The Peninsula Family Day Out
A single day built around one anchor (the gondola), one lunch that works with children (the brewery), and one beach that forgives everything. No drives longer than twenty minutes, no bookings that punish a melt-down.
The short list
This weekend
8–9 August
Winter Acoustic Sessions at Portsea Hotel
The most atmospheric winter Friday-Saturday on the whole Peninsula. The combination of Portsea in winter, fire, live music and cold beer is hard to beat.
Restore & Pamper Retreat at Polperro Farmhouse
A retreat that takes wellness seriously without the wellness-industrial-complex theatrics.
Helen Britton: The Story So Far at MPRG
A touring exhibition on loan from the Australian Design Centre in Sydney. Here it's free and you can park without a headache.
Plan it
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From the Journal Insider Edit
Stonier Fire & Wine Lunch, a Winter Whale Watch Window, and Buckwheat Galettes in Mornington
Stonier Wines fires up a winter lunch in Merricks, the whale migration corridor off Cape Schanck peaks in August, and Ouest France Bistro's buckwheat galette with ham and gruyère earns a Saturday morning detour.