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More drawing time for tykes - or perhaps their parent/s?
Catherine Tait Studio, 1761 Pyrenees Hwy McKenzie Hill
Catherine Tait’s one-day beginners’ classes are also starting on Monday.
• Oil painting Monday 23 September 11 am to 4 pm
• Drawing Monday 30 September 1 pm to 4 pm
• Watercolour Monday 7 October 1 pm to 4 pm
This is Catherine' (advanced) painting of High St. Maldon.
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Thursday 26 September
Rotunda, Maldon Gardens High St, cnr Fountain St.
10.30am Maldon Walking Tour, a government health initiative, with Maldon Urban Landcare. Great familiarising tour if you plan to be in Maldon then. For information call 5479 1000. No booking required.
PS, if it rains, here's shelter in Templeton St.
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Also at 10.30am at Red Shed Arts Workshop Station St. Newstead
Fashion Fusion workshop for 9-12 year olds to make their own wearable art, which they then proceed to wear on a mini runway show. Course cost: $100 (includes materials) book at info@redshed.art
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Friday 27 September
Camp Reserve Castlemaine
10.30am – 6.30pm Run the Maine is a 21 kilometre half marathon from Maldon Railway Station (contestants delivered to the Mount by steam train).
Half marathon $105 or less registration fee including train ticket. There’s also a Walmer Forest loop run of 10km from Castlemaine that joins the half-marathon course part way ($45 or less), and a 5-km walk-run around Castlemaine. ($25 or less).
All registrations at https://raceroster.com/events/2024/80984/run-the-maine, see https://runthemaine.org/ for details./
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Saturdays 28 September and 12 October
A school holiday activity
Pure Maiden Farm, 250 Schumakers Lane, Maiden Gully (half-hour north of Maldon)
10am – 11:30am Spring Flower Crown Workshop
Looking for a delightful way to keep the kids entertained during the school break? A Flower Crown Workshop is perfect for little flower enthusiasts. Cost $55 pp, book at https://www.puremaidenfarm.com.au/event-details/spring-flower-crown-workshop-sep-28-2024
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Sunday 29 September
Maldon Community Centre,8 Francis St Maldon
Looks like Baringhup's determined to get everyone dancing - second event in a month.
1pm-5pm Old Time Dance with live music, a fundraiser by the Maldon and Baringhup Agricultural Committee (Show 20th October). Entry $12pp with afternoon tea provided and a door raffle. Inquiries Hanna Dohnt 0409 189 708.
Pic Don’t try making this costume at home
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Monday 30 September
Red Shed Arts Workshop, Station St, Newstead
More imaginative outpourings aka fun
10.30am – 3pm 3D Paper Insect Sculptures – Children 9-12 years create a 3D sculpture collage insect using card and paper. Cost $100 er child, all materials included, book at info@redshed.art
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Finally - Thursday 3 October
Red Shed Arts Workshop, Station St, Newstead
10.30am – 3pm Mini Gallery/Theatre Design – Students 9-12 years old design and create a mini gallery or theatre set with a personalised exhibition or play. Cost $100 per child, all materials included, book at info@redshed.art
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Saturday 5 October weekend
Maldon Diary’s for small local events, not the blockbusters of Bendigo. What to do when the Bendigo blockbuster is Maldon Events? You guessed it. -
Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Holmes Rd, North Bendigo
Saturday 9am – 5pm, Sunday 9am to 2pm.
Bendigo Collectables Fair
Over 120 stalls from four States (we’re looking at you, Queensland). Mark’s claiming the largest antique and collectibles (the refined type) fair held under cover, so they won’t stop for rain. $5 entry, children free. For a stall text Mark on 0414 244 482.
