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Man of Colours

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Alison's Amazing Underworld

5 Reasons to Get Lost

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READER COMPETITION

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LOCAL MARKETS

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Lost Magazine is an independent monthly magazine circulating throughout Daylesford, Hepburn Springs, Kyneton, Trentham, Glenlyon, Castlemaine, Woodend, Creswick, Clunes and surrounds. We also distribute to select Melbourne venues and to an ever-growing our subscriber base.

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WRAP UP OF NEWS AND HAPPENINGS IN OUR REGION

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arch is always one of my favourite months of the year: Summer is in full swing and is always reluctant to let Autumn appear; vegetable gardens are in full flight with tomatoes seemingly growing and ripening overnight; it is the finale of “Gay Christmas” – a period of GLBTIQ festivals and events across the country starting in January with Midsumma Festival then ending with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney and our very own ChillOut Festival in Daylesford; and finally, the days start to get a little cooler and decidedly shorter. It has been a long, hot Summer. The hottest on record in fact. And I am constantly in awe of our farmers and producers who continually manage to produce incredible bounty in our region despite an ever-difficult climate in which to operate.

We’ve been kept incredibly busy with many new businesses opening across the region – a testament to the growing, thriving regional communities and the thousands of visitors to our region every week. We spent a wonderful evening at the Palais-Hepburn when they held their official grand opening event complete with a traditional smoke ceremony followed by a heartfelt Welcome to Country and moving sound healing by local Dja Dja Warrung

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residents. A small but fabulous camp store in Howe St Daylesford, Ruby Slippers has opened by none other than Lost’s very own Ritchie Rich. His opening hours are “on fabulous days only” and this tiny space is jam-packed with an eclectic array of men’s couture (it is literally the very high-end, very designer and rarely worn wardrobe of a shopaholic), fantastic millinery, original art, ceramics and a smattering of deliciously camp and sometimes naughty “whatnot”.

Richard Cornish spent time in Kyneton talking to some serious new hospo additions to this already talented foodie town. See his stories on the legendary Tansy Good on Page 14 and the return of gastro-pub icons to the region, Frank Moylan and Melissa Macfarlane on Page 19.

Richard compiles his Top 5 Reasons to Visit on Page 33 (but I couldn’t help but make it 6 reasons) but I can’t wait for the new Bottomless Boozy Brunches at Cliffy’s Emporium in Daylesford which will run every Saturday and over 1.5 hours, we will dine on classic brunch dishes whilst enjoying free-flowing Bloody Marys, Breakfast Negronis and their signature Mimosa’s. Call Cliffy’s on 5348 3279 to book.

On Saturday March 23, local food champion Kathryn Russack will host a Macedon Ranges Harvest Dinner at Colenso in Kyneton featuring

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We have two fantastic reader giveaways this month – Garden of St Erth have given our readers the chance to win a night sleeping in a dreamy billowing bell tent to celebrate the opening of Garden Beds Glamping. Turn to Page 13 for more details. And Alison Pouliot, ridiculously talented photographer, trained ecologist and queen of the fungi, is offering one lucky reader a spot in her upcoming Creswick workshop. Richard chats to her about her ‘amazing underworld’ on Page 20 about her new book The Allure of Fungi, 1000 Days in the Forest and her love of mycology.

Until next time, enjoy life to the fullest.

Sarah Lang Publisher and Editor-In-Chief Lost Magazine

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The Garden of St Erth

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n the middle of the native forest on the outskirts of Blackwood is a sprawling garden that has erupted into a riotous range of oranges and reds. After a long, hot, dry summer the Garden of St Erth is giving way to the change of season by putting on a colourful cloak of autumnal hues before it gives way to the chill of winter. At 600 metres above sea level, The Garden of St Erth is a cold climate garden that covers 2 hectares of sloping land on the edge of the Simmons Reef gold fields above the headwaters of the Lerderderg River. It surrounds a squat but beautiful former general store that was built from sandstone in 1854.

There are pin oaks and English oaks and a copper beech planted in 1973 by then owner Tommy Garnett, the former headmaster of Geelong Grammar. The beech was given to him as a retirement present along with a linden tree and a dawn redwood.

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Dandenong Ranges. “What we want to explore here is the idea that you can grow plants from similar climates from other parts of the world to give your garden form and colour,” explains Julian. “We also really love to show what can be grown in a productive food garden.” While the gardens look lush it has been several lifetimes’ work to repair the earth that was trashed by the goldminers. “There was virtually no topsoil here,” explains Julian.

“We make huge amounts of compost from our gardens and kitchen scraps from the café,” he says. “Tonnes and tonnes and all turned by hand.” With that remark, a flock of yellow tailed cockatoos emerge from above the canopy of the forest and letting out playful shrieks.

