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Pump Action

Summer at the Arms

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DRINK

PRODUCE

Cordially Yours

For the Love of Ducks

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16

MAKE

PL ACES

The Chair Woman

Sallie Harvey Top 5

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F R O M T H E D E S K AT L O S T

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Finding the Christmas Spirit NOVEMBER RECIPE

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Duck Breast with Cherries N O V E M B E R C O C K TA I L

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G I G G U I D E

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W H AT ' S O N O V E R S U M M E R

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LOCAL MARKETS

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F R O M T H E D E S K AT L O S T F in d i n g t h e Ch r i s t m a s S pi ri t Many people talk about the meaning of Christmas - the spirit of giving or the celebration of Christ. And I don't always agree with a religious holiday that excludes most of the world. Especially as I get older and become more cynical about the consumerism and commercialisation of it all. But just like Tim Minchin, I really like Christmas. "It's sentimental, I know, but I just really like it." It is about celebration. For spending time with your family (be it the one you are related to or the one that you have chosen) and for taking the time to look out for those who aren't as fortunate as us. Maybe it's because we don't have Thanksgiving but I find most Aussie communities particularly generous at this time of year.

Except Daylesford and Hepburn Springs.

For you see, this community is generous 52 weeks of the year, not just in the lead-up to Christmas. I have never witnessed such strength of spirit and comeraderie in a community.

When a local has fallen ill, there are offers of meals and rides to the hospital; news of a housefire circulates and before the firebrigade have finished mopping up - clothing, household goods, toys and essential items are arranged.

The town's own "grapevine" page on Facebook leaps into action the minute the sirens have sounded.

Every week of every year, at least one pub if not all of them, are hosting fundraisers for community groups, artists collectives, wildlife shelters, people living with cancer. The list goes on.

And do the locals ever suffer donation fatigue?

If they do, they never show it. For week after week, this community digs deep not just into their pockets but into their hearts.

that would give you the shirt off their back. And that includes our incredible emergency service volunteers. We don't have paid firefighters in the country. They are volunteers. And every Sunday you will hear the testing of the local siren. It doesn't ring for long so not to alarm you. But long enough to check that it is working properly.

For very soon, the romantic sweet smell of wood smoke in Autumn turns to an acrid stench that can cause a physical reaction during the long hot, Summer days. How is it that the same smell in different circumstances can evoke an entirely different reaction and a physical one at that?

So be safe this festive season. Appreciate the incredible work our volunteers and locals in our community do to ensure we all have a fat old time over the silly season. Chat to a local. Pull your car over if you hear sirens. Drop a gold coin the tin. And FFS, pick up your rubbish.

And to keep quoting Tim Minchin, "That wherever you are and whatever you face, these are the people who'll make you feel safe in this world..."

To you and yours, have a safe, happy and very merry festive season. We will see you again in February.

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And whilst our town is rich in beauty and recent tourist growth has brought in wealth, most in our community are hard-working folk. The sort LO S T M AG A Z I N E | 5

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t the bottom of a hill, off a rust red dirt road, is a water pump by a clear running creek. This is Woolnoughs Springs, one of the 30 or so public springs in the region. It was ‘discovered’ by Europeans mid last century as a small pool of water surrounded by ferns under the canopy of towering white candle barks. Unlike the clear, sweet water in Kangaroo Creek, the spring water was slightly sulphurous and effervescent.

Around about the same time the residents of Hepburn were concerned about the threat that mining and deforestation were raising for the mineral springs around town. Gold Rush immigrants from the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, they were familiar with mineral springs and spas and the connections people made with ‘taking the waters’ for their wellbeing and to cure ailments. They met in the Savoia Hotel in 1864 and wrote a petition to the colonial government to protect the springs.

A year later a reserve was declared. In 1890 a bathhouse was built and this was redeveloped in the early 2000s. Today there is a 30ha park

L OS T F EATU R E on the outskirts of Hepburn where you can find different springs with names that suggest the composition of the minerals dissolved in the water such as Soda Springs and Sulphur Springs. Other names refer to the regions where the settlers came from like Locarno Springs and further out in Hepburn Regional Park Argyle Springs and Tipperary Springs.

The regional and state governments understand the importance of the springs are to the people of Victoria and have invested a lot of money in recent years to make sure the spring water is available to everyone and safe to drink. At Glenlyon Recreational Reserve, home to the local sporting teams and the shooting club, the springs can be found under the shade of old gum trees.

Park the car and cross a small bridge over a little stream, home to croaking pobblebonks, to find the pump. The area around it is paved with stone and surrounded by a low stonewall. An early model Mercedes arrives and from it emerges two middle aged couples, arms filled with old apple juice bottles, stained brown from years of being filled with mineral water. They are from an outer suburb of Melbourne and make the

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trip up every 6 weeks. “We like this spring at this time of year,” says the wife in an accent from somewhere in the east of Europe. Her comment points to the fact that the taste of the springs changes depending on rainfall and changes in the underground in the aquifer.

Glenlyon Springs are pleasantly alkaline with a whiff of sulphur and a tang of iron. Pleasant and obviously healthful as it is not the stuff you’d slam down fast to quench a thirst on a stinking hot day.

There are the obvious roadside springs such as those at Kyneton with their Victorian era gazebos at the northern end of the old Calder Highway and the Sailors Falls Springs. It’s worth going to Sailors Falls to see the history of the old school house that stood there as well as the newly upgraded walk down into the Sailors Creek gorge. Upstream Sailors Creek plunges over a cliff made of basalt columns. It is quite spectacular after heavy rain.

It is also worth heading out to places like Lyonville and driving through the forest to see the bunker like construction where Lyonville Springs spout from the concrete wall. The water here must be particularly good for you as it can smell like fizzy farts. You can get more refreshing drinks at the Radio Springs Hotel in town at Lyonville.

My personal favourite is Woolnoughs Springs where the water is laced with fine bubbles and tastes just sulphurous and when served chilled with a slice of lemon is quite refreshing.

Visit the Visitor Information Centre at 98 Vincent St, Daylesford for a guide to the springs of the area or call them on 1800 454 891.

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Summer at the Arms

STORY AND PICTURES BY RICHARD CORNISH

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“ There is something special about summer in this region,” says Farmers Arms Executive Chef Gavan Anders.

Gavan has recently returned to the iconic Daylesford pub after working with the team at the Vue Grand in Queenscliff. “First there is this flush of growth in the paddocks,” says the dairy farmer’s son. “Then out come the tractors and the hay balers, then we get those long hot days, all the pastures brown off and then start those hot still days where all the animals and insects seem to hide from the heat,” he says. “And now in come all those beautiful fresh berries and vegetables from growers like Florian from Daylesford Organics,” he says.