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Meanwhile, back to small towns - same weekend
Heathcote Agricultural Showgrounds Cnr Chauncey & Caldwell Streets
Heathcote Wine and Food Festival
Saturday 11am – 6pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm
Heathcote Wine & Food Festival returns to bring wine to the people and people to the wine. Come and enjoy tastings from more than 40 Heathcote wine producers, dance the afternoon away to tunes by Bendigo Blues & Roots musicians
Sample new release wines from the Heathcote region and learn more about wines that have recently achieved success in international and national awards. Add tutored wine tastings in the popular Tasting Seminars, delicious regional foods, live music, activities for children and you have a festival not to be missed.
Buses will run from both Bendigo and Melbourne. Daily tickets range from gold ($134.90pp) to non-drinkers ($21.59pp). Book at https://events.humanitix.com/heathcote-wine-and-food-festival-2024/tickets
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Saturday 5 October on the day
Market Building 44 Mostyn St Castlemaine
Dja Dja Wurrung significant trees tour with Rick Nelson
10am - 2pm Join the bus tour of these ancient trees with their stories, beginning with a Welcome to Country smoking ceremony. Tickets $180pp or less, buy at https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-uncle-rick-s-on-country-tour-saturday-october-5th/tickets. It’s not clear whether lunch is included so check.
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Saturday 5th still
Buda Historic House and Garden, 42 Walker St. Castlemaine
11am – 2.30pm. Tomato. Know. Sow. Grow. Ryan Garratt, head gardener at Buda. takes you through Buda’s 1.2ha garden to explore its springtime flush. It’s followed by a talk by Penny Woodward over a hot soup lunch. She explains heirloom tomatoes and the different phytonutrients they contain, depending on their colours. Cost $30pp, book at https://www.trybooking.com/events/1261558/sessions/4777606/sections/2389948/tickets Hmm,
Sweet Adelaides for me, please. This lot of mixed heritage tomatoes are $7.50kg at the Queen Victoria Market
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Saturday afternoon back in Maldon ‘
Cascade Gallery 1a Fountain St
2pm Gallery Director Kareen Anchen cordially invites you to celebrate the official opening of paintings by Chris Delpratt – Roadside Impressions Survey (2003 – 2015). To be officially opened by David Harley - Contemporary Visual Artist.
Exhibition catalogue available on request prior to opening. For information, contact info@cascadeart.com.au
Gallery open Thursdays – Sundays 10am – 5pm https://www.cascadeart.com.au/contact
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Sunday 6 October
Castlemaine Garden Club Market
9am -1pm – located in the car park of the Castlemaine Tennis Club. next to Forest Creek. Markets were an important resource for early home gardeners, as sellers brought up seasonal supplies from Melbourne. As then, this market offers gardeners plants, books, sculptures, equipment, services and any other garden-related products.
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Friday 11 October
Bendigo Wine Week
So far, it appears Killiecrankie Wines (still waiting for their re-opening) have a presence (early September) but many of the other southern Bendigo region wineries join in with open days and bud-burst celebrations ushering in the new vintage. See https://www.bendigowine.org.au/bendigo-wine-week
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Saturday 12 October,
Maldon Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Church St. Maldon
Maldon Historic Bus Tour
10.45am - 12pm, Take a tour of Maldon led by the Maldon Museum and Archives Association. $10pp. Book with John Bainbridge, Phone: 03 5475 2093 . email: info@maldonnc.org.au
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Sunday 13 October
Maldon Neighbourhood Centre 1 Church St Maldon
First, sneak in
9am - 1.30pm Maldon Monthly Market All local, all fresh as the morning.
then, part of Bendigo Wine Week, there's
Balgownie Winery 46 Hermitage Rd Maiden Gully.
An event to be remembered, 40 minutes north of Maldon
10am – 3pm Spring Fair Experience . Browse through market stalls, enjoy live music, food trucks and BBQ by the Lions Club. There will be arts and crafts activities, kids’ entertainment and our exclusive wine sale in the barrel room
Complement your visit with wine tastings at our Cellar Door or pick up a gourmet picnic box from our restaurant to enjoy on our grounds. Entry gold coin.
