High in the Otway Ranges at Lavers Hill, where the Great Ocean Road climbs inland through cool-climate country, this is a restaurant, small winery and garden set on the same site. Lunch runs daily with dinner into the evening, the kitchen working a modern Australian menu with local suppliers, while the grounds offer forest walks and native wildlife alongside the vines. Weddings and events share the property. For those driving the inland stretch of the Great Ocean Road — often skipped for the coast — it makes a natural stop between the Otway forests and the Twelve Apostles. The elevation and the gardens are as much the draw as the plate.