While he lives in Central Victoria now Gavan started off in the city cooking in the kitchen at the Adelphi in Melbourne and working with the legendary hospitality figure Donlevy Fitzpatrick. His training, his love of local ingredients and his constant travels to Asia all combine on the new summer menu at the Famers Arms.

“Let’s get it straight,” says Gavan. “Number one, we’re a pub,” he says. “We are a pub looking after locals and we just happen to serve great food,” he says with a self-deprecating laugh.

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You can taste that love of Asia in his bao. Soft steamed wheat buns filled with beef cheek slow cooked until unctuous and delicious redolent of Asian spices such as star anise and coriander with the tang of black vinegar.

Counterpoint to the juicy meat are the pickled vegetables giving a hint of crunch. Gavan also has a good supply of late season broadbeans that he gently cooks with finely diced onion and chicken stock. Pureed and served on grilled bread and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil they are a perfectly summery way to start a meal. One of the new summer dishes coming on to the menu is an Asian inspired salmon tartare that sees hand-chopped prime salmon dressed with lime juice, soy sauce, fish sauce, fresh coriander and mint. Light bright and delicious it screams out for a well hopped beer.

Along with other favourites such as falafel and porterhouse steak, are the famous Farmers Arms pies. Made from scratch with a top of golden puff pastry, the pie of the day might be steak and Guinness or Portuguese chicken.

“They are always good,” he says. With the days growing longer and warmer the pub, with its sheltered outdoor dining area, is becoming busier and even more lively.

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Cordially Yours STORY AND PICTURES BY RICHARD CORNISH

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he elderflower is a European shrub that lines the hedgerows and roadsides of the Central Highlands. You can identify it in late Spring when they burst into flower with pale creamy heads of tight blooms that unfurl into lace-like fragrant petals. Over summer these flowers turn into little purple berries but for a few weeks each late spring and early summer there is a glorious white elderflower spectacular. When we visited gardener, cook and grower Natasha Morgan, it was the height of the season and she was in the throws of using the flowers to make her deliciously heady and perfumed elderflower cordial.

She makes this out on her property Oak and Monkey Puzzle at Spargo Creek. It’s a rambling garden with old oaks (and a monkey puzzle tree) surrounded by regrowth and pine forest.

At its heart is an old home hand hewn from timber in the 1860s which was the original post office and pub. In the kitchen, by the old timber stove, are bottles of freshly made cordial waiting for their labels. “It is such as simple process,” says Natasha. “You need really good flowers, fresh lemons and sugar.” The result is a cordial that when splashed over ice and topped with soda or mineral water makes the perfect cool and refreshing summer drink.

Add less soda and some gin and you have a really smart aperitif. It’s floral but not blousey.

It has sweetness balanced with just enough tartness. “I wanted to make something to my taste,” says Natasha.

A landscape architect she was instrumental in the formation of the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and now has a superb productive garden that sees flowers, fruit and vegetables growing side by side. At the rear of the garden is a courtyard garden before a dark-painted shipping container that has been refurbished into a workshop area. Here Natasha holds regular workshops in traditional skills such as preserving fruits, making fermented foods and workshops with guest cheesemakers. There are new courses announced regularly and they can be found at natashamorgan.com.au In the meantime you can pick up a bottle of Oak and Monkey Puzzle Elderflower Cordial at Manteau Noir in Daylesford, The Local in Ballarat or being used in cocktails at The Belvedere Social in Daylesford. You can buy bottles direct from Oak and Monkey Puzzle at 1333 Daylesford-Ballan Rd, Spargo Creek. www.natashamorgan.com.au

“It is such as simple process,” says Natasha. "You need really good flowers, fresh lemons and sugar."

Natasha's garden grows a host of fragrant herbs such as chamomile.

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For the love of ducks.

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iona Briers lives on top of a volcano. An extinct volcano. She carries the pails of feed up the hill to feed her ducks. The crushed grain supplements the pasture they live and feed on. She is greeted with a low squabble of clucks. She points to a deep green mound on the near horizon. “That’s Mount Franklin,” Fiona explains, “we named our 20ha farm after it, ‘Vue du Vulcan Farm’.” In the three years that Fiona and her husband Ben Grounds have been raising ducks, Vue du Vulcan has become a brand favoured by hard core foodies.

With warm weather and recent rain the grass is so lush it is almost above the ducks’ beaks.

Fiona calls herself a regenerative farmer.

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She is a respected member of this growing movement in which small scale farmers create soil fertility and hence better pasture by carefully managing grazing animals around the farm. Fiona shows a strip where the ducks were grazing this time last year. There are fewer weeds species and the pasture is thicker and deeper green than surrounding paddocks.

be cooked like chook," she says. "It's more like lamb." She says to cook breast like lamb fillets and not to be afraid of pink. She explains that because ducks are bred from migratory birds they have special muscle in their breast to help fly long distances. This muscle remains pink even when cooked. “The other thing that people don’t understand is duck fat,” she says. Vue du Vulcan ducks tend to have more fat than commercial ducks but this is a good thing. Duck fat is a quintessential part of French cooking from roasting perfect potatoes to making cassoulet. A Francophile herself she leads cooking classes throughout the year teaching confit and cassoulet classes at Jonai Farms.

“Duck is not chicken!” says Fiona. “People think that because duck is poultry it should be cooked like chook,” she says. “It’s more like lamb.”

The ducks are hatched on the farm in an incubator then sent to a protected and warmed brooding pen until they are four weeks old. They run a mixed flock of Pekin, Aylesbury and Muscovy ducks. They are then put on pasture, moving from patch to patch, for a further 10 weeks then sent off for slaughter. The flock of ducks are kept from wandering away by a mesh of solar powered electric fence.

While the foxes are kept at bay by a great white Maremma called Thibaud, one of the biggest hurdles to success is humans. Humans and their lack of understanding about duck.

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orest surrounds Tanya Baricevich’s studio. Here she works in timber.

Beautiful timber. Lustrous Tasmanian Sassafras. French Oak stained from the fortified wine it was ageing with.

Hardwood timbers salvaged from the Outback.

Timber she has searched for in storerooms and warehouses. Pieces of timber that will become beautiful furniture. Chairs. Tables. Homewares.

I sit in a carver chair, a twin from a series she made for a client. Everything about it seems right. For a start it is rock solid. I mean that there is no movement in at all. It has the perfect weight for its shape. When you sit in it the proportions seem perfect. It is comfortable without being overly cosy.

“I do not follow trends,” says Tanya as she shows me through her home. She shows the kitchen as an example. The kitchen cabinets are classically proportioned yet not one style. They would fit into a Georgian or early Victorian house as easily as they would a modern home or the mud brick cottage where she lives. They are timeless. I open a drawer.