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Story Making a Goldfields garden, then and now
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Colonial gardening in central Victoria began with the 1840s pastoralists who selected good riverine soils for small self-supporting settlements on their sheep and cattle runs. This self-sufficiency necessitated large vegetable gardens and well-stocked orchards for the station residents and many later served as market gardens. Once food supply was established, the station owners turned to pleasure gardens for outdoor pursuits and entertaining. Just as they settled in, gold was officially found on their runs (such as Clunes’ run in 1850, and Ravenswood’s Bendigo Creek in 1851).
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The successful pastoralists’ homesteads matured and grew, with parklands, sports fields, and river swimming popular. Colonial visitors, following Thomas Mitchell’s description of central Victoria as Australia Felix, were expansive in their descriptions of the homesteads and their riverine gardens By 1859 Avoca, as the epicentre of several homesteads, had 29 acres of gardens along its riverbanks and proud gardeners continue to showcase their flowers and fruit at local agricultural shows throughout the region.
The homestead owners used their gardens for community and social events, a practice continued by Plaistow Homestead at Joyce’s Creek
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Surveyors allocated space for leisure in their township designs with small garden squares, street trees and flower gardens, and a large area for botanic specimens In parklands. In 1860, Castlemaine established its botanic gardens along Barker’s Creek, with its Lake Joanna named after the mayor’s wife. Castlemaine Gardens’ high regard among Victoria’s public gardens is attributed to the selection of species by the botanist of the day Baron Ferdinand von Mueller.
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Unlike these watery towns, Maldon is perched halfway up Mount Tarrengower, well away from the fertile riverine flats. Maldon’s surveyors, Templeton, Adair and Swain, nevertheless allocated future playing fields and botanic gardens for Maldon residents’ leisure and enjoyment, as benefitted the needs of the new colony.
Undeterred by the prospect of gardening on a rocky hillside, Maldon’s gardeners love a challenge, and we have a thriving garden culture
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Gardening as a social movement did not evolve in Victoria – it appeared fully resourced, skilled, and at an immediate high standard. Gardening information first appeared in the 1806 Government Gazette, complete with gardening notes, gardening calendar and suppliers’ advertisements.
The painting is Hobart's well-maintained suburbs about 1819. Irene Schaeffer's website
Whilst the settlers in Sydney and Van Diemen’s Land pursued plant collections and imported seed and their favourite species, by 1826 Sydneysider Thomas Shepherd, a nurseryman and landscape gardener, offered plants and equipment at his Darling Nursery, judiciously named after the Governor. In 1836 Daniel Bunce’s nursery had a list of 400 plant species and varieties advertised in the Hobart Town Courier. These included Australian species such as the popular Norfolk Island pine.
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Like the rest of the world, Victorians were influenced by the Scottish landscape architect John Loudon, who in the 1820-1840s was credited with introducing easy to follow plans and plants appropriate for cottage gardens and those of more substantial town villas. Loudon designed and installed parks and gardens, streetscapes, arboretum(/a) and even landscaped cemeteries. He edited a gardening magazine from the mid-1820s and encapsulated all this in an encyclopaedia in the 1830s. Illustrations from The Suburban Garden of the 1830s show cottage front garden designs. The looped and straight paths (house at top) are those most adopted in Maldon. Loudon incorporates fountains or pools in these designs, another feature common to Maldon. The larger gardens to the rear were devoted to raised vegetable beds, fruit trees, soft fruit and berry cages, a glasshouse, and sheds. No swimming pools though.
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Loudon’s designs and guides were avidly absorbed by colonial gardeners and the burgeoning garden industries and governments alike. They form the stylistic designs such as Lambley's south of Maldon
Horticultural societies appeared, studying and classifying the new flora, and writing knowledgeably on the flipped seasons and different climatic conditions of the colonies. The predominant source was Australian Gardener, which lasted at least a century from its 1850s beginnings in Melbourne.