We also really love to show what can be grown in a productive garden.

“What you’ll notice about St Erth is that there are no native plants,” says head gardener Julian Blackhirst. The garden is part of the Diggers family of gardens that includes Heronswood in Dromana and Cloudehill in the

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The cottage is surrounded with a colourful herbaceous garden that still bears the last of the summer salvias and humming bird mint.

Above, the deep pink heads of echinacea dance about in the breeze. The corners and backgrounds are planted out in tall grasses their tail like seed heads bobbing along.

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LO ST FEATU R E Further up the hill, under the shade of an arbutus, its twisted trunks covered with pale green lichen, is the start of the Dry Climate Garden. Great grey leafed Californian tree poppies sit in the middle of the garden, their grey green foliage looking like over sized celery leaves. Again, big grasses and New Zealand flax give the garden its structure and height, plants like euphorbias, with their lime green flower heads punctuating the garden.

We pass the heritage apple trees, delicious fruit with names like Belle de Boskoop and Pomme de Neige, grafted onto dwarf rootstock no higher than your shoulder. We pass through a hedge of pomegranate trees into the food forest. It is a permaculture garden soft herbs grow under black currant canes that are shaded by taller Chinese quince trees.

Pumpkin vines trail wildly through the limbs of olive trees under which grow dahlias. Dahlias?

“They were originally brought into Europe as food plants,” explains Julian. “People would eat the tubers.”

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At the top of the garden comes the trickling sound of water and the ribbing call of pobblebonk frogs. Surrounding a small clear dam planted out with grasses and surrounding shrubs are a series of canvas bell tents. These are part of St Erth’s new glamping programme.

Guests have a seriously comfortable bed, heater and fan and a view of the forest. There is a shared kitchen, bathroom and lounge facilities in a cabin a little down the hill. Meals can be provided and beer and wine ready for your arrival. “People love staying here and getting close to the bush,” says Julian. With that a pair of crimson rosellas fly through the trees giving a loud squawk as they fly by.

Garden of St Erth; 189 Simmons Reef Rd, Blackwood; Open daily 9am-5pm, $10 admission (Diggers Club members free), The Fork to Fork Café serves light meals. www.diggers.com.au

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The Garden of St Erth is now home to Garden Beds Glamping – six billowing bell tents outfitted in earthy luxury for secluded weekend getaways, nature-filled honeymoons or special group gatherings in the wilderness. A chance to get out of the everyday and wake up in a world class garden! You’ll also have access to the shared amenities cottage featuring a wood fire and fabulous bbq and dining set up, and modern showers and bathrooms.

To celebrate this new addition to the region, The Garden of St Erth and Lost Magazine are giving one lucky reader the chance to win a St Erth Garden Bed voucher for a one night stay for two on the night of your choice (subject to availability and valid for 12 months).

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Good Food.

STORY AND IMAGES

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ansy Good places a small plate of marinated sardines on the table. The dish is simple and delicious. The small fillets of fish are fresh and firm, the marinade punctuated with clean notes of citrus and garlic and the bright flavours of green herbs. While the dish is mouth filling there is just one thing missing. Chef Tansy Good has not laid out a Phil Spector style wall of flavour, instead, in her considered style, she has left space on the palate for wine. This, and the potential for the diner to enjoy them together. The restraint in her cooking is palpable. “I can’t help myself,” says Tansy emphatically.

“The simplest food is the hardest to perfect because there is no place to hide.”

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trained some of the best names in the business today: Andrew and Matt McConnell, Rita Macali, Karen Martini, Philippa Sibley and the legendary Gerald Diffey from Gerald’s Bar. After she closed up in Spring Street, she teamed up with Diffey in 1997 at his Prahran restaurant The Locarno. Lauded by locals and diners it was savaged by a critic whose ‘fail’ review saw the fledgling business wither on the vine. After that Tansy took a less prominent role in the 2000s cooking exceptionally good dayto-day meals at the Melbourne University Burnley campus café and with butcher Skinner and Hackett.

The simplest food is the hardest to perfect because there is no place to hide.

Tansy is a one name food identity. Along with Stephanie and Maggie she pioneered the concept of women leading the kitchen during her years as chef and owner at her eponymous Carlton and Spring Street restaurants during the 1980s.

With a determined work ethic and staunch adherence to the principles of traditional French technique she ran kitchens in which

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In January this year Tansy and her sommelier partner John Evans opened the doors to Tansy’s in Piper Street, Kyneton. The 40seat dining room has a smart, yet slightly bohemian salon feel.

