Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
YARRA VALLEY CIDER & ALE TRAIL
While it's wine that brings most visitors to the Yarra Valley, the
Cider & Ale Trail
(
www.ciderandaletrail.com.au
)
will lead you on a fantastic route visiting local microbreweries and cider produ-
cers. Melbourne-based Aussie Brewery Tours (
Click here
) offers popular tours.
11am-5pm Sat & Sun) On a mission to 'save the world one brew at a time', Buckley's has been hand-crafting its
traditional lagers and ales for over a decade. Tours and tastings on weekends only.
Hwy, Coldstream; mains $23-30; 11am-11pm Wed-Fri, 8am-11pm Sat, 8am-10pm Sun) No longer brewing
on-site, this great gastropub has all its selection on tap.
Hargreaves Hill Brewing Co
OFFLINE MAP
( 03-9730 1905;
www.hargreaveshill.com.au
; 25 Bell St, Yarra
Glen; 11.30am-8pm Mon-Sat, 11.30am-4.30pm Sun) Sample European-style beers within an 1890s building
(a former bank) with quality restaurant.
Park; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat, from 11am Sun) In the business of making ciders since the 1960s; sample their
goods made with local pears and apples.
stream; 10am-5pm) Produces a variety of pear and apple ciders crushed on-site using fruits picked from its
orchard. Also does a pale ale beer. Free tastings.
Healesville; 11am-5pm, to 9pm Fri) Enjoy a few cold ones at the Yarra Valley's most well-known brewery,
and snack on a pizza on its retro couches surrounded by huge vats and bottling machines.
Tours
Ballooning over the Yarra Valley is a peaceful way to view the hills and vineyards. One-
hour dawn flights with the following operators include a champagne breakfast and cost
about $275 midweek and around $300 on weekends:
Global Ballooning
(
1800 627 661;
03-9739 0772;
www.gowildballooning.com.au
; 621
Maroondah Hwy, Coldstream;
9am-4pm Mon-Fri).
Eco Adventure Tours
( 03-5962 5115;
www.ecoadventuretours.com.au
;
walks from $35)
Offers nocturnal wildlife-spotting
and daytime cultural walks in the Healesville, Toolangi and Dandenongs area.
CULTURAL TOUR
Yarra Valley Winery Tours
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