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Given electronics, gardening in Maldon 150 years ago was not that much different from establishing a new garden now. A colonist designed the set elements of front garden presentation, shed (and outhouse), kitchen garden and fruit trees, paths and lawns for playing and passive entertainment. Plants were ordered from local nurseries or British sources, the latter supplies often picked up in South Africa to save part of the 6-8 week journey until the Suez Canal opened. Thank Cape Town for capeweed, Arctotheca calendula. oxalis Oxalis pes-caprae, Harbingers of Spring Romulen. rosen.(forgiven for that one) and 65 other declared weeds
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Free wifi connection within 25m of Maldon post office’s (95 High St) phone booth Anyone can then download the Telstra app and connect to the internet.
Nearest public EV station is the IGA carpark in Forest St Castlemaine at the Victory Park entryway.
Maldon Visitors Information Centre, 93 High St (next to Maldon Gardens)
Open 9am to 5 pm every day. Tel 03 5474 2569
Maldon Market, cnr Church and Franklin Sts. 9.30am – 1.30pm 2nd Sunday of month (13 October)
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum in Vincent's Road, open Wednesdays, 11am to 3pm, all Saturdays and 2nd Sunday of month, 10am to 4pm.
Maldon and District Museum, Maldon gardens, 93 High St.
Open every Wednesday and Sunday from 11am to 2.30pm. Self-informed walking tours at https://tours.maldonmuseum.com.au/ Contact on (03) 5475 1633
Athenaeum Library, 97 High St Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 2pm to 4pm, Saturdays 9.30am to noon. Contact maldonathenaeumlibrary@gmail.com
MANet Arts Focus Gallery, 27 Main St. Open Wednesday 11am to 4pm; Friday to Sunday 10am to 4pm (11am Friday). Maldon Art Network offers annual portrait and landscape exhibitions. Details on https://www.maldonartistnetwork.org.au/
Cascade Art 1A Fountain St, Open Thursday – Sunday 10am - 5pm Kareen Anchen - Gallery Director: 0408 844 152 | cascadeart.com.au . Sign up for the newsletter
Much Ado General Store, 22 Main St.
Lauren and Frank are open Sunday – Thursday 10am – 4pm, Friday - Saturday 10am to 5pm. Contact 5475 1005, muchado.com.au
Maldon Rose Gift Shop and the Dessert Society. 26-28 Main St, Retail shop for Maldon Rose café, plus booking and collecting special orders. A themed party room to open soon as well. Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm . Ring 0492 183 081, social media or https://maldonroseofficial.square.site/?
Sandy Creek Clydesdales, 504 Sandy Creek Rd, Gower.
Matthew & Jaimie Thompson are available for horse-related workshops and events such as weddings and anniversaries. Clydesdales for hire!. Contact them on https://www.sandycreekclydesdales.com/
Newstead Arts Hub 8A Tivey St. Newstead
Gallery open Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4pm. Check Diary here for what’s on, or at newsteadartshub.org. Email info@newsteadartshub.org
RedShed Arts workshop space, Church St Newstead. Serious art classes, sign up for their newsletter at info@redshed.art
Oxart Pottery and Learning Centre, 128 High St Taradale
Oxart Pottery produces a range of beautiful, functional pottery while also running a vibrant pottery school at 'Oxart HQ' Taradale. Open 9am to 5 pm every day. Ring Ian McColl on 0431 611 194 or email - ox.art.pots@gmail.com. Website https://oxartpottery.com.au
Scorched Earth Ceramics Walmer
Angie Robinson runs popular ceramics classes from her workshop between Maldon and Harcourt. Check out her website, Facebook or contact her on ceramics@scorchedearth.com.au, or phone 0427558879
Buda Historic Home and Gardens, 42 Hunter St. Castlemaine
Premier attraction in Castlemaine (given Market Place and Art Gallery). Open daily, 9.30am to 3.30pm. Guided tours Sunday afternoons, free, plus kids’ treasure hunts. Details at https://budacastlemaine.org/
Possum Gully Gallery, 428 Possum Gully Rd, Adelaide Lead. 11am - pm Saturdays and Sundays, and public holidays or by appointment. It’s 40 minutes’ drive from Maldon. http://www.possumgullyfinearts.com.au/n, via Maryborough. The fun is finding it, although it’s all sealed road. Landline 5461 1775,
Food?