The menu is compact but packed with classic dishes such as nicoise salad with snapper fillet, duck breast with red cabbage or something as simple as salmon gravlax with crème fraiche and pickled cucumber. While the peaches are in season expect peach Melba

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with a raspberry and caramel sauce. The menu changes with the produce that is available, and Tansy makes the most of the garden surrounding the old corner weatherboard home housing the restaurant. She might make a rose petal syrup to dress a dessert later in the year or pickle some vegetables to put on the charcuterie plate. “You can see and taste the technique and style in every dish,” says John. He has put together a small but excellent wine list of unusual wines from well-known local winemakers and some well selected European wines with more than token emphasis on female wine makers.

The overall offer is of exceptionally wellcooked seasonal food that is prepared using classic French technique with a light modern feel. Service is delivered by John who is an industry veteran. “We look after people,” he says. “That is what we do.” The new Tansy’s is not fine dining. It is more casual and bistro style. It has an air of the familial, of an egalitarianism between patrons and hosts.

John and Tansy have been doing this for a long time and are beyond being lauded by media and critics. “Just make sure you put in the article…,” says Tansy with a stern smile, “’No Food Wankers Please’. Thank you.” With that she returns to the kitchen to tend to her stocks quietly bubbling away.

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ocal hospitality king Frank Moylan and his wife Melissa Macfarlane have returned to Kyneton’s Royal George Hotel. After almost a decade since they poured their last glass of wine in their 160-year-old Piper Street hotel they have been rightfully restored to their place behind the jump. They bought the lease and freehold of the Royal George 19 days after they left the Farmers Arms in Daylesford in 2006, swearing they would never do hospitality again. A little older and a little wiser they are offering a wonderful mix of fine and affordable wine, CUB and craft beer and a menu based on their best-selling small and shared plates they made over the past 20 years in hospitality.

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“What we have really noticed is that customers want value for money in wine,” says Frank over a glass of Granite Hills The Gordon, Bordeaux style blend from the nearby Cobaw Ranges.

“Gone are the days when (a restaurateur) could foist an ok to good wine by the glass for $14,” he says. “People want value for money and something drinkable under $10 a glass.

People are better educated, and they know how much decent wine costs.” Frank is selling some very French sauvignon blanc for $8 a glass. He knows his wine and his judgement is respected. He was recently cast as a presenter in the SBS TV series Battle of the Vines where his understanding of the modern drinking palate shone through. “The other thing that has changed in the last decade is that

LO S T D R I N K regionalism is firmly locked into wine lists from pubs to cafes to clubs,” he says. “While even a decade or so ago it was just us and Annie Smithers who were shouting out ‘drink local, local, local!’, now everyone is on to it. Which is good.” This normalisation of buying local has allowed Frank and Melissa to relax and share their love of European wines mix with local drops over their 40 strong wine list.

Frank is very man with a wry wit. “Some people used to be scared of admitting they liked Carlton Draft,” he explains. “Now they are coming out of the woodwork and saying, ‘I don’t understand craft beer, do you have a beer I don’t have to think about too much?’”

Frank says it’s not just his older patrons but young people, particularly younger women who will happily down a frothy CUB beer over a hopped artisan ale. That said he still pours a lot of beer from Shedshaker Brewing in Castlemaine.

What Frank and Melissa are really enjoying is returning their old pub to its former glory as a welcoming, ecumenical, happy place to eat and drink. They bring their dark bohemian touch of 20th century furniture, exposed antique wallpaper, dark wood and stuffed deer heads back to the old girl. “By simply being ourselves,” says Frank, “by serving the food and wine we love makes what we do here real.

We are not about tokenism. We are about the relationships that we have built up with winemakers, such as Lou Knight from Granite Hills and Gilles Lapalus from Maidenaii over decades,” he says. “By being true to what we love means that the whole hospitality package comes naturally.” He gives a big smile and passes over a plate of smoked pork and beef stuffed dumplings on a bed of sour cream and paprika butter washed down with a coffee infused black lager from Shedshaker.

“Perfect,” says Frank with a smile.

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Man of Colours STORY AND IMAGES BY RICHARD CORNISH

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Artist John Lloyd sits in a stuffed leather chair under one of his landscapes. Wide as his outstretched arms the oil on canvas painting portrays a local but imaginary landscape.

It seems like a typical Kyneton or Daylesford farm scene in winter. A green paddock sits under a dark and brooding sky filled with low menacing clouds. A tractor track cuts a dark dual path towards a lone pine sitting in the middle of the paddock. Called Sidetrack, in it John has captured the nature of the winter light that floods central Victoria in winter. Gold and metallic yet soft and ethereal.