The steel runner is state of the art and gives the piece a beautiful resistance to the hand

when opened and closed. There is a stunning round side table made with a beautiful slab of native hardwood, split and ‘bookmatched’ so the rough outside edges sit facing each other.

A natural gap in the uneven join reveals a perfectly turned wooden ball underneath. “When I make a piece for someone I like to talk to them,” says the softly spoken Tanya. “They will have a piece in mind that will be very contemporary,” she explains. “I then find out what they are really after,” she says emphasizing the word ‘really’. “We then work together to create something that they actually need, that will fit in their home and will function as planned.”

With that she shows a video of a three butterfly leafed table she made for a couple, the movement of the internal leaf as it swings out to extend the table verges on the balletic.

There is no waste of natural resources in Tanya’s business. The offcuts of the beautiful timber she spent so much time selecting and sourcing are turned into beautiful and practice home wares. With great care and consideration she turns the timber into delicately tapered rolling pins.

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In the hand they feel perfectly balanced and ‘right’. Her candlesticks are extraordinary, seemingly pulled from a great piece of wood they are whimsical and characterful in their own special way. She also makes particularly beautiful Christmas decorations that she is selling online and at the Castlemaine Twilight Market.

While Tanya claims she has no allegiance to any one style or fashion she does have a soft spot for early 20th century modernism. In her office she has an unusual and beautiful art deco desk. Shortly she will be taking a sabbatical trip to Paris to study art noveau furniture.

“I really want to see where this trip takes me,” says Tanya. “I want it (the furniture) to lead me to new discoveries. But in the meantime she is madly working through her Christmas and summer orders. www.madebytanya.com.au

Left Page: Tanya always wanted to make a three-legged chair and made this to suit her desk.

Above: Candlesticks Editors Note: Christmas in my family wouldn't be complete without some exquisite trinkets made by Tanya. Turn to page 34 to view a range of her beautiful work available to purchase for your family.

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So if you or someone you know, is involved in a local project or community organisation that could use a helping hand, come into the pub and see Mel or Megan.

Since 1857, a constant stream of patrons have walked through our doors. Best mates, new friends, strangers, locals, visitors and travellers. They all gather together to share a pint, break some bread, and regale a good tale or two.

We’d love to be able to host a Friday night meat raffle to help you raise much needed funds.

It has served as a gathering place for locals to come together in times of need and in times of great celebration.

Cos the spirit of giving shouldn’t just be at Christmas. It should be every week of the year.

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Mary Ellis cooked around the world for the rich and famous before settling in Hepburn where she co-founded the erstwhile Liberty House and the still going strong Cliffy’s.

Her cooking is perfectly simple and always delicious.

Duck Breast with Sour Cherries My mate Sammy has the best cherries. Big, fat and red. When the sweet ones finish the sour ones start. Dark burgundy and tart. He does bugger all to them except let the Guinea Fowl – or panic chickens as we call them in this neck of the woods – forage, fornicate and foul underneath. Shortly he will bring some sour cherries over and I will be cooking duck breast.

INGREDIENTS

Quality duck breasts, one per person

Good quality stock (veal is our favourite)

Butter

Salt and pepper

Shallots

Lemon Thyme (optional)

Large handful of dark sour cherries METHOD

Take duck breasts out of fridge about 30 mins before you want to cook them and turn the oven to around 230°C. Take one duck breast per person and with a cruelly sharp knife score the skin to the fat but not beyond. You need to let the rendered fat out, not the meat juices!! Season by rubbing in a little salt and pepper.

Place the breasts skin down on a hot cast iron pan. Turn heat down to medium heat, searing both sides of the breast. When the fat is rendering well, put them skin side up and slide the pan into the oven and note the time. They will take 8-10 minutes. Remember they will continue to cook out of the oven so don’t be tempted to ‘finish’ cooking them in the oven…

Meanwhile start your cherry sauce with a knob of butter in a pan over medium-high heat.

Scatter over a very finely diced shallot or two

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and after a few minutes, add the cherries.

(Unless your partner is a dentist make sure the cherries are pitted). Add half a cup of your best stock, very hot, and cook until the cherries begin to collapse at which stage check the seasoning, add a pinch of salt and a cube of very cold butter. Stir. Reduce the heat. I like a teaspoon or so of lemon thyme leaves popped in about now.

Somewhere in the middle of all this the duck will be done. Remove from the oven and loosely cover with foil and keep in a warm place. Rest for 10 minutes, letting the meat relax so the juice won’t run out all over your plate when you slice them..

Slice the duck. It should be fabulously pink.

Serve over the sauce and enjoy with an outrageously good pinot noir.

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Summer and the festive season… time to call your friends, light up the bbq and make punch!

PREP TIME: min 8 hours

2. Make a large ice block that will fit in your punch bowl, by filling a container with water and freezing it overnight.

8 nectarines or peaches, sliced 2 punnets raspberries or strawberries Big handful of sweet ripe cherries 1 cup caster sugar Half bottle peach schnapps or peach liqueur 6-8 lemons, juiced Half bottle of your favourite dark rum One bottle of your favourite white rum

3. Put remaining half punnet of raspberries in the freezer.

On the Day… 4. Place the large iceblock in your punch bowl and pour over the combined alcohol, lemon juice and strained fruit nectar, reserving fruit solids.

SERVE IN: Large punch bowl and punch cups.

METHOD

5. To serve, add cracked ice cubes, a ladle of punch, some fruit pieces and frozen raspberries to each cup. Garnish with fresh cherries.

Day Before…

1. Place nectarines and 1&1/2 punnet raspberries in an airtight container, covered with sugar. Leave in the fridge overnight or up to 24 hours to draw out the flavor and juice to make a fruit nectar.

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Sallie Harvey's Top Outdoor Five Lost Places STORY BY RICHARD CORNISH PICTURES BY DANNY WOOTTON

Local identity, Sallie Harvey offers us her 5 top outdoor things to do over Summer in Daylesford and Hepburn region.

“I love summer in Central Victoria,” says Sallie Harvey. Cook, hunter, singer, caterer and mum she is a local identity singing some evenings at The Belvedere Social in Daylesford and creating Moroccan feasts for Middle Eastern food loving locals. A keen shot she hunts feral deer in the forests and has explored more than her fair share of the local countryside going on walks and swims with her children. In this issue of LOST she shares some of her favourite places around Daylesford and beyond.

The Pine Forest “There are hundreds of hectares of radiata pine plantations just outside of Daylesford.

