Escape for a Day! (or more)

Take a day off from the fast lane

Hepburn Springs and Daylesford are renowned as a place to escape, relax and indulge, just ninety minutes drive from Melbourne. In Hepburn Springs: take the waters, gentle bushwalks, gold history, peace and relaxation. In Daylesford: fine restaurants, galleries, bookshops, country café society.

Daylesford / Hepburn Springs is just 90 minutes drive from Melbourne or Melbourne Airport. Turn on the CD, turn off the mobile and travel by the Calder Highway or the Western Freeway for a leisurely hour, then 20-30 minutes through the Wombat State Forest and you're here.

Then: Coffee by the lake, walk a little of the Tipperary Springs track, indulge in an 'acqua viva day spa' treatment, a late lunch at any number of great cafes, check out Lavandula farm, the Botanical Gardens, browse the Convent Gallery (at least an hour here !) ......

so much to see and do, but this is supposed to be a break from the big smoke, so slow down a little. Perhaps you could have come up last night after work and stayed at one of the romantic B&Bs, or at the Lake House boutique hotel or with complete privacy at a self contained cottage. Ah well, there's always next time.


Accommodation

Ambleside On The Lake	B&B and Tea Rooms (03) 5348 2691
Argus Hill	B&B (03) 5348 3790
Cherry Tree Cottage	B&B and Self-Contained (03) 5348 3299
Kooringa Cottages	Self-Contained (03) 5348 1625
Auntie Em's Spa Villa	Self-Contained (03) 5348 1625
Alegria of Daylesford	Self-Contained (03) 5348 1191
The Birches of Daylesford	Self-Contained (03) 5348 1463
End Of The Line	Self-Contained (03) 5345 7790
Porcupine Ridge Estate	Self-Contained (03) 5348 7602
Porcupine Cottage	Self-Contained (03) 5348 7602
The Barn	Self-Contained 0408 104 000
Trieste Apartments	Self-Contained (03) 5348 1448
Yendalloch	Self-Contained (03) 5348 1448

Places to Eat

Cliffy's
Hill End Cafe (Thur-Mon)
Trattoria at Lavandula
Bad Habits at the Convent Gallery
Sweet Decadence
The Food Gallery

Things to Do

Convent Gallery	B&B and Tea Rooms (03) 5348 2691
Hepburn Golf Club	B&B (03) 5348 3790
Leura Glen Estate	Vineyard & Winery
Lavandula	Lavendar Farm and Trattoria
Short History of Daylesford
Daylesford Visitor Information Centre
Visit Victoria	Tourism Site
Hepburn Shire
Pantechnicon Gallery	Self-Contained (03) 5348 7602
PopularSpa.com	Spa Web Directory
Daylesford Index	What's On in Daylesford
TravelingNiche.com	Worldwide travel web directory & tourist guide
Lake Daylesford
Botanical Gardens

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