“It’s a bit like me,” says John with a cheeky style. “Dark and moody.” He brings out another painting. This is a square landscape of rolling hills covered in a patchwork of different coloured fields. It is bright, happy, fantastical. “The work I do is inspired by the land around us here,” he says. “But it all comes from my imagination.”

His studio on Piper Street in Kyneton is also his gallery. Large landscapes hang from the walls while postcard size works are stacked up on the steps of an old ladder. The pleasant smell of fresh artist’s paint and linseed oil hang in the air.

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LO S T M A K E John has been living in Kyneton for a decade now. He was born in Hobart, grew up in Sandy Bay and went to art school on the slopes of Mount Nelson. “I sort of fell into art school,” he says. He shared a house in North Hobart with now renowned Tasmanian bush landscape artist David Keeling and partied hard. “But music was my first love,” says John.

He moved to Melbourne and joined a band called The Highrise Bombers with a young singer / song writer who had just come from Adelaide called Paul Kelly. John continued to drum with Paul in his next band Paul Kelly and the Dots. John left Melbourne for Sydney and joined a band called The Flowers who later renamed themselves Icehouse.

John played and toured with the band for five years leaving them to join the long list of Icehouse alumni. “I was a bit disillusioned,” he admits. “Touring wasn’t for me.”

Moving to Byron Bay he wrote music and played as a session musician in recording studios there. But he found himself lost. One day he picked up a pack of pastel pencils he had been carrying with him for years and started drawing. “It flicked a switch in me,” he says with a smile. A local gallery took some of his moonlit landscapes, all dark Prussian blue and indigo. “I went away to Brisbane for a week and when I came back, they had all sold,” he says.

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John’s life changed, moving from music to art.

He started working with a gallery in Richmond who represented him. In 2009 he bought an old shop in the Kyneton and moved into town.

John listens to music as he works. He moves between the likes of Pink Floyd’s How I Wish You Were Here and Africa’s answer to James Brown, Fela Kuti. He breaks from painting at his easel when customers walk in the door.

You can see the delight on his face when people engage with his paintings. “People connect with a piece and just to have it,” he says. “Which really makes me happy.”

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Alison’s Amazing Underworld

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lison Pouliot changed the way I see the world and she continues to do so.

A trained ecologist she is an expert in mycology. Fungus. “What a lot of people do not understand is that in taxonomy there is an entire kingdom devoted to fungus,” says Alison. “You think about the animal kingdom and the plant kingdom but there is also a kingdom to which fungi belong.” Alison is a woman whose enthusiasm for her subject is palpable. With her there is always a sense of engagement and she has a way explaining the mysteries of the world of fungi in a simple way that is never patronising. “When we think fungi, people think about mushrooms and what are called ‘toadstools’,” she says over a cup of tea in the Glenlyon General Store. “But these are just the reproductive bodies of the fungus,” she says. “The fungus itself is a web of underground threads called mycelium, that can extend over hundreds of square metres.”

She spends her time between central Victoria and Switzerland. There the culture around fungi is so developed that there are professional mushroom police or pilzkontrolle who check foragers’ baskets for poisonous species. She leads tours and workshops in Europe and here in Australia educating people that fungi are an integral part of broader ecosystem. “Those mycelium, those underground threads are amazing,” she says, her eye widening as she speaks. “They actually hook up with the roots of plants and trees.

The trees give the mycelium (fungus) sugars that they have made in their leaves through photosynthesis and the fungus in turn gives the trees trace minerals,” she explains. “By hooking up with the mycelium a tree can extend its roots a thousandfold!”

Alison has just released a new book with the CSIRO. Although brilliantly researched and footnoted it is way beyond dry scientific reading. Called The Allure of Fungi: 1000 Days

LO S T P RO F I L E in the Forest it recalls conversations, some random, with people who have a relationship with fungi in the wild. She travelled to 12 countries including Austria, France, Italy, Portugal including Madeira, Turkey, Sweden, Finland and Australia talking to the locals and finding out about their local fungi. The book starts right here in the Central Highlands with Alison exploring the native forest with a five-year-old companion, a child who sees the world with a sense of wonder. You get a feeling reading her book that the same sense of wonder has never left the author.

For those wanting to explore this part of the world through the eyes of a fungus expert Alison is holding several workshops and seminars around this region and the state over autumn and winter. Do not expect to pick a single mushroom. Her tours are not gastronomic. Instead they are designed to open the mind and expose you to the truly amazing world of fungus. Over the years Alison has shown me liver shaped bracket fungus that live on trees and were a source of food to the indigenous people of the area. She has shown me a broad fungus with well-defined gills that glowed a lilac hue at night. Then, on the top of Mount Macedon several years ago she showed me a tiny fungus growing from a caterpillar.