While they are very popular in autumn with foragers coming in to pick the saffron milk caps the pine forests have their own beauty in summer. The light is really beautiful. It streams through the even rows of trees creating shafts of light early in the morning and later in the

day. At the height of the sun the sunlight is soft and filtered and the air is cool. The forest floor is covered in a bed of pine needles that absorb the sound making the place seem surreal and quiet. There are also a surprising number of native birds in the forest and when the breeze picks up the wind makes this spooky noise through the needles. When we walk through we can see what the deer have been eating and there are always kangaroos and wallabies grazing between the rows. Good spots are off Telegraph Road and Basalt road.

Le Franchi’s Hut You’ll need to befriend a local in order to find Le Franchi’s hut. It’s a wattle and daub cabin with a stone chimney in the middle of a grove of deciduous trees, robinias to be exact. It’s in the Wombat State Forest at the end of a puzzling array of winding tracks. At this time of the year the surrounds are covered in a L O S T M A G A Z I N E | 31

DINNER WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY FROM 6PM LUNCH FRIDAY - SUNDAY FROM NOON Wed 27th Dec until 15th January, we are opening every day (except NYE) for lunch and dinner. Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

97 Main Road Hepburn Springs

03 5348 1156 caliopi@frankandconnies.com.au

frankandconnies.com.au

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carpet of blue bells. It is one of my favourite places to bring the family for a walk or picnic.

It’s exact location is a fiercely held secret in order to preserve the ageing cabin and fields of bulbs. However for those lucky enough to be taken there, they quickly appreciate the fragile beauty and what a privilege it is to visit.

Cairn Curran Reservoir We locals sometimes refer to Cairn Curran Reservoir as “Little Eildon”. This is our own private holiday destination where we can go camping, fishing, swimming and canoeing. It’s at Baringhup between Newstead and Maldon and is the result of flooding a beautiful stretch of the Loddon valley where Cairn Curran station once stood. In drought, the old homestead emerges from the water like a ghostly mansion surrounded by dead, twisted gum trees. It is very beautiful in its own way.

The Tip Just the other day I went to the Daylesford Tip and came back with a multi-coloured chandelier. No, I am not a scavenger! There is a Tip Shop where you can get really good stuff at amazing prices. I mean there are people with

way too much money and stuff in this world and they throw away perfectly good furniture, bikes, garden equipment. It’s just like an outdoor op shop with a slightly, but not much, stronger odour. Ajax Road, Daylesford.

The Trees of the Moorabool Reservoir When the Moorabool Reservoir was created in 1915 it flooded the upper reaches of the Moorabool River between Ballan and Daylesford. Lots of stone aqueducts were built and lot of the old growth forest was replaced with northern hemisphere species. I love driving down the Daylesford-Ballan Road towards Ballan and turning right up Spargo Creek Road.

The countryside so different with great stands of Californian Redwoods and Spruce while there are still pre-European white gums towering over the farmland. There is a little picnic area on the banks of the reservoir.

To book one of Sallie Harvey’s Souq Moroccan Feasts in your own home call 0409 339 308.

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Lost Finds.

A new regular column where the team at Lost uncover incredible products that totally blow our skirt up.

And are all found right here in Spa Country.

This month, we went looking for the perfect gifts for Christmas. You can’t buy happiness. But you can buy local.

And that’s kinda the same thing.

SPURTLE $55

Great for stirring porridge and soups. Check out Tanya's website for French and Column rolling pins and muddlers.

WOOD HANDLED SCREWDRIVERS $50

This serious tool is also seriously gorgeous in either Tassie Blackwood or Tassie Sassafras. Great practical gift for the handy person, home or work places (and makes a pretty handy fridge magnet)

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS $35

Simply our idea of heaven. Hand-made, beautifully crafted Christmas ornaments are a gift unto themselves. We use them to decorate our gifts as well as hang from the tree.

WRITING DESK $3,500 This exquisite writing desk will have you longing to be the next Gore Vidal in no time. Made from hand pressed sustainability sourced Rock Maple Veneer with traditional construction techniques. Dove tail drawers and stationery tray.

CANDLESTICKS $55-$150 Pictured on page 23

Made by Tanya Baricevich.

Visit www.madebytanya.com.au or call 0408 113 267 34 | L O S T M A G A Z I N E

TERRARIUM BY BETTINA RALPH $450

CARVED BUFFALO SKULL $500

We are completely green at these beautiful terrariums by local artist Bettina Ralph. Ranging from smaller pieces to large stand out designs.

This intricately carved faux buffalo skull is enormous! It would look fabbo hanging on the wall or lying down on a table

Available at Bowen & Kenneth.

Shop 1, 9 Howe St Daylesford Ph 03 5348 1678 www.bowenkenneth.com

Available at Bowen & Kenneth.

Shop 1, 9 Howe St Daylesford Ph 03 5348 1678 www.bowenkenneth.com

QUIRKY GLITTER JARS $15 Who doesn't need glitter? The perfect answer to almost every situation.

Available in a rainbow of colours darlink!

Available at Bowen & Kenneth.

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EAT . DRINK . LOVE LOCAL Kick back and relax in the region’s best beer garden 03 5424 1516 . Cnr High St & Cosmo Rd, Trentham . www.thecosmopolitanhotel.com.au

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HAND MADE CERAMICS $14-$25 Super cute ceramics perfect for displaying anything from lollies to diamonds, each one lovingly hand made and hand painted. Mugs, vases and planters available also.

Available at Portal 108 108 Main Road Hepburn Springs Ph 03 5348 4353 www.portal108.com.au

ROSE COLLECTED REFURBISHED DRESSER $700 Got ya knickers in a twist? Sort out your smalls with this gorgeous one-of-a-kind refurbished dresser.

Available at Bowen & Kenneth.

Shop 1, 9 Howe St Daylesford Ph 03 5348 1678 www.bowenkenneth.com

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31 vincent st dayleford call 0409 977 231 open wed-mon 10-5

grzyb.com.au

Gig Guide T O A D V E R T I S E I N O U R M O N T H LY GIG GUIDE, CALL 03 5348 4927 P H O T O B Y M AT H E U S F E R R E R O

SPA BAR DAYLESFORD (FORMERLY HORVAT'S SUPPER CLUB)

