Activities & Attractions
Marysville
Due to the devastating bushfires of 7th February 2009, the town of Marysville was severely impacted with many buildings destroyed. The town has re-opened to the general public and the slow process of rebuilding has commenced.
Visit the Marysville region to be a positive part of its regeneration. Head outdoors for a scenic walk or relax with a glass of Victorian wine and a fabulous meal of fine seasonal produce.
Many businesses in the Marysville region are open and ready to welcome you. A brand new supermarket, post office, a range of accommodation and restaurants are alll operating and are welcoming visitors back to this beautiful region.
Due to the devastating bushfires of 7th February 2009, the town of Marysville was severely impacted with many buildings destroyed. The town has re-opened to the general public and the slow process of rebuilding has commenced.
Visit the Marysville region to be a positive part of its regeneration. Head outdoors for a scenic walk or relax with a glass of Victorian wine and a fabulous meal of fine seasonal produce.
Many businesses in the Marysville region are open and ready to welcome you. A brand new supermarket, post office, a range of accommodation and restaurants are alll operating and are welcoming visitors back to this beautiful region.
Restaurants & other eateries we love
Narbethong - The Black Spur Inn (tell the Kennedy's your staying at Woodlands; they will look after you), open all day every day for regionally inspired meals featuring fresh local produce.
Healesville & surrounds - The Healsville Hotel Dining Room is open every day, Café 3777 @ Mt Rael open for dinner Thur, Fri Sat & Sun and every day for lunch, CRU Restaurant @ Outlook Hill open Thur, Fri & Sat for dinner and Thursday to Sunday for lunch, Bella Vedere @ Badger's Brook Estate , Innocent Bystander Café @ Giant Steps Winery
Warburton - Wild Thyme Cafe (for lunch)
Yarck - Yarck Tearooms (for lunch or dinner weekends only)
Ruffy - Ruffy Produce Store (for breakfast and lunch weekends only)
Tours & Activities:
Horse riding @ Rubicon Valley
Hot Air Ballooning by Go Wild ( Woodlands discounts available if you book through us)
Winery Tours both Evergreen and Tour with Taste, will pick up at your bungalow for just one couple
Adventure tours by Australian Adventure Experience
Play Golf @ Marysville's beautiful Golf Course
Walking Trails and Cross Country Skiing
State & National Park walks are magnificent throughout this region. Maps can be pick-up at the Visitor Information Centres @ Marysville & Healesville, a select few are in Reception. Lake Mountain summer walking is spectacular and Cross Country skiing in winter is popular
LOCAL WINERIES
Wineries of the Yarra Valley are world renowned with over ninety cellar doors in the valley our picks along the Maroondah Hwy on the direct route to and from Woodlands are :
St Huberts, Domaine Chandon, Oakridge, Dominique Portet, Badgers Brook Estate, Rochford Wines, Innocent Bystander & Boat O'Craigo
A lesser known wine region on our doorstep is the Upper Goulbourn region with absolutely magnificent wines. Our picks are:
Buxton Ridge (closest cellar door to Woodlands), Snobs Creek, Rees Miller Estate, Cheviot Bridge, Growlers Gully, Kinlock Wines . Not all of these labels have a cellar door - ring to check opening times.
Narbethong - The Black Spur Inn (tell the Kennedy's your staying at Woodlands; they will look after you), open all day every day for regionally inspired meals featuring fresh local produce.
Healesville & surrounds - The Healsville Hotel Dining Room is open every day, Café 3777 @ Mt Rael open for dinner Thur, Fri Sat & Sun and every day for lunch, CRU Restaurant @ Outlook Hill open Thur, Fri & Sat for dinner and Thursday to Sunday for lunch, Bella Vedere @ Badger's Brook Estate , Innocent Bystander Café @ Giant Steps Winery
Warburton - Wild Thyme Cafe (for lunch)
Yarck - Yarck Tearooms (for lunch or dinner weekends only)
Ruffy - Ruffy Produce Store (for breakfast and lunch weekends only)
Tours & Activities:
Horse riding @ Rubicon Valley
Hot Air Ballooning by Go Wild ( Woodlands discounts available if you book through us)
Winery Tours both Evergreen and Tour with Taste, will pick up at your bungalow for just one couple
Adventure tours by Australian Adventure Experience
Play Golf @ Marysville's beautiful Golf Course
Walking Trails and Cross Country Skiing
State & National Park walks are magnificent throughout this region. Maps can be pick-up at the Visitor Information Centres @ Marysville & Healesville, a select few are in Reception. Lake Mountain summer walking is spectacular and Cross Country skiing in winter is popular
LOCAL WINERIES
Wineries of the Yarra Valley are world renowned with over ninety cellar doors in the valley our picks along the Maroondah Hwy on the direct route to and from Woodlands are :
St Huberts, Domaine Chandon, Oakridge, Dominique Portet, Badgers Brook Estate, Rochford Wines, Innocent Bystander & Boat O'Craigo
A lesser known wine region on our doorstep is the Upper Goulbourn region with absolutely magnificent wines. Our picks are:
Buxton Ridge (closest cellar door to Woodlands), Snobs Creek, Rees Miller Estate, Cheviot Bridge, Growlers Gully, Kinlock Wines . Not all of these labels have a cellar door - ring to check opening times.