“The caterpillar eats the fungus,” she explained. “The fungus infects the caterpillar’s brain and makes it bury itself underground.

The fungus then feeds on the caterpillar and emerges as that tiny mushroom from its head.”

Her work still blows my mind.

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COMPILED BY RICHARD CORNISH

01. ChillOut From humble beginnings in 1997, ChillOut Festival has grown to become Australia's largest Queer Country Pride festival. After the success of the first ChillOut day at The Olde Winery, Musk Vale in 1997, members of Springs Connections and others in the LGBTI community were keen to do it again.

This March Labour Day long weekend, ChillOut Festival returns to Daylesford and Hepburn Springs with an extraordinary lineup of events. This includes: The World Famous Beagle Tent featuring 13 acts from the bent to family friendly; songstress Wendy Stapleton performing songs of the sixties; Moulin Rouge Cocktail Party; Shake Your Tail Feather Disco feature Immaculate Madonna; walks in the country with ecologist Tanya Loos; Frank and Connie's South American inspired lunch with ceviche and pisco sours; authors talks; art exhibitions and of course the much loved and very colourful ChillOut Parade in Vincent Street, Daylesford and the massive Carnival

Day at Victoria Park on Sunday. This is a brilliant weekend celebrating the colourful, diverse and frankly, quite fabulous LGBTIQ community, friends and family. ChillOut will also see the official launch of Raising Rainbows, a new ChillOut initiative to reduce GLBTIQrelated bullying in regional schools and community groups. An art auction fundraiser complete with cocktails and nibbles will be held at Palais-Hepburn on Thursday 7 March.

ChillOut Festival March 7-11; chilloutfestival.com.au

COFFEE, FOOD, DELI + WINE OPEN SEVEN DAYS FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PURVEYORS OF PRODUCE. GIFTS, HOMEWARES AND WINE 30 RAGLAN ST DAYLESFORD 03 5348 3279 FOLLOW US @CLIFFYSEMPORIUM

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03. Castlemaine State Festival The Castlemaine State Festival is a ten day extravaganza of art, music, film, culture and fun. The program is packed full of captivating events in some of Australia's finest Gold Rush era venues.

02. Lost Trades Fair The Lost & Rare Trades Fair was established as an artisan-led event to provide a single platform for career artisans and traditional tradespeople to share their skills. People are fascinated when true artisans and talented craftspeople openly demonstrate their incredible skills and share their knowledge of their trade and craft. In its fifth year, the Fair showcases over 100 makers, with some masters of their trade having practised their craft for more than 60 years - openly demonstrating and sharing their skills, talent and craftsmanship. The Lost Trades Fair is unique, captivating and possibly one of the most inspiring and authentic shows on earth.

Held at the Kyneton Racecourse tickets are limited to 8000 each day. Expect to see coopers, carriage builders, silversmiths, stonemasons, glass blowers, gunsmiths, chairmakers, printmakers along with getting the chance to try out many of the trades.

March 9-10; 10am-4pm. losttradesfair.com.au Tickets via Trybooking $5-$20

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Set amongst Castlemaine and surrounds, a town of 7,000 swells to over 15,000 during peak festival time. Audiences congregate from across Victoria for one of Australia's longest running Arts Festivals, now in its 42 year, which makes it Victoria’s key regional arts festival. Festival goers will no doubt enjoy the unique atmosphere of our Central Victorian community which comes together to celebrate this biennial ten-day multi-arts celebration.

The festival covers music, dance, performance, talks and events. The is a strong free programme. This is a very popular event and some of the programming has already sold out.

March 22-31; castlemainefestival.com.au

04. Last Drinks The Old Hepburn Hotel is closing up shop. The freehold has been sold and the new owners won’t be continuing the lease. A bastion of live Australian music for 16 years will fall silent and the district will lose one its most egalitarian and truly grass roots venues. The doors will close for the last time on Sunday March 17.

So make the most of your time left with the old girld and get down there for pub grub and good tunes. While the team at the pub haven’t announced the line up for the final weekend of the 15-17 March just get down there for this is going to be a brilliant party weekend.

236 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 2207, oldhepburnhotel.com.au

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05. Festival of Small Halls The Festival of Small Halls is a series of tours that takes the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists performing at two of our country’s largest festivals, Woodford and Port Fairy, and sends them on the road to tiny halls in communities all over Australia. It’s an opportunity for music-lovers from welcoming communities to invite artists from home and abroad into their towns, and a way of exploring this vast country in the spirit of hospitality and great fun. This April sees the Glenlyon Town Hall included in the programme. The 120-year-old Glenlyon Hall has long been a proud focal point for the local community. The Festival of Small Halls rolls into Glenlyon on Wednesday, 3 April 2019 with award-winning Canadian trio The Once and Australia’s John Flanagan Buy tickets at smallhalls.iwannaticket.com.au or via the Glenlyon Progress Association

And just one more..

