Yarra Glen
Taste Yarra Glen's long history of gourmet indulgence as you pick up locally grown produce from farmers markets and sample wines at pioneering cellar doors.
A history of fine foods
Go straight to the heart of the pioneering agricultural and dairy farming history of Yarra Glen at Gulf Station, a working farm dating from the mid-nineteenth century. Wander the property alongside cattle, horses, Berkshire pigs, and sheep.
Fill your larder directly from specialist growers and producers at farm gates, winery cellar doors and at the monthly Yarra Valley Regional Farmers Market at Yering Station.
Big name places to eat and drink
Stop at local eateries to sample regional produce on a plate, go retro at the National Trust-classified 1888 Yarra Glen Grand Hotel, and visit the Yarra Valley Dairy to savour handmade cheeses with excellent views. Jump on the boutique beer bandwagon with quality ale at Hargreaves Hill.
Meet the makers of some of Victoria's best-known wines at Yering Station, De Bortoli and TarraWarra Estate. To behold them all, and their stunning vine-laced surrounds, take a sunrise balloon flight over the valley.
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View the original solid timber slab constructed farm buildings at this working farm, which is almost unchanged since pioneering days when it supplied gold miners.
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Enjoy the pleasure of handmade farmhouse cheeses, local wines, coffee, desserts and beautiful views, while the cows meander by on their way to be milked.
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Taste fine wines, dine in the stunning restaurant and browse Australian modern art from the 1950s onwards in major exhibitions and the permanent collection.
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Connect with your vineyard setting and discover vineotherapy or unwind with facials, massage, body treatments, hydrotherapy, manicures and pedicures.
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Venture into the Christmas Hills and go bush walking along the 18-kilometre trail, picnicking, bird watching, sightseeing, sailing and shoreline fishing.
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Major events
- Yarra Glen Agricultural Show – March
- The Yarra Valley Expo held at the Yarra Glen Racecourse – April
How to get there
Yarra Glen is just under an hour from Melbourne on the Melba Highway. Travel north-east on the Eastern Freeway and continue onto Eastlink tollway. Exit at Ringwood Bypass and turn left onto the Maroondah Highway. Turn onto the Melba Highway at Coldstream.
