Tag: Attractions

In Winter we drink wine

Every Queens’s birthday long weekend in June since 1981, locals and visitors have flocked to the peninsula for the Winter Wine Weekend. Organised by the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association, the event offers an…

Fort Framework

By Keith Platt   Photos Yanni As with real estate, the success or failure of photography can depend on location. The right location can be inspiring, helping a photographer to put the…

From little things, big things grow

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni Claude Monet said “My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece” and one cannot help think Clive and Penny Blazey must feel exactly the same, after spending…

Focus on Safety Beach

SAFETY BEACH FACTS Safety Beach is a bayside suburb in Victoria, between the foothills of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat, and borders Port Philip Bay to its west. It is 67 km…

On the record

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni It’s 2017 and Craig Breedlove is still selling vinyl, just like he did when he worked in his first record shop 41 years ago. The Rosebud…

If the walls could talk

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Gary Sissons It’s been a long five years since the Pier Hotel closed its doors upstairs, with the grand old building going to wrack and ruin while…

Picture Perfect Purple

By Kristy Martin   Photos: Jarryd Bravo & Yanni Kristy Martin visits the Red Hill Lavender Farm and Distillery and discovers a boutique operation where time-honoured traditions reign supreme.     It…

Sand castles to build

By Melissa Walsh   Photos: Gary Sissons Sharon and Peter Redmond’s love of the beach was the catalyst for their move to Frankston when they first married over two decades ago. But…

A sip started it all

By Melissa Walsh   Photos: Yanni    Set among the rolling vines of the Red Hill hinterland, there’s a wonderful surprise in store when you come across the winery with the unusual…

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