Daylesford Polo There will be more than a few pretty fillies when Daylesford Polo makes its debut at the Mingela Polo Club in Drummond on Saturday 23 March. Mingela Polo Club is set on 1,000 acres of incredibly picturesque countryside and owners have kindly donated the grounds of their polo pitch to host this inaugural event to raise funds for TLC for Kids - an organisation that has worked with over 400 hospitals to provide support for children in need.

Saturday March 29 11am-5pm, 2029 Daylesford-Malmsbury Rd, Drummond. daylesfordpolo.com.au

Take home the taste of Spa Country.

Organically grown and hand harvested in Hepburn.

Lithia Springs Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Available at Hepburn General Store and Daylesford Organics. Farm Door Sales by arrangement.

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DANCE. PRANCE. AND CHILL! SUNDAY 10TH MARCH 10AM

CHILLOUT PARADE 2019 A QUEER COUNTRY PRIDE MARCH LIKE NO OTHER!

FREE EVENT GREAT FUN

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Farmers Markets and Community Fairs

SATURDAY 2 MARCH DAYLESFORD FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Daylesford Primary, Vincent St Daylesford WOODEND FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm High Street Woodend SUNDAY 3 MARCH CASTLEMAINE ARTISTS MARKET 9am-2pm Western Reserve, Castlemaine (Opp Farmers Market) CASTLEMAINE FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Forest St, Castlemaine DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy DAYLESFORD SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET 8am-4pm At The Woodshed.

21A Raglan St Daylesford.

NEW Produce/Farmers Market opp Sunday Market.

GISBORNE ALL SEASONS MARKET 9am-3pm Gisborne Village Shopping Centre, Gisborne

GISBORNE OLDE TIME MARKET 9am-2pm Hamilton & Aitken St Gisborne SATURDAY 9 MARCH

SATURDAY 16 MARCH

SATURDAY 23 MARCH

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

LANCEFIELD & DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm High St Lancefield

GLENLYON VILLAGE BALLAN FARMERS MARKET MARKET 9am-1pm Mill Cottage, 96 9am-1pm Glenlyon Hall, Inglis St Ballan Glenlyon KYNETON FARMERS MARKET 8am-2pm St Pauls Park Piper St Kyneton

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

TRENTHAM COMMUNITY GROUP MARKET 9am-1pm Trentham Neighbourhood Centre

TRENTHAM FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Trentham Town Square

SUNDAY 10 MARCH

SUNDAY 17 MARCH DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy

CLUNES FARMERS MARKET 9am-1pm Collins Place Clunes DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy DAYLESFORD SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET 8am-4pm At The Woodshed.

21A Raglan St Daylesford.

NEW Produce/Farmers Market opp Sunday Market.

MALDON MARKET 9am-2pm Cnr Church & Edwards St Maldon

DAYLESFORD SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET 8am-4pm At The Woodshed.

21A Raglan St Daylesford.

NEW Produce/Farmers Market opp Sunday Market.

WOODEND LIONS CLUB MARKET 9am-3pm High St Woodend

SUNDAY 24 MARCH DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy DAYLESFORD SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET 8am-4pm At The Woodshed.

21A Raglan St Daylesford.

NEW Produce/Farmers Market opp Sunday Market.

SUNDAY 31 MARCH DAYLESFORD SUNDAY MARKET 8am-4pm Daylesford Railway Station, Midland Hwy DAYLESFORD SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET 8am-4pm At The Woodshed.

21A Raglan St Daylesford.

NEW Produce/Farmers Market opp Sunday Market.

TO LIST YOUR LOCAL MARKET OR ADVISE US OF ANY CHANGES, PLEASE CALL (03) 5348 4927.

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Restaurants THE ARGUS DINING ROOM 5348 2202 Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel, 124 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Dinner 7 days. Lunch Sat & Sun. Fresh local, seasonal produce, relaxed indoor & outdoor dining. Private function rooms available. www.pepperssprings.com.au BAD HABITS CAFE AT CONVENT 5348 3211 7 Daly St Daylesford. Open 10am-4pm daily.

Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, morning and afternoon tea in magnificent Convent Gallery.

Seasonal menu and best scones in Daylesford.

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.

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.

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

Historical pub created in gold rush era with beautiful 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. www.thefarmersarms.com.au FRANK & CONNIE'S KITCHEN 5348 1156 97 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Dinner Wed-Sun. Lunch Fri-Sun. Fresh seasonal dishes drawing upon owner/chef Caliopi heritage & international experience. www.frankandconnies.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

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.

