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What's on this weekend
Fri 7 – Sun 9 August · winter on the Peninsula
We list what's worth the drive, not everything on.
PI's picks
Three, chosen by us. If we would not drive to it, it is not here.
Flinders Truffles: Winter Truffle Hunt Season
Winter is when the Peninsula's quiet superpower comes out. Book the hunt and the lunch together.
Pt. Leo Estate Sculpture Park
Australia's biggest privately owned outdoor sculpture park, and one of the few cultural attractions on the Peninsula that genuinely earns the comparison to anything in…
Red Hill Truffles: Winter Truffle Hunt Season
Winter is when the Peninsula's quiet superpower comes out. Book the hunt and the lunch together.
Everything on, by day
Friday 7 August
- Brunch Thyme at Alba Thermal Springs & Spa
Hot springs in winter is one of the Peninsula's signature moves. Adding breakfast in front of it is a very…
- Flinders Truffles: Winter Truffle Hunt Season
Winter is when the Peninsula's quiet superpower comes out. Book the hunt and the lunch together.
- Pt. Leo Estate Sculpture Park
Australia's biggest privately owned outdoor sculpture park, and one of the few cultural attractions on the Peninsula that genuinely earns…
- Red Hill Truffles: Winter Truffle Hunt Season
Winter is when the Peninsula's quiet superpower comes out. Book the hunt and the lunch together.
- Restore & Pamper Retreat at Polperro Farmhouse
A retreat that takes wellness seriously without the wellness-industrial-complex theatrics.
- Ten Minutes by Tractor, Terroir Masterclass
This is the masterclass for people who want to understand Pinot, not just drink it. The most serious 60 minutes…
- Winter Acoustic Sessions at Portsea Hotel
The most atmospheric winter Friday-Saturday on the whole Peninsula. The combination of Portsea in winter, fire, live music and cold…
- Bass & Flinders Gin Masterclass
The most hands-on spirits experience on the Peninsula, and the bottle you take home is the reason it's worth the…
- Peninsula Hot Springs Daily Studio Yoga
A useful paid add-on if you're already booked in to bathe, not a reason to drive out on its own.
- Peninsula Hot Springs Yoga (Complimentary)
Free yoga before a hot springs bathe is the move locals know about and tourists don't book.
- Polperro Cellar Table, Private Dining Experience
The most exclusive table at Polperro and the room you book when an occasion has to land. Worth the spend.
- Aperitivo Hour at Trofeo Estate
Half-price wines in a converted chapel on a Friday afternoon. The Peninsula doesn't really do better than this for a…
- Foxeys Hangout Vegetable Feast (Morning Sun Vineyard)
A ticketed vegetable-led feast with matched Foxeys wines at a working vineyard. The value is genuinely silly.
Saturday 8 August
- Helen Britton: The Story So Far at MPRG
A touring exhibition on loan from the Australian Design Centre in Sydney. Here it's free and you can park without…
- Natalia Milosz-Piekarska: Sifted Light at MPRG
Peninsula-connected jewellery work that reads differently when you know the coast it's drawn from. Worth the detour even if you're…
- Acoustic Saturdays at Peppers Moonah Links
The Peninsula's best-value Saturday evening. Free entry, happy hour drinks, and live acoustic sets at a resort with proper views.
Sunday 9 August
- Stonier Fire & Wine Winter Lunch
Sit-down winter lunch in a working vineyard with proper chefs at the fire. Book it once and you'll book it…
Browse the next two months
Markets
- Hastings Thursday Street Market
Hastings does its market on a Thursday morning, which is exactly the kind of inconvenient timing that keeps it real.
- Emu Plains Market
Emu Plains is the artisan market that actually feels like the Peninsula: stringybarks, music, makers you'd buy from twice.
- Mornington Wednesday Market (Main Street Market)
Forty years of Wednesdays on Main Street. Not a tourist event, just the way Mornington shops midweek.
- Hill & Ridge Community Market, September 2026 (Restart)
Hill & Ridge is the quieter sibling to Red Hill Market: same ridge, fewer crowds, more winemakers in attendance.
Live music
- Peninsula Hot Springs, Sound Healing Sessions
Peninsula Hot Springs sound healing isn't a gimmick, it's a genuine 90-minute reset, and the venue is the right one…
Food & wine
- Stonier Fire & Wine Winter Lunch
Sit-down winter lunch in a working vineyard with proper chefs at the fire. Book it once and you'll book it…
- Ten Minutes by Tractor, Terroir Masterclass
This is the masterclass for people who want to understand Pinot, not just drink it. The most serious 60 minutes…
- Winter Acoustic Sessions at Portsea Hotel
The most atmospheric winter Friday-Saturday on the whole Peninsula. The combination of Portsea in winter, fire, live music and cold…
- Bass & Flinders Gin Masterclass
The most hands-on spirits experience on the Peninsula, and the bottle you take home is the reason it's worth the…
Openings
- National Works on Paper 2026 (NWOP)
National Works on Paper is the show that justifies MPRG's quietly serious reputation, and the only Peninsula exhibition that pulls…
- Helen Britton: The Story So Far at MPRG
A touring exhibition on loan from the Australian Design Centre in Sydney. Here it's free and you can park without…
- Natalia Milosz-Piekarska: Sifted Light at MPRG
Peninsula-connected jewellery work that reads differently when you know the coast it's drawn from. Worth the detour even if you're…
- Complimentary Weekday Sculpture Park Entry for MP Locals at Pt. Leo Estate
The Pt. Leo Sculpture Park normally costs more than most locals realise. This is the offer to use it all…