Gippsland
Gippsland Farm & Coast
Victoria's south-east from Phillip Island to Wilsons Promontory. Artisan cheesemakers, coastal walks, craft breweries, and farm stays where the paddock meets the plate.
Loch Brewery & Distillery
42/44 Victoria Rd, Loch VIC 3945, Australia
Fri–Sun 11am–4pm
Craig Johnson and Mel Davies have spent over a decade working toward a single goal: Gippsland single malt. Their Loch operation also runs bottle-conditioned British-style ales — Best Bitter, County Ale, Dark Ale — alongside small-batch gins distilled through hand-beaten alembic copper pot stills. The cellar door at Victoria Road opens Friday to Sunday.
The Station Gallery Yarragon
Princes Hwy, Yarragon VIC 3823, Australia
Wed–Sun 10am–3pm
The Station Gallery Yarragon brings contemporary visual art to Victoria's Princes Highway, operating as a welcoming community gallery rooted in the broader Bawbawa Arts Alliance vision. This regional space celebrates painting, drawing, sculpture, and mixed media with genuine curatorial care, offering both emerging and established artists a platform for exhibition and dialogue. Visitors discover thoughtfully presented work within an accessible, unpretentious environment that reflects the gallery's commitment to making contemporary art part of everyday community life. The consistent weekend and mid-week hours invite leisurely exploration, whether you're a committed art enthusiast or simply curious about what's on the walls. It's a gathering place where art feels immediate and meaningful.
Wilsons Promontory
The southernmost tip of mainland Australia, on Yiruk Wamoon — known to the Gunaikurnai as Yiruk and the Boonwurrung as Wamoon, with continuing connection held by the Boonwurrung, Bunurong and Gunaikurnai across six and a half thousand years. The shell middens along the west coast record it: one runs to 55 hectares. Tidal River, three hours from Melbourne, is the visitor hub — campground, huts, the visitor centre and the Yiruk Wamoon Keeping Place. From there the day walks fan out: Mount Oberon for the granite climb and the panorama, Squeaky Beach for the noise underfoot, Lilly Pilly Gully for the rainforest pocket, the Prom Wildlife Walk for the wombats. The Southern Prom Circuit runs three to five days through warm-temperate rainforest to Sealers Cove, Waterloo Bay and the Wilsons Promontory Lightstation — the most southerly settlement on the mainland, walk-in only, with overnight stays in the keepers' cottages. Half of Victoria's bird species and a fifth of its plants are here. Book ahead in summer.
Grand Ridge Brewery
1 Baromi Rd, Mirboo North VIC 3871, Australia
Mirboo North brewery in the Strzelecki Ranges producing natural, preservative-free beers since 1989. Grand Ridge is one of Australia's longest-running independent craft breweries, known for Gippsland Gold and Moonshine ales brewed with local ingredients in a beautiful ranges setting.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse Walk
A rewarding overnight walk to the southernmost point of mainland Australia, with a historic lighthouse and pristine beaches.
Cannibal Creek Vineyard
260 Tynong N Rd, Tynong VIC 3813, Australia
Thu 12pm–3pm · Fri 11am–5pm, 6pm–10pm · Sat–Sun 11am–5pm
Patrick Hardiker was a builder in Western Australia before planting vines at Tynong in 1997. That background shows — he and Kirsten built the cellar door themselves. The vineyard is hand-tended and increasingly farmed with sustainability front of mind. Their first Pinot Noir, released around 2000, was the proof of concept that set the course.