Maldon Lolly Shop. 20 High St. 10am to 4.30pm (or 5pm) seven days. Retailers and wholesalers of good old fashioned confectionery; gourmet cordials and delicious chocolates – or order on https://themaldonlollyshop.square.site/ Tel 5475 1136.
Boone Espresso 67 High St. Watch the goings-on in Main St whilst imbibing a ham sandwich and an espresso. It’s a pop-up that has been around for a while
Maldon Rose Official Café 6 Main St, open Thursdays – Sundays 10am to 4pm. Specialising in morning and afternoon cream teas. Phone Kimberlei McClure et al. 0492 183 081 for bookings over 6 people for high tea, or at https://tinyurl.com/Highteaatmaldonrose(or coffee)w.facebook.com/maldonrose
Maldon Takeaway and the Blue Cockatoo Bar 10 Main St, Melitta and Adam’s takeaway and eat in 11am - 7.30pm every day.. Blue Cockatoo Cock-tail Bar at back weekends with birds, cock-tails and bar snacks open noon to 9pm. Music, music, music Friday nights and Sunday arvo.. Phone orders 0476 887 062
Maldon Quality Butchers 19 Main St, Open weekdays 6am to 5.30 pm, Saturdays 6am to 12 noon, closed Sundays. Great food, great preparations tips and an assortment of local eggs, milk, and condiments. Plus Maldon Honey. Brad’s landline 5475 22713.
Maldon Fudge and Icecreamery, 22 Main St, Carman’s open every day 11.30 am to 4.30pm Tel 5475 2652.. She specialises in varied confections, sorbets, gelatis and ice cream, plus seasonal fudge and nougat tastes. Hop on to Facebook for the latest.
Berrryman's Cafe and Tearooms 30 Main St. B Open 7 days for breakfast, tea and light lunches. I have a soft spot for Berryman’s, Alice owned Fairbank in her day. The popular cafe also offers delicious cakes, Gigante Espresso Coffee and quality teas in a bright, friendly atmosphere. Ph 5475 2904
Gold Exchange Café 46 Main St. Weekdays from 7am, weekends from 7.30am to 3pm for breakfast, lunch and teas, everything homemade. Ring Cathy 0439 368 077.
48 Main St Guess where? Bar with local beers and wines, live music. Open Thursday to Sunday, 4pm to late. Contact Leah or AJ on lmcmahon849@gmail.com
Café Maldon, 52 Main St. Open Friday - Wednesday 7.15am –3pm, Sat – Sun. 8am - 3pm. tel Karen (03) 5475 202. They offer Maldon Grazing, where you order boxes as required as takeaway. https://order.platform.hungryhungry.com/cafemaldon/menu
Maldon Bakery, 51 Main St. Open Tuesday – Friday 7.30 am to 4.30pm, weekends from 8am for high quality traditional baked fare from original Scotch oven. https://www.maldonbakery.com.au/. Landline 5475 2713 Meet Tom, an additional baker
Maldon Hotel, 58 Main St –Open 12 noon Wednesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, Monday & Tuesday from 4pm, dinner only. Closes 11pm. Ring (03) 5475 2231
This Little Piggy Market. Trades prepared Eurasian meals from the Post Office residence, 95 High St. Maldon. Evolving menu based on seasonal vegetables and meats. Menu on https://this-little-piggy.square.site/. Phone 0474 037 556. . Highly rated.
