Best places for a weekend away in NSW and Victoria: Two-day holidays

Two days can look much more with a mixture of good food and wine mixed with culture and wonderful outdoor.

Mornington Peninsula, Vic

Good Wine drinkers, spa lovers, beach dedicated.

To stay Sanctuary’s five new villas are hidden between Moonah Woodlands in Alba Thermal Springs & Spa. Spend the day between the hot, mineral -rich water pools, and then pull it to your villa for peninsula and cheese plates. In the morning, watch breakfast from the perfect restaurant of Alba, watch thyme and eagles coast on the sea breezes. A room from $ 950.

See. + YAP + EAT Do it like an eagle and the bright gulf landscapes and Arthurs Seat Eagle Gondol for Dromana Drive-in are ideal for a comfortable night stuck for starred films. Food in the Barraga of 40 people in Cape Schanck is the latest addition to the Extraordinary Dining Stage of the Peninsula; Develop a appetite on Fingal Beach walk or shorter Cape Schanck Lighthouse Boardwalk.

Don’t miss On a boat tour from Sorrento Pier, face with the dolphins of Port Phillip Gulf and Australian fur seals – if the dolphins are unstable and do not want to play, nois seals are always pleased with the company.

Foundations The Mornington Peninsula is one -hour driving to the southeast of Melbourne CBD via Peninsula Link Tollway. To see Albathmalsprings.com.au; Aseagle.com.au; Barragunda.com.au; Moonrakerdolphinswims.com.au; visitmorningtonpeninsula.org

Newcastle, nsw

Good Surfers, Foodies, Art lovers

To stay Little National National’s third design led property was opened last year in the rejuvenated coastal area of ​​Newcastle. Designed by Bates Smart and Luchatti Krelle, the 181 compact rooms and apartments offer Super King’s deposits, sensitive Acconce Lighting and Byredo. Large -length sofas and granite bar, a 24 -hour gym and a club -like library with sunny ground floor cafes with an outdoor tables overlooking the moving harbor.

See. + YAP + EAT Inspired by Florence, start with Coffee in Arno Deli and Newcastle’s best Paninis (Try #23 with Porchetta). Recently, the Newcastle Art Gallery reopened this month with a full opening in February after an expansion of $ 47 million this month. In QT Newcastle, the menu, led by the new manager chef Carmine Mari’s (Eski Becco, Melbourne), is shaped by the Southern Italian roots. Mortadella and peanuts, dry old ducks and red wine and western Australian ground mushrooms hand rolling with the pasta, butter potato potato gnocchi shaved tables. Book for HAPPED Bistro Penny The French Advanced Wood Fire menu (Oxheart tomato salad and full lemon base emphasis) and then a night drink at the cocktail Bar Roxanne. In the renewed irrigation hole, Del, chef Stephen Scott’s Truffle Pizza, spicy salami butter and market fries and barbecue King shrimps are fascinated by PUB goers.

To stay Duneed Mount Estate is just 20 minutes from Geelong and 15 minutes from the shore, so it has the perfect position to explore both. Go for a wine tasting or long lunch, then go to one of the stylish accommodation capsules of the property with special outdoor bathtubs facing the vineyard.

See. + YAP + EAT Geelong’s art scene is developing: seeing a concert or show, leaving it to the magnificent Geelong Art Gallery, exploring Fyansford Village, and old paper factory design -oriented center and constantly enjoy the public art on the attractive beach. Go out of the city for a wine tasting on one of many regional cellar gates or stay in the city for a gin Masterclass in Ceres Disilling Co, one of the beer factors and one of the cides. There is no shortage of good food options, but you cannot eat a meal facing the beach. The imposing tarra in Queenscliff fits the bill.

Don’t miss You tasted wine, cheese and chocolate, how about butter? Pigs are made of local dairy products and comes with a series of flavors from black garlic to Miso. Ocean Grove factory shop is open on weekdays or finds it at South Geelong Farmer Market on the third Sunday of each month.