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

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.

RUBENS @ HEPBURN 5348 2843 70 Main Rd. Hepburn Springs.

Lunch Wed-Sun. Dinner 7 Days.

Mediterranean cuisine and take-away. www.rubensrestaurant.com SAKANA

5348 1218

1 Camp St Daylesford. Lunch Saturday and Sunday. Dinner Thursday to Monday. Modern Japanese/Pan Asian casual dining. Bookings recommended. sakanarestaurant.com.au 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 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!

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

Café's and Coffee

JACKIE'S ON VINCENT 5348 4946 1/123 Vincent St Daylesford. Dinner 7 days.

Lunch Thurs-Tues. Asian inspired contemporary cuisine and take-away by ex-Lake House chef.

Open fire & dumplings! jackiesonvincent.com.au

CLIFFY'S EMPORIUM 5348 3279 30 Raglan St Daylesford. Breakfast & Lunch and Take-Away. Open 8am-3pm Mon-Fri 8am-4pm Sat-Sun. Legendary Iocal cafe with great coffee, food, regional produce & wine.

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

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

Mon-Thurs 7am-6pm Fri 7am-7pm, Sat 8am7pm, Sun 8am-6pm. Full range delicatessen, charcuterie and cheeses, toasties, produce and coffee. www.dosdeli.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.

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 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

HARVEST CAFE 5348 1502 29 Albert St Daylesford. Open Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat-Sun 9-4. Most dietary requirements catered for. Local roasted organic coffee & teas, organic juices, smoothies & more. Vegan and GF friendly.

HEPBURN GENERAL STORE 5348 2764 102 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Open 7 day from 7am. (Sundays 8am) Groceries, great fresh food incl take-home meals, local sourdough, great coffee, icecream, providore and gifts. www.hepburngeneralstore.com.au

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

Foodstores and Deli's CLIFFY'S EMPORIUM 5348 3279 30 Raglan Street Daylesford Open 7 days for Breakfast, Lunch & Charcuterie. Iconic historical cafe with great food, coffee, deli and produce.

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

Mon-Thurs 7am-6pm Fri 7am-7pm, Sat 8am7pm, Sun 8am-6pm. Full range delicatessen, charcuterie and cheeses, toasties, produce and coffee. www.dosdeli.com.au 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.

HEPBURN GENERAL STORE 5348 2764 102 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Open 7 day from 7am. (Sundays 8am) Groceries, great fresh food incl take-home meals, local sourdough, great coffee, icecream, providore and gifts. www.hepburngeneralstore.com.au ISTRA SMALLGOODS 5348 3382 36 Wheelers Hill Rd Musk (6min Daylesford).

Farmgate store and European Delicatessan.

Open Mon-Fri 8am-4pm Sat 9am-2pm. www.istrasmallgoods.com.au

Take Away / Home Delivery 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. Open 7 days during school holidays. 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

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

Health Foods & Organic

Catering

Let's shop til we drop...

HARVEST CAFE 5348 1502 29 Albert St Daylesford. Open Mon-Fri 9-5, SatSun 9-4. Great range of organics, superfoods, bulk nuts, fruits and legumes. Fresh organic fruit and vegies, dairy & alternatives, vitamins & more.

HEPBURN GENERAL STORE 5348 2764 102 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Open 7 day from 7am. (Sundays 8am) Take-home meals, platters, cheese boxes, hampers and catering. www.hepburngeneralstore.com.au

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

SPADE TO BLADE CATERING 0448 483 616 21A Raglan St Daylesford. Specialising in locally grown organic produce and slow food. Small intimate gatherings to large functions and weddings. www.spadetoblade.com

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

Wine Bars and Hotels THE PALAIS

5348 1000

111 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Open Wed-Sun 12ppm-1am. Wine Bar, Live Music, Cocktails, Grazing and Cheeseboards. www.palais-hepburn.com WINE & THE COUNTRY 5348 3756 1/97 Vincent St Daylesford. Open 7 days.

Mon-Fri 12pm-late. Sat-Sun 10am-late. Wine Shop & Bar. Unique selection of 500+ wines incl small producers, organic vineyards & "hands off" winemakers. www.wineandthecountry.com.au

Live Music Venues 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 THE PALAIS

5348 1000

111 Main Rd Hepburn Springs. Open Wed-Sun 12ppm-1am. Wine Bar, Live Music, Cocktails, Grazing and Cheeseboards. www.palais-hepburn.com

Bottle Shops & Wine Stores

DELE FOODSTORE & CATERING 5348 2462 Shop 101, 37-39 East St Daylesford. Shop hours Mon-Fri 3:30pm-7:00pm. Ready-meals, tailored catering, food van, weddings and events, local and ethical produce. www.dele.com.au

Farmgate and Produce ANGELICA ORGANIC FARM 0438 482 738 Delicious seasonal organic vegetables by annual subscription Feb-August. Deliver to 4 Melbourne hubs, Daylesford, Woodend. By appt only. www.angelicaorganicfarm.com.au BROOKLANDS FREE RANGE FARMS Rare breed British white 100% grass fed beef and pastured Berkshire Pork. Nitrate free bacon & ham. State Winner Delicious Produce Awards.