22 HOWE STREET, DAYLESFORD FACEBOOK.COM/SPABARDAYLESFORD

FRI 1ST DEC DJ BEATS

WED 13TH DEC

SAT 23RD DEC

WED 10TH JAN

WED 24TH JAN

TRIO OF DJ'S

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

9:00PM-11:00PM

7:00PM-10:00PM

7:30PM-10:30PM

7:00PM-10:00PM

7:00PM-10:00PM

SAT 2ND DEC

THURS 14TH DEC

WED 27TH DEC

THURS 11TH JAN

THURS 25TH JAN

7:00PM-10:00PM

7:00PM-10:00PM

FRI 12TH JAN

FRI 26TH JAN

9:00PM-11:00PM

9:00PM-11:00PM

SAT 13TH JAN

SAT 27TH JAN

7:30PM-10:30PM

7:30PM-10:30PM

WED 17TH JAN

WED 31ST JAN

7:00PM-10:00PM

7:00PM-10:00PM

THE HOWLING OWLS

7:30PM-10:30PM WED 6TH DEC

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

NORM GRAY JAZZ TRIO

7:00PM-10:00PM

FRI 15TH DEC DJ BEATS

THURS 28TH DEC

DJ ZOLLY GOLD

9:00PM-11:00PM

THURS 7TH DEC

SAT 16TH DEC

TEN STORY TALE

7:00PM-10:00PM

7:30PM-10:30PM

FRI 8TH DEC DJ BEATS

WED 20TH DEC

DJ FRANICS COMBER 9:00PM-11:00PM

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

7:00PM-10:00PM

7:00PM-10:00PM

EDGELEY & WILLIAMS

GILLIAN & TERRY

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

7:00PM-10:00PM THURS 21ST DEC

SAT 9TH DEC

BLACK & BLUE

THE HOLLANDS!

7:30PM-10:30PM

7.00-10.00PM FRI 22ND DEC DJ BEATS

DJ CLAY RAVIN

9:00PM-11:00PM

YENNI & JOHN

7:00PM-10:00PM FRI 29TH DEC

DJ BEATS

9:00PM-11:00PM SAT 30TH DEC

THE ZERO POINT

7:30PM-10:30PM SUN 31ST DEC

THE FAMILY FARM BAND 8:00PM-11:00PM

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

LIVE JAZZ

DJ BEATS

DJ BEATS

THE RHYTHM CONNECTION

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

THURS 18TH JAN

WHISKEY ROOM

7:00PM-10:00PM FRI 19TH JAN

11:00PM ONWARDS

9:00PM-11:00PM

CLOSED FOR BEACH BREAK

THE RESIGNATORS

LIVE PIANO IMPROV

DJ BEATS

01-09 JANUARY

LIVE JAZZ

DJ BEATS

SAT 20TH JAN

SLIM FIT LOW WASTERS 7:30PM-10:30PM

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Stockroom is Macedon Ranges’ premier artist and makers space. Housed in the historic Kyneton District Butter Factory on Piper Street, the creative hub of Kyneton and the Macedon Ranges.

Stockroom includes a large retail space showcasing objects, jewellery, and women’s and men’s fashion by many homegrown and international contemporary artists, designers and makers. There are three gallery spaces within the complex, housing monthly exhibitions featuring the work of some of Australia’s most exciting and engaging contemporary artists. Exhibition openings, artist talks and a continuous program of creative masterclasses taught by some of Melbourne’s best artists run concurrently alongside each exhibitions and all are open to the public.

ARTISTS, MAKERS & RETAIL SPACE 98 Piper St, Kyneton, 3444, Vic 03 5422 3215 info@stockroom.space WWW.STOCKROOM.SPACE

Thurs . Fri . Mon: 10:30 . 5:00 Sat . Sun: 10:00 . 5:00

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BLUE BEAN LOVE

115 MAIN ROAD, HEPBURN SPRINGS PH 5348 2297 FACEBOOK.COM/BLUEBEANLOVE

FRI 1ST DEC

JARED BRENTNALL

FRI 29TH DEC

SCOTT FRASER

SAT 6TH JAN

NATHAN POWER

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

SAT 2ND DEC

SAT 30TH DEC

SUN 7TH JAN

BUCK JR.

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY SUN 3RD DEC

NICK NOON 6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY BLUE BEAN LOVE WILL BE CLOSED FROM 5TH DEC, REOPENING ON 28TH DEC.

CATHERINE TRAICOS

NOT EMPATHETIC

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

SUN 31ST DEC

FRI 12TH JAN

ELLERBY

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY FRI 5TH JAN

CAT & CLINT 6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

CHARLEY PHYPERS

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY SAT 13TH JAN

JAMES HICKEY

SUN 14TH JAN

FRI 26TH JAN

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

FRI 19TH JAN

SAT 27TH JAN

OPEN MIC

JAZZ DEUCE 6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY SAT 20TH JAN

FIVE MILE SNIPER

NICK NOON

THE CARTWHEELS (TBC) 6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY SUN 28TH JAN

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

LIVE STAND UP COMEDY

SUN 21ST JAN

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

NEXT EPISODE

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY

6.00-8.00PM FREE ENTRY THE OLD HEPBURN HOTEL

236 MAIN ROAD, HEPBURN PH 5348 2207 OLDHEPBURNHOTEL.COM.AU

FRI 1ST DEC

CARTWHEELS 8:30PM $10 ON DOOR SAT 2ND DEC

CLOSED

FOR PRIVATE FUNCTION SUN 3RD DEC

PATRICK WILSON

5PM $10 ON DOOR

FRI 8TH DEC

FRI 15TH DEC

FRI 22ND DEC

FRI 29TH DEC

8:30PM FREE ENTRY

8:30PM FREE ENTRY

8:30PM FREE ENTRY

8:30PM FREE ENTRY

SAT 9TH DEC

SAT 16TH DEC

SAT 23RD DEC

SAT 30TH DEC

8:30PM $5 ON DOOR AFTER 9PM

8:30PM $5 ON DOOR AFTER 9PM

8:30PM $5 ON DOOR AFTER 9PM

SPICKS AND SPECTACLES

SUN 17TH DEC

SUN 24TH DEC

SUN 31ST DEC

INTERACTIVE MUSIC SHOW 5PM $10 ON DOOR

5PM $10 PRE-SALE $12 ON DOOR

5PM $5 ON DOOR

CROAKY KARAOKE

40 THIEVES 8:30PM $5 ON DOOR SUN 10TH DEC

CROAKY KARAOKE

GRUESOME TWOSOME

ARI LANE

CROAKY KARAOKE

MATTY CHAPS

CAM KETTLE

CROAKY KARAOKE

GILLY & TERRY

NEW YEARS EVE TO BE ADVISED. CHECK WEBSITE.

December & January happenings Events, festivals, concerts and entertainment DAYLESFORD HIGHLAND GATHERING

2-3 DECEMBER

Bring out your inner Scot and join your clan! The day begins with the annual street march, followed by a full day's drumming, piping and dancing and culminates in a spectacular massed bands experience not to be missed.

2-3 December 8am-5pm. Street march starts 9:30 am. Adults $12/Conc $8/Kids $4/Under 5s free entry.

