd is almost entirely local - a few families on summer weekends, a scattering of walkers the rest of the year. The beach itself runs for kilometres, with ti-tree scrub backing the dunes and almost no built infrastructure. This is the Peninsula beach people come to when they want to swim without any of the theatre. Good for a slow afternoon between a Merricks lunch and a Balnarring produce stop. Very good for dusk walks in autumn when the light turns mauve across the water. Go through the Balnarring Beach hamlet for the easiest access point. Bring your own chair. Don't expect a kiosk. [Open the guide →]() [Gallery]() [Merricks]() 1.5 h ### [Pt. Leo Estate Sculpture Park]() The Pt. Leo Sculpture Park is a sixteen-acre outdoor gallery set inside the grounds of one of the Peninsula's most ambitious winery estates, with more than seventy significant works from major Australian and international artists - including pieces by Antony Gormley, Emily Floyd, and Marcus Tatton - scattered through the lawns and gardens above the vines. The walking loop takes about an hour to an hour and a half, and the best way to approach it is with a wine in hand from the estate's own terrace. Entry is ticketed and the work is genuinely worth the attention - this is not a winery decorated with sculpture, it is a serious outdoor gallery inside a winery. Allow a full half-day if you are also eating at Pt. Leo Restaurant or Laura. This is one of the Peninsula's most complete art-and-food destinations and deserves the time. [Open the guide →]() Further reading ## Journal pieces that deepen this stop [Journal →]() Editor's Letter 8 min ### [A Winter Peninsula Weekend: The Case for Coming in July]() 13 April 2026 Short days, cheap rooms, empty dining rooms, a fire in every cellar door with a hearth, and a coast that looks like a different country in a southerly. Winter is the Peninsula's most underrated season and the one that gives the region back to the people who actually live here. Hub Guide 8 min ### [Red Hill: The Peninsula Insider Guide]() 2 May 2026 Red Hill is the Peninsula's food-and-wine centre of gravity, but the best version of it is narrower than most visitors think. This is a place for one market morning, one properly chosen cellar door, and one lunch that gets the whole day. ## The Insider Note The Peninsula worth knowing. An occasional email. What's on, where we'd go and what's worth knowing next. Independent editorial. Sent when there is something worth knowing. Unsubscribe any time [Privacy]()