Find us at Farmers Markets or call 0422 748 670 facebook.com/brooklandsfreerangefarms CAPTAINS CREEK 0408 169 110 Kangaroo Hills Rd, Blampied. Certified organic wine, apple cider, goldfields farmhouse cheeses, eggs, seasonal organic fruit & vegetables, organic dorper lamb and Black Angus beef. Cellar door and cafe. www.captainscreek.com

FOXXY'S AT CELLARBRATIONS 5348 3577 55 Vincent St Daylesford. Open 7 Days until late. Regions largest range of local and international wines, spirits, beers and champagne. One of Lost's favourite bottle shops in the region.

ISTRA SMALLGOODS 5348 3382 36 Wheelers Hill Rd Musk (6min Daylesford).

Farmgate store and European Delicatessan.

Open Mon-Fri 8am-4pm Sat 9am-2pm. www.istrasmallgoods.com.au

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

Mon-Fri 12pm-late. Sat-Sun 10am-late. Wine Shop & Bar. Unique selection of 500+ wines incl small producers, organic vineyards & "hands off" winemakers. www.wineandthecountry.com.au

JONAI FARMS 0422 429 362 Uncommonly delicious ethical pork and beef.

We are a family of ethicurean farmers raising pastured rare breed large black pigs and a small herd of cattle. Seasonal masterclasses. Farmgate sales call or visit www.jonaifarms.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 local, national and international artists. $5 entry.

RED DOOR GALLERY ON FRASER 0408 034 017 69 Fraser Street Clunes. Open Thurs to Sun 10am-4pm or by appointment. Featuring local and regional artists and a range of locally handcrafted gifts www.reddoorgalleryonfraser.com

SIDONIA BEEF. NATURALLY 0403852 276 Seasonal beef boxes available each season. 8kg of delightful beef avail for collection at Duck Duck Goose in Piper St Kyneton. Regenerative farmers since 1865. www.sidoniabeef.com.au 80 ACRE FARM 0408 329 156 We farm and sell Rare breed grass fed Belted Galloway beef and free range pastured pork.

Regenerative farmers. Find us at Fitzroy Mills Market or call us. www.80acrefarm.com

Places to Stay HOLYROOD HOUSE 5348 1063 51 Stanbridge St Daylesford. Unparalleled service in magnificent Victorian Guest House. www.holyrooddaylesford.com.au THE HOUSES DAYLESFORD 5348 2008 Office located at 3 Howe St Daylesford.

We specialise in large, executive properties all with exquisite furnishings, art and decor. We welcome wedding groups, corporate retreats and group bookings. Full service agency.

Spa, Massage and Beauty 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 THE GREEN STORE 0428 853 506 12 Market St Trentham. Myotherapy, Remedial and Therapeutic Massage and luxurious body treatments within our sustainable lifestyle store.

Open daily 10-5 www.thegreenstore.com.au

Wineries and Cideries DAYLESFORD CIDER 5348 2275 155 Dairyflat Rd Musk | Award Winning Craft Cider | Cellar door opens for drinks 7 days; Weekdays 11-4 Weekends 10-5 | 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

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Our bar is open every day.

And every night.

That’s a real pub.

Eat. Drink. Be Local.

Our famous character-filled bar is filled with characters. And stories. And friends. And travellers. So we open every day and every night. We’ve been a gathering place for locals to come together in times of need and in times of great celebration.

And that is why we dedicate every Friday night to host our meat raffle where all proceeds go to a local community organisation - we reckon they’re our local legends.

We have over 18 wines by the glass, 14 beers and ciders on tap, an enormous range of spirits including a mighty fine selection of single malt whisky and small batch gin. We also serve delicious cocktails from Melbourne Martini Co. With cosy wood fires, a large poochfriendly beer garden and friendly welcoming staff, the Farmers Arms is sure to complete your stay here in Spa Country.

Every day. Every night.

That’s a real pub.

1 EAST ST DAYLESFORD • 03 5348 2091 • OPEN 7 DAYS LUNCH & DINNER • THEFARMERSARMS.COM.AU