Programs $3 Victoria Park, Burrall St Daylesford. T: Cameron 0437 659 148 www.daylesfordhighland.com CASTLEMAINE TWILIGHT MARKET

15 DECEMBER

The Castlemaine Artists and Farmers Markets come together to make one, epic market – perfect for finding locally made and grown gifts, food and drink for the festive season. Enjoy live music, cocktails, kid's activities and great food, while perusing more than 100 local craft and produce stalls. 4–8.30 pm Western Reserve, Forest Street, Castlemaine www.facebook.com/events/127266991324585 GUILDFORD CHRISTMAS MARKET

16 DECEMBER

Go loco for local gifts this year with food producers, winemakers, artists and makers, plus community stalls, from Guildford and surrounds. Everything that’s great about Guildford in a market, plus BBQ, bands (including up to 25 ukelele players!), and colouring in for the kids and young at heart. 4–8.pm in the Big Back Yard at the Guildford Family Hotel, Midland Highway Guildford www.facebook.com/guildfordchristmasmarket GOLDZ SOUNDZ MUSIC FESTIVAL

17 DECEMBER

Kings and Queens of downbeat, alt. country & Americana will converge for this luscious event. Joining Dirtbird for their album launch will be waywardbreed; Georgia Spain; Water Music; Oscar Lush; Cathy Burke; Night, Owl Hollow; Matthew Colin and DJ Wind-up. 2pm ‘til late The Guildford Family Hotel, Midland Highway, Guildford.

Tix $20 and $25 on the day. www.facebook.com/theguildfordfamilyhotel NIGEL WEARNE LIVE AT DAYLESFORD CIDER COMPANY

27 JANUARY

Equipped with personally handcrafted guitars, and gracing DCC for the first time, Nigel Wearne melds fingerstyle guitar, clawhammer banjo, folk and honest storytelling. Kitchen open 12–3 pm. Live music from 12:30pm.

Lawn games available all afternoon. 11:30 am–5:00 pm Daylesford Cider Company, 155 Dairyflat Road Musk.

T: 5348 2275 www.daylesfordcider.com.au

A Lost Magazine fave event...

GLENLYON CHRISTMAS FAYRE

16 DECEMBER

The annual Glenlyon Christmas Fair and Community BBQ will be held on Saturday 16 December (48pm) at the Glenlyon Reserve. This is a many-splendored event.

Shop local and shop till you drop. Stock up on those last-minute Christmas gifts for family and friends - or treat yourself. All manner of gifts will be available - gorgeous hand-forged iron plant stakes, cakes, biscuits, preserves, cards, fresh produce straight from local kitchen garden beds, wines, cordials and much more. The skills of our locals are never ending!

Shopping over, there’s plenty of time to set up a byo picnic, throw some meat on the community barbie, buy wine. Or if that seems like too much work Judder Bar Eats food truck will be on hand to serve delicious food while the kids wait for Santa to arrive on the fire truck.

Throughout the evening the distinctive bright, mellow sounds of the Daylesford and District Brass Band will delight the ear and probably set feet a-tapping.

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Festive Feasts, Celebrations and upcoming Summer events LAKE HOUSE CHRISTMAS LUNCH

CHRISTMAS DAY 25 DECEMBER

Make Christmas lunch incredibly special with an elegant banquet lunch on the terrace of Daylesford’s stunning Lake House. Start with arrival drinks in the sunshine and a family style celebratory Christmas toast before you enjoy a four course festive menu, Christmas crackers & sommelier selected wines.

12pm–finish $280 pp/$195 kids 12&over/$100 kids under 12. Phone 5348 3329 or email info@lakehouse.com.au LAKE HOUSE CHRISTMAS DINNER

CHRISTMAS DAY 25 DECEMBER

The celebrations continue with a superb four course festive Christmas dinner in the extraordinarily good Lake House Restaurant. Arrive early if you like, and enjoy a drink on the deck as the sun sets across the lake. 7:45pm $395 pp / $100 kids under 12 (beverages additional) Phone 03 5348 3329 or email info@lakehouse.com.au LAKEHOUSE NEW YEAR EVE'S GALA DINNER & FIREWORKS

SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER

Celebrate New Year’s Eve in style with a very special party at Lake House Daylesford and help us continue to raise funds for the CFA. Begin on the waterfront for Champagne, Spritz & small bites as the sun sets over the far shore. Sit down to an elegant multi course feast with sommelier selected wines at shared tables, in the Lake House Restaurant. Later on, delight in the grand dessert salon then celebrate the new year with prime position for the spectacular fireworks show over lake Daylesford to finish.

Dress: Formal $395 per seat To book phone 03 5348 3329 BELVEDERE SOCIAL NEW YEARS EVE

SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER

5:00pm-12midnight Feast on classic cocktails, champagne by the glass, oysters and snacks.

8:00pm Have the best view of the wonderful Daylesford NYE Street Parade 8:30pm Social Supper. A candle-lit feast of 5-courses celebrating summer produce 9:00pm-12midnight Live Jazz. Swinging jazz quartet to bring you into the New Year.

Dinner $89. Bookings call 03 5348 2088 NYE TALBOT EATERY SEASONAL DINNER

SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER

Celebrate the year past and welcome in the year ahead with friends. Savour a delicious five course degustation dinner showcasing local produce. Each course is matched with exceptional regional wines presented by guest winemaker Sasha Fair of Sally's Paddock at Redbank Winery. 6.30pm Talbot Provedore & Eatery, 42 Scandinavian Crescent, Talbot Tickets $98 pp Bookings E: hello@talbotprovedore.com.au or T: 03 5463 2008 LAVANDULA HARVEST FESTIVAL

SUNDAY 7 JANUARY

Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm celebrates its lavender harvest once again. Learn about the lavender process from field cutting to distilling the flowers for their precious essential oil. Plenty of good local food will be available. 10am Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm, 350 Hepburn-Newstead Road, Shepherds Flat. Dogs welcome on a leash. $6 per adult and $2 per school-aged child. www.lavandula.com.au MALDON TWILIGHT DINNER

25 JANUARY

Entry to this extravagant, mass feast of food and music includes a generous hamper of regional, seasonal produce.

Opera at twilight by Pavarotti & the Diva, followed by Beatles tribute band, Rubbersoul. 6–11 pm, Main Street, Maldon www.facebook.com/pg/MTD2018 $60 pp entry includes hamper. Bookings T: 0417 150 709. Steam train to Maldon from Castlemaine is $30 return: book with www.vgr.com.au.