Foundations Geelong is less than an hour of driving or train ride from Melbourne. Jetstar is flying directly from Sydney to Avalon Airport. To see mtdineedestate.com.au; geelonggallery.org.au; fyansfordpapermill.com.au; Ceresdistillingco.com.au; tarra.com.au; Lardass.com.au; Visiteelongbellarine.com.au

Manly, Sydney, NSW

Good Beach Types, Nature Lovers, Foodies

To stay Rumination rarely rarely produces a hot glow on “what can happen”. However, when you think that Manly Pacific Hotel was built in the 80s, when it has excessive equal success, it is a relief to know that cooler heads prevail and that the hotel is not long enough to overshadow the main charm along the way. As a result, Manly is totally fascinating blue expansion. And this five -star Mgallery Collection Hotel does not slightly take its jealous position and strengthens the coast -loving loan by Coco Republic in 2023 with a $ 30 million beach renovation. Rooms and villas on the beach side offer unlimited landscapes as in the roof pool. One night from $ 399.

See. + YAP + EAT After traveling by ferry, walk to Dotal Corso with the weekend markets and dive into the male beach. Or go to the Q station in the North Head for historical shocks. Far from surfing and harbor, there is a sense of second hand, such as desire books and records on cafes, bars and Whistler Street. Starting from the hated Italian Cibaria next to Manly Pacific, food offers can be surprised; The young chef of the year Luke Bourke is a respected fish dishes in Felons seafood in The Wharf and on steroids in Norma Deli in Corso. Start Fika for pastry work, which is a bending, or roll oven with natives.

To stay I feel a little missing life Crazy man attraction? Dress up the piece and be in the mid-week or weekend getaway at Kimpton Margot Hotel in Kimpton Margot Hotel. Here, thanks to the surprisingly elegant re -operation of the 1930s Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and the Drainage Board Headquarters, it may seem a stylish aesthetic with the Pink Scagliola columns in the striking Wilmot Bar. However, this hotel’s location and food and beverage options offer much more.

See. + YAP + EAT This five star offers a striking “exit, stage-left” for fans who are disrespectful. Mormon book Capitol Theater is shown in the corner. Until January, a dinner, Show & Stay Package allows guests to stay in this designer night, enjoying two A-Reseter theater tickets and two types of set menus in in-house Luke’s Kitchen. The next day, Paddy’s markets are calling lunch, but then Chinatown and Little in Thailand – all in front of your door.

Don’t miss Sydney’s largest outdoor roof bar. In the middle of the skyscrapers, you may swim with seven -level foamy pool. Make friends and take a sun lounger and cocktail and listen to some melodies with manganese share plates in the sunright circles of Harper Rooftop Bar. You can also get Fido. Friday and Saturday.

Foundations Kimpton Margot religion, Show & Stay 738 $. To see Kimptonmargotsydney.com; Capitoltheatre.com.au; paddysmarkets.com.au

Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, Vic

To stay You can stay at Sovereign Hill, an open-air museum in Ballarat of the 1850s, a good option for $ 155 with rooms at the hotel. AuraSound and light show. Hip and Luxury Hotel Vera Vera Vera Vera Vera Vera and heritage Craig’s Royal Hotel ($ 150), which are closer to the center of Ballarat, start from $ 230.

See. + YAP + EAT Approximately 500,000 people a year visited Sovereign Hill to understand life during the Gold Rush of this living museum, but the operators saw something missing. “Sovereign Hill told the story of the people who came, but he told the story of the people who were already here, or he says. Thus, the museum worked with the traditional owners of the Ballarat region to create the Wadwurrung Cultural Zone on Sovereign Hill, along with the Wadwurrung people. You will find its main expression in a small dam and around the work of five Wadwurrung artists in a small dam where the work of the work of Chinese miners tells them. “We have many stories of conflict, but there are many connections, Nit says Nitschke. It has a museum atmosphere in place, but it contains a modern quality oven, cafes and restaurants.

Don’t miss Soverign Hill, which is important as a museum, is also home to the Australian Golder Collections Center and Rare Transactions Center. Here you will find everything from a Chinese regiment dragon to the fashion of the 1850s, a blacksmith’s domestic art. Tours and experiences are available through Australia’s cultural attraction centers.

Foundations Approximately 15 minutes by car or train from Melbourne, Ballarat, the third largest city of Victoria, keeps the Goldfields heritage at least in Egemen Hill, not at Egemen Hill. To see Sovereignhill.com.au; hotelballarat.com.au; Craigsroyal.com.au; Culturerattionsofaustralia.com

Contributions: Justine Costigan, Jim Darby, Belinda Jackson, Julie Miller, Jane Redy, Sheriden Rhodes, Jane Richards, Craig Tansley and Sue Williams.