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Winter Insider · August 2026 Winter 2026
This weekend
The Peninsula has more on than any one weekend can hold. These are the events we would prioritise, ranked by what they are actually like to attend, not what the marketing copy claims.
One-day samples and seconds makers market at The Village Church Mount Eliza: local artists and small businesses moving handmade goods at accessible…
Saturday evening acoustic sessions with local artists at Peppers Moonah Links.
Start the day with a one-course breakfast and choice of beverage in restaurant Thyme, followed by a soak in the hot springs.
Self-guided pet-friendly day following digital clues across the Peninsula.
Self-guided family scavenger journey: solve smartphone clues, collect picnic goodies from local providers, hit activity stops, and feast at a scenic picnic…
Magical faux snow moments on the hour, every hour throughout school holidays from 11am–4pm.
Guided Périgord black truffle hunts on the Flinders farm through winter (June to August), with truffle soup and a toastie by the…
Chef Bernard McCarthy's all-vegetable, multi-course feast at Morning Sun Vineyard in Main Ridge, matched to Foxeys wines.
Living Treasures exhibition celebrating eminent Australian craft.
Free and low-cost school holiday art workshops at MPRG: hands-on, artist-led, tied to current exhibitions.
Sculptural and wearable jewellery works translating the beauty of the Mornington Peninsula into poetic form.
Daily 45-minute studio yoga at Peninsula Hot Springs (16+), a paid add-on to a bathing session.
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