AUSTRALIA DAY RACES AT HANGING ROCK

26 JANUARY

Enjoy the atmosphere of the race track in the lovely surrounds of the iconic Hanging Rock. Free kids’ activities, live music, big screen, punters club, food stalls and of course, horse racing. Gate opens 11 am (note new time). No BYO Alcohol, animals or shade structures. Shuttle bus from Woodend station: $5 return. www.country.racing.com MUSIC BY THE SPRINGS

9-11 FEBRUARY

Thirteen of Australia's finest classical musicians will assemble for concerts, combined with fine food, wine and discussion in the debut of a new festival celebrating the finest in chamber music with the finest regional produce in Victoria. Six sublime concerts will be performed at the historic Peppers Mineral Springs hotel over one magical weekend. For information and bookings visit musicbythesprings.com.au or call Eric Dias on 0423 133 690

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Restaurants and Cafés A SECOND ELEMENT 5348 4996 74 Vincent St Daylesford. Open 12noon until late Thurs-Tuesday (closed Wed).

Pizza, pasta and kebabs made with fresh local ingredients. Dine in or takeaway.

AWKWARD JEFFERY 5348 1798 117 Vincent St Daylesford. Breakfast & Lunch daily. Craft brews, coffee and local produce. www.awkwardjeffery.com BELLINZONA TASTINGS 5348 2271 77 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Tastings Cellar Door & wood-fired pizza alfresco dining. Open Lunch Friday-Sunday. Restaurant open Dinner Wed-Sunday. Private function rooms available.

BELVEDERE SOCIAL 5348 2088 82B Vincent St Daylesford. Lunch & Dinner Wed-Sun. Cocktail Bar, Tasty Bar Menu and Fine Dining. Beautiful rear courtyard. www.belvederesocial.com.au CLIFFYS EMPORIUM 5348 3279 30 Raglan Street Daylesford Breakfast & Lunch Daily 8am-4pm Iconic historical cafe with great food, coffee, deli and produce. www.cliffysemporium.com.au DAYLESFORD HOTEL 5348 2335 2 Burke Sq Daylesford. Dinner Every Night from 5pm. Lunch Fri-Sun. Seasonal pub food, terrific wine list and speciality beers. Amazing balcony.

Huge beer garden. $20 meal deals Mon-Thurs.

DOS 5348 3756 2/97 Vincent St Daylesford. Open daily.

Mon-Fri 7am-7pm Sat-Sun 8am-6pm.

Full range delicatessen, charcuterie and cheeses, toasties, produce and coffee.

FARMERS ARMS CRESWICK 5345 2221 31 Albert St Creswick. Lunch & Dinner Daily.

Historical pub created in gold rush era with beautifull remodelled interior. Outstanding pub and bistro dishes with in-house charcuterie.

FARMERS ARMS DAYLESFORD 5348 2091 1 East St Daylesford. Lunch & Dinner Daily. Fantastic seasonal menu in towns oldest characterfilled hotel. Huge range beers, wines by glass & spirits. Dog friendly beer garden.

FRANK & CONNIE'S KITCHEN 5348 1156 97 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Dinner Wed-Sun. Lunch Fri-Sun. Whatever comes out of the pot!

Blackboard menu, seasonal produce with Spring Sunday sessions wood-fired pizzas & cocktails GLENLYON GENERAL STORE 5348 7922 63 Barkly St Glenlyon. Open Thurs-Monday 8:30am-4pm. Great coffee and Menu. Full of wonderful local produce and homewares. Fully licenced. Large outdoor beer garden.

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LAKE HOUSE 5348 3329 4 King St Daylesford. Lunch & Dinner Daily.

One of Australia's most awarded regional restaurants on banks of Lake Daylesford.

Bookings essential. www.lakehouse.com.au

THE SURLY GOAT 5348 4628 3 Tenth St Hepburn Springs. Dinner Thurs-Sat. Lunch Fri-Sun. Bar and Dining. Seriously good food & wine in relaxed atmosphere by Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve. thesurlygoat.com.au

LAVANDULA SWISS ITALIAN FARM 5348 3329 350 Hepburn-Newstead Rd Shepherds Flat Open 10.30am-5.30pm Thurs-Mon (7 days in school holidays). Mediterranean fare under trees in historical Swiss-Italian gardens.

WINE & THE COUNTRY 5348 3756 1/97 Vincent St Daylesford. Open 7 days.

Mon-Fri 12pm-late. Sat-Sun 10am-late.

Wine Shop & Bar. Next to DOS deli.

MERCATO 5348 4488 32 Raglan St Daylesford. Lunch Fri-Sun. Dinner Thur-Tue. Exquisite food & wines in ambient setting. Tapas Thurs-Sunday afternoons. The quality you know and love in small bites to share.

OLD HEPBURN HOTEL 5348 2207 236 Main Rd Hepburn. Lunch Sat-Sun. Dinner Wed-Mon. Frugal food $20 Mon/Wed/Thurs.

All Schnitzels Thurs 5-7. Live music every w'end www.oldhepburnhotel.com.au PERFECT DROP 5348 1100 5 Howe St Daylesford. Open Lunch FridaySunday. Dinner Friday-Tuesday. Award-winning restaurant serving local, ethical and organic produce. Wine bar and courtyard.

THE PARKLAND 5422 3769 37 Piper St Kyneton. Lunch & Dinner FridayTuesday. Stylish dining space with inviting bar.

Eat casually and drink seriously or eat seriously and drink casually. theparklandkyneton.com.au PIZZERIA LA LUNA 5348 4123 24 Albert St Daylesford. Fri-Sat 5pm-10pm.

Thurs, Sun, Mon 5pm-9pm. Closed Tue & Wed. Takeaway pizza with home delivery Friday to Sunday. www.pizzerialaluna.com.au RED GINGER THAI 5348 1163 31 Albert St Daylesford (opposite Coles) Open 5-9pm Wed-Mon. Closed Tues. Authentic Thai cuisine. Dine in or Takeaway. Licensed & BYO (wine only) Order online redgingerthai.com.au RUBENS @ HEPBURN 5348 2843 70 Main Rd. Hepburn Springs.

Lunch Wed-Sun. Dinner 7 Days.

Mediterranean cuisine and take-away. www.rubensrestaurant.com SAULT 5348 6555 2439 Ballan-Daylesford Rd, Sailors Falls.

Dinner Wed-Sun. Lunch Fri-Sun. Contemporary fine dining in magnificent surroundings. www.sault.com.au SWEET DECADENCE AT LOCANTRO 5348 3202 87 Vincent St Daylesford.

Open 7 days 9.30am-5pm.

Premium Handmade chocolates, desserts & cakes. Breakfast and Lunch daily.

SWISS MOUNTAIN HOTEL 5345 7006 3454 Midland Hwy Blampied.

Dinner Tue-Sun. Lunch Wed-Sun. Historical hotel. Modern bistro with the classics, local beers and wine. Great place to relax!

WOMBAT HILL HOUSE CAFÉ 5348 3329 Wombat Hills Botanical Gardens (Off Central Springs Rd) Daylesford Thurs-Mon 9am-4pm.