Golden Nugget, Porcupine Village, 8 Allens Rd, Maldon Open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays (their fine dining night) from 6pm, Sundays from noon -2pm: 2-course carvery Bookings essential. Sunday session from 2.30pm-6pm light meals and snacks with live music. Phone (03) 4417 5909 or book online at https://www.porcupinevillage.com.au/
Warral Maldon 36 Boundary Rd Visit the one stop shop for everything (awarded) honey, open 10am – 3 pm Monday to Friday, Ring 1800 671 188, also online https://warralmaldon.com.au/wm-shop/australian-honey/
Campbells Creek
Five Flags Hotel. 151 Main Rd Campbells Creek
Open 11 am to 11pm every day. Lunch and dinner weekdays, meals all day at the weekend. and culinary adventure. Website https://fiveflagshotel.com/ for menu. Book at (03) 5472 1010
Newstead
Dig Cafe cnr Lyons and Panmure Sts. . Open Wednesday – Sunday 8.30am – 3.30pm and takeaway pizzas from 5.30pm to 7.30pm Fridays. Phone 5476 2744.
Newstead Country Store, 12 Lyons St Newstead Take away type food. Open 6.30am Tues-Fri and later Sat- Mon. Closing 4pm Mon – Wed, 7pm Thur- Sun Serves fishing chips, pizzas and in-store or take-away dinners (beef or pork meal packs) They do delivery, too, but probab.ly not Maldon! Ring (03) 5476 2252
Crown Hotel 8 Lyons St Newstead says it has good pub grub at reasonable prices and also appears to be open about noon every day for meals. Patrons seem to be better promoting it than the owners. Curious? Ring 5476 2222 to book/check
Taradale
Taradale Wine and Produce Store 120 High St
Tapas in Taradale monthly. Pizzas cooking Friday - Sunday nights. Table bookings essential, 5423 2828.
Harcourt
Harcourt Produce and General Store (and café) 115 Harmony Way Harcourt
Grazing boards, salmon plates, and all local produce, wines and ciders. Open 9am to 3pm Wednesdays to Sundays. SMS bookings to Annette on 0430 302 763.
Blackwood Orchards 111 Chellews Road Harcourt North, Strawberries may start in October, cherries later. Phone/text 0428 570 051 or online at https://blackwood-orchard.business.site/
Goodness Flours, 27 Gaaschs Road Harcourt.
Small batch, freshly milled, wholegrain flours and a range of bread, cake and biscuit mixes. Available at the Castlemaine Farmers Markets. and online at https://www.goodnessflour.com.au/ Contact Liesel at hello@goodnessflour.com.au, phone 0427 132 601
Elphinstone
Elphinstone Hotel. 14 Wright St. Open Thursdays from 4pn and Fridays to Sundays for lunch and dinner, noon to 9pm. Ring 5473 3165 or email theelphopub@gmail.com.
Smeaton
Tuki Trout Farm, 60 Stoney Rises Road, Smeaton. Stay, Play, Eat. Enjoy 2 nights in a spa cottage, including dinner and breakfast with a complimentary fishing experience and farm tour. for $920. See https://tuki.com.au/stay-play-eat-package/
Markets
Wesley Hill Market on Pyrenees Highway, cnr van Heurck St, every Saturday, 9am-1pm
Castlemaine Weekly Farmers Market, next to Market Building, Frederick St. every Wednesday, 2:30pm-5:30pm
Castlemaine Monthly Farmers Market, Western Reserve, Forest St., first Sunday of the month, 9am-1pm, Check details at https://www.castlemainefarmersmarket.org/
Talbot Farmers Market, 40 Scandinavian Crescent. 3rd Sunday every month 9am to 1pm. Legendary market that started them all (maybe) https://talbotfarmersmarket.org.au/, or email info@talbotfarmersmarket.org.au
Dunolly Country Market, Broadway, 4th Sunday of the month, 8am to 1pm. Contact dynamo lynda.vater@gmail.com or mobile 0418 875 453 for a spot
Wineries et al.
