Trade Manual 2021

M O R N I N G T O N P E N I N S U L A Welcome to 1 Go Beyond and experience Melbourne’s most compact yet diverse region. The Mornington Peninsula is all about fresh sea air, relaxation, playing your best shot, indulging your wild side and spoiling yourself with food and wine you’ll never forget. The peninsula is emerging as one of Melbourne’s most coveted food and leisure destinations. Get amongst the magic and explore award-winning golf courses, more than 50 cellar doors, eight breweries, seasonal farmgates and dining experiences. Follow the Wine Food Farmgate Trail to reveal some of the region’s most delicious secrets or meet the award-winning brewers, cider-makers and distillers on the Beer, Cider & Spirits Trail, who represent some of the best in class for Australia. Explore Montalto and Pt Leo Estate – two of Australia’s Ultimate Wineries – with their abundant seasonal produce and winding sculpture trails. Learn new skills at a cooking class at Green Olive at Red Hill, Red Gum BBQ or at Flinders Hotel. Take a tell-all brewery tour of St Andrews Beach Brewery or a distillery experience at JimmyRum Distillery where you will meet the makers for yourself. Join MP Experience and Grape Explorations Australia for a private, bespoke tour focused on producer meet-ups, farmgates, wineries or distilleries. Breathe in the pure ocean air and dive in to swim with dolphins and seals, snorkel with sea dragons or slow down and relax in the natural geothermal springs at Peninsula Hot Springs; where more than 50 different bathing experiences await. Change it up with a time- warping traipse through maritime and military history at Point Nepean. Everywhere you turn you’ll discover an abundance of wildlife, nature and lush landscapes. Glorious gardens take centre stage at Heronswood House and Gardens, Enchanted Adventure Gardens and more. Is adventure calling? Then perhaps try sea kayaking, tree surfing, tube sliding, maze unpuzzling or stand up paddle boarding. Then board a ferry and sail off into the sunset – across Port Phillip and onto Geelong and The Bellarine. HIGHLIGHTS: • Relax in geothermal pools with 50 different bathing experiences at Peninsula Hot Springs • Board a gondola at Arthurs Seat Eagle and fly up high for a bird’s eye view across the bay and the hinterland • Join Polperro, Moonraker Dolphin Swims or WaterMaarq for close-up encounters with wild Bottlenose dolphins and Australian Fur Seals • Be inspired by the glorious sculpture-peppered vineyards of Montalto and Pt. Leo Estate • Tee-off at any of nineteen golf courses (links and resort style) • Venture into catamaran sailing, scuba diving or stand-up paddle boarding in beautiful, pristine bay waters with Bayplay Adventures • Try something completely new – tree surfing or tube sliding – in purpose-built wonderland, Enchanted Adventure Garden Opposite: Jackalope Hotel 1. Peninsula Hot Springs 2. Moonraker Dolphin Swims 2 21