Fresh seasonal menu, beautiful garden setting. www.wombathillhouse.com.au

Wineries and Farmgates DAYLESFORD CIDER 5348 2275 155 Dairyflat Rd Musk | Award Winning Craft Cider | Cellar door opens for drinks 7 days; Weekdays 12-4 Weekends 11-5 | Kitchen open 12-3 Friday-Monday www.daylesfordcider.com.au PASSING CLOUDS 5348 5550 30 Roddas Lane, Musk. Winery open daily 10am-5pm. Lunch 12pm Fri-Mon (bookings are essential). Fresh seasonal produce. Menu changes weekly. www.passingclouds.com.au

Let's shop til we drop...

BOWEN & KENNETH 5348 1678 Shop 1, 9 Howe St Daylesford. Open 10am5:30pm every day except Tue. Stylish home decor & furnishings, quirky designs, art, gifts, local artisan wares. www.bowenkenneth.com FOUND 0457 234 616 108A Main Road Hepburn Springs. Open ThursSun 11am-5pm. A hand selected collection of unique and eclectic antiques for your world and your home. www.found.style GRZYB 0409 977 231 31 Vincent St Daylesford. Open Thurs-Mon 10am-5pm. Designer clothing made in-store.

Zero waste. Zero gender. All ages. All sizes. Total attitude. Curated collection of jewellery & wares.

PORTAL 108 5348 4353 108 Main Road Hepburn Springs. Open Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Sun/Pub Hols 10am-4pm.

A lifestyle store for everyone. www.portal108.com.au STOCKROOM 5422 3215 98 Piper St Kyneton. Open Thurs-Mon. Exciting art hub, gallery, exhibition & retail. Cutting edge contemporary art & design and workshops. www.stockroomspace.com

TO LIST YOUR BUSINESS IN LOST - THE GUIDE TO WHERE TO FIND IT CALL 03 5348 4927 OR SEND US AN EMAIL AT ADVERTISING@LOSTMAGA ZINE .COM. AU

Getting hitched?

SCRUB HILL 1869 5348 5550 1713 Daylesford Ballarat Rd, Dean.

Magnificent restored bluestone church and hall set under shade of Himalayan Cedar. Available for stylish events. www.scrubhill1869.com.au

Galleries and Studios CONVENT GALLERY 5348 3211 7 Daly St Daylesford. Open 10am-4pm daily.

Described as the most beautiful gallery in Australia set in 6 acres of beautiful gardens with loca, national and international artists. $5 entry.

Spa, Massage and Beauty ABANDON STRESS MASSAGE Mobile to your doorstep. 7 days.

Contact 0401 369 743 abandonstress.com.au DAYLESFORD HEALING MASSAGE 5348 1099 5/11 Howe St Daylesford. Open daily. Bookings essential. More than just a massage - Mind Body and Soul. Book onlinemassagehealing.com.au SALUS SPA AT LAKE HOUSE 5348 3329 4 King St Daylesford.

Open daily. Bookings essential.

Blissful treatments and mineral water spas. www.lakehouse.com.au/spa

Kids Activities DAYLESFORD PLAY CAFE 5348 1537 8/37-39 East St Daylesford. Open 9.30am-5pm Seven Days. Indoor playground and cafe for parents and kids of all ages. Host your childs birthday party here. Bookings essential.

INTRODUCING A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN….

DELI // TOASTIES // COFFEE local, artisan and world-class producers of cheese & smallgoods

// BOTTLESHOP & BAR // local, organic, natural, conventional…WINES!

SHOWCASING THE BEST IN ARTISAN & GOURMET PRODUCERS IN TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS (RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER!). COME AND SAY HI AND SEE THE NEW SPACE. // 97 VINCENT STREET, DAYLSFORD //

Markets and Fairs

S AT U R D AY 2 N D D E C E M B E R

F R I D AY 1 5 T H D E C E M B E R

DAYLESFORD FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Daylesford Primary, Vincent St Daylesford

CASTLEMAINE TWILIGHT MARKET 4:00-8:30pm Western Reserve, Forest St Castlemaine

WOODEND FARMERS MARKET 9am-2pm High Street Woodend

S AT U R D AY 1 6 T H D E C E M B E R

S U N D AY 3 R D D E C E M B E R

CRESWICK MARKET 9am-2pm Napier & Victoria St Creswick

CASTLEMAINE FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Moyston St, Castlemaine

GLENLYON VILLAGE MARKET 9am-1pm Glenlyon Hall, Glenlyon

DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy

LEONARDS HILL HALL & COUNTRY MARKET 9am-2pm 2095 Ballan-Daylesford Rd, Leonards Hill

GISBORNE ALL SEASONS MARKET 9am-12pm Brantome St Gisborne

GUILDFORD CHRISTMAS MARKET 4-8pm Guildford Family Hotel, Guildford

GREAT GISBORNE MARKET 9am-2pm Hamilton & Aitken St Gisborne

GLENLYON CHRISTMAS FAYRE 4-8pm Glenlyon Reserve, Dysart St Glenlyon

S AT U R D AY 9 T H D E C E M B E R

RIDDELLS CREEK FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Riddells Creek Primary School

BALLAN FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Mill Cottage, 96 Inglis St Ballan

TRENTHAM FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Trentham Town Square

DAYLESFORD CWA REMEMBERANCE DAY MARKET 10am-3pm Daylesford Town Hall Poppies, paintings, tea towels and artisan crafts.

S U N D AY 17 T H D E C E M B E R

KYNETON FARMERS MARKET 8am-1pm St Pauls Park Piper St Kyneton S U N D AY 1 0 T H D E C E M B E R CLUNES FARMERS MARKET 9am-2pm Collins Place Clunes DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy MALDON MARKET 9am-2pm Cnr Church & Edwards St Maldon WOODEND LIONS CLUB MARKET 9am-3pm High St Woodend

DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy WOODEND LIONS CLUB MARKET 9am-3pm High St Woodend S AT U R D AY 2 3 R D D E C E M B E R LANCEFIELD & DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm High St Lancefield S U N D AY 2 4 T H D E C E M B E R DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy

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18 wines by the glass.

14 beers & cider on tap.

That’s a real pub.

Join us for our famous Friday night meat raffle in the front bar. Or extend your weekend and wander across from the Daylesford Sunday Market to avoid having to head home on a Sunday.

With an extensive beer and wine list, a terrific and diverse menu (without a parma in sight), a pooch-friendly beer garden and friendly welcoming staff, the Farmers Arms is sure to complete your stay here in Spa Country.

Eat. Drink. Be Local.

1 EAST ST DAYLESFORD

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03 5348 2091 • OPEN 7 DAYS LUNCH & DINNER

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