Villages of the area you must visit with some great SHOPPING, Marysville - a beautiful mountain village with its famous lolly shop and produce store, which are currently being re established after the devastating bushfire of February 2009, - Healesville has produce shops such as Yarra Valley Pasta, Kitchen and Butcher, Healesville Harvest, Cheese Freaks and wine outlets , Innocent Bystander, Barrique Wine Store. Yarra Glen - in the heart of the Yarra Valley wineries, great antique shops and the famous Tea Leaves Store. Warburton - via the Acheron Way from Narbethong is a quiet, attractive and rather charming old goldmining town of some 2000 people set in a fertile green valley by the upper Yarra River. The Upper Yarra Arts and Entertainment Centre with art exhibitions, live shows and cinematic screenings and the Yarra Valley Showcase featuring items by local woodworkers and craftspeople are highlights.
The Yarra Valley
The Yarra Valley is a world class, world renowned wine region, reminiscent of Bordeaux or Burgundy in the South of France, or the Tuscany region of Northern Italy. It is a place of unspoilt pristine beauty, where the water and the air are clean and crisp, the views spectacular and the friendly ambience invites you to just rest for a while, kick back and savour the very best regional or international cuisine on offer… or a glass of world class wine.
The Yarra Valley is a world class, world renowned wine region, reminiscent of Bordeaux or Burgundy in the South of France, or the Tuscany region of Northern Italy. It is a place of unspoilt pristine beauty, where the water and the air are clean and crisp, the views spectacular and the friendly ambience invites you to just rest for a while, kick back and savour the very best regional or international cuisine on offer… or a glass of world class wine.
MUST DO ACTIVITIES WHILE IN THE AREA
Healesville Sanctuary - Australia's Premiere Native Wildlife Sanctuary
Bruno's Art & Sculpture Gallery & Garden (Bruno's magnificent picture book is on the coffee table in your bungalow)
Farm Gate sales pick up the Yarra Valley and Upper Goulbourm regions Food Trail brochures @ Reception
Visit Stevenson's Falls in Marysville ( lit up at night)
Markets are regular throughout the year our favourites are:-
Yarra Glen Craft Market - 1st Sunday of the month held @ Yarra Glen Racecourse (closed July and August)
Yarra Valley Farmers Market - 3rd Saturday of the month held @ Yering Station in the Barn
Marysville Community Market - 2nd Sunday of each month held in the car park of the Marysville Visitor Information Centre
Healesville Community Market - 1st Sunday of the month held in the car park in River Street, Healesville
Healesville Racecourse Market - 3rd Sunday of the month held @ Healesville Racecourse (closed June, July and August)
Healesville Organic Farmers Market every Saturday morning
Galleries in the area - TarraWarra Fine Arts Gallery @ Tarra Warra Estate, Bruno's Sculpture Garden in Marysville, a few others in Healesville Penny Lane, Tuscany Gallery, Church Street Gallery.
Scenic Drives from Woodlands:
Drive ( 1.)
Narbethong Marysville Lake Mountain Woods Point & return (half day plus stops)
Drive ( 2.)
Narbethong Acheron Way Warburton Healesville Black Spur ( a great loop drive back to Woodlands )
Drive ( 3.)
Narbethong Taggerty Thornton Lake Eildon and return (half day plus stops)
Drive ( 4.)
Narbethong Alexandra Yea Flowerdale Kinglake (the long way back to Melbourne - two hours plus stops)
Healesville Sanctuary - Australia's Premiere Native Wildlife Sanctuary
Bruno's Art & Sculpture Gallery & Garden (Bruno's magnificent picture book is on the coffee table in your bungalow)
Farm Gate sales pick up the Yarra Valley and Upper Goulbourm regions Food Trail brochures @ Reception
Visit Stevenson's Falls in Marysville ( lit up at night)
Markets are regular throughout the year our favourites are:-
Yarra Glen Craft Market - 1st Sunday of the month held @ Yarra Glen Racecourse (closed July and August)
Yarra Valley Farmers Market - 3rd Saturday of the month held @ Yering Station in the Barn
Marysville Community Market - 2nd Sunday of each month held in the car park of the Marysville Visitor Information Centre
Healesville Community Market - 1st Sunday of the month held in the car park in River Street, Healesville
Healesville Racecourse Market - 3rd Sunday of the month held @ Healesville Racecourse (closed June, July and August)
Healesville Organic Farmers Market every Saturday morning
Galleries in the area - TarraWarra Fine Arts Gallery @ Tarra Warra Estate, Bruno's Sculpture Garden in Marysville, a few others in Healesville Penny Lane, Tuscany Gallery, Church Street Gallery.
Scenic Drives from Woodlands:
Drive ( 1.)
Narbethong Marysville Lake Mountain Woods Point & return (half day plus stops)
Drive ( 2.)
Narbethong Acheron Way Warburton Healesville Black Spur ( a great loop drive back to Woodlands )
Drive ( 3.)
Narbethong Taggerty Thornton Lake Eildon and return (half day plus stops)
Drive ( 4.)
Narbethong Alexandra Yea Flowerdale Kinglake (the long way back to Melbourne - two hours plus stops)
Visit the "Land of the giant's" at Camberville. Walk through the magnificent old growth Eucalypt forests, find waterfalls and lush glades of Tree Ferns and be amazed by the giant mountain Ash trees. This is the site of some of Victoria's tallest trees.
Tel: (03) 5963 7150