Panacea Estate, 329 Seers Road, Welshman's Reef, 12 noon – 5pm Saturdays. Enjoy your afternoon with a platter, order at https://panaceaestate.com.au/bookings or ring 0434 366 617
St Anne’s Winery, Belvoir Park Rd, Ravenswood
Open every day for wine tastings. It’s popular for Sunday pizzas from non to 4pm with live music during the afternoon. Workshops coming up in 2024 as well. Book at 5435 3601.
Henry of Harcourt, 219 Reservoir Rd Harcourt, great ciders, cider vinegar and perry. Platters available. Open every day except Christmas Day.10am to 5pm - Call 5474 2177.
Harcourt Valley Apples at Little Red Apple , 8795 Midland Highway, Barkers Creek, Tel 03 5474 2483 Online at https://harcourtcider.com.au/shop/
Simon and Vicki Frost puts their products in Fairbank’s fridge.
Welshman's Reef Vineyard, Maldon Newstead Road, cellar door weekends. 10am to 5pm or appointment (03) 5476 2733. http://welshmansreef.com/ Check first
Sutton Grange Winery, Carnochan’s Road, Sutton Grange, Top syrah wine and sparkling rosé, proudly presented to Fairbank’s guests.
Sit down wine tastings on weekends for $10 per person. Ring (03) 8672 1478 or book (for 6 or more) at https://www.obee.com.au/suttongrangewinery
Bress Winery at Lome Vineyard, 59 Franklings Rd, North Harcourt. Open last weekend of the month 11am to 4pm for wine tastings and sales. For enquiries contact Chris McCormack on: 0437 493 303, https://bress.com.au/, https://lomevineyard.com.au/
Grangehill Vineyard, Gallaghers Lane, Eastville (off Maldon-Bridgewater Rd). Open weekends11am – 5pm or by appointment, ring Russell on 0457 353 838
Blackjack Winery, 3379 Harmony Way, Harcourt, cellar door at weekends, 11am to 5pm, contact (03) 5474 2355 https://blackjackwines.com.au/ Open most public holidays!
Harcourt Valley Vineyards, 3339 Harmony Way Harcourt, Closed for the winter, sold out, then open Sundays, noon to 4pm. Enquiries Marie on 0431 996 515 or landline (03) 5474 2223. Weddings central. https://www.harcourtvalley.com.au/.
Heybridge Estate, 170 Boundary Rd, Maldon. Try them in Maldon and order online. https://www.heybridgeestate.com.au/ate.com.au/
Whitlocks Vineyard, Whitlocks Rd, Tarrengower (on Lake Cairn Curran). Either buy their shiraz online, or pick it up from licensed purveyors in Maldon. Contact: 0439031075 or emily@whitlocksvineyard.com.au.
Clubs you may want to look up
Maldon Bowls 82 High St. Playing Tuesdays, Fridays and weekends. Secretary can be contacted at (MaldonBowls@outlook.com). There’s also a monthly Community Night, sometimes barefoot (that’s party night). They also provide free training/coaching every Friday from 4.00 pm for all ages. Facebook: Maldon Bowls Club.
Maldon Golf Club. Golf Links Rd. It’s $10 per round for visiting players, and golfers with handicaps are welcome to join in club events. Social golf on Mondays from 8.30am – 9 holes. Facebook: Maldon Golf Club. Enquiries maldongolf4u@gmail.com or Gay Reid 0413 013 766.
Maldon Pétanque Club is fortnightly 1pm Sundays at St. Brigid’s (Chapel St, cnr Adaur St) \. Enq: Sandy Noble 0429 006 130.
Social Pétanque club is 2pm fortnightly, Sundays. at the Penny School pistil 19 Church St. or further information call 0459 093 452.
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