We took the "scenic" route home from Ballarat, via Creswick, Daylesford, Trentham and Woodend. Creswick is the home of Le Péché Gourmand - yes, French-style pastries in a Victorian country town. You can see them being made. Well worth a stop! (See
http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/125842/in-the-kitchen-at-le-peche-gourmand/)
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View from Wombat Hill gardens, Daylesford |
Daylesford is, well, Daylesford. Of course, there's lots to see and do here, but we concentrated on reviewing the good selection of regional wines in the local wine shop and
a nice lunch at the Convent Gallery. However, we also briefly checked out the Wombat Hill Gardens.
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Garden at the Convent Gallery |
Trentham was the home of my grandmother's cousins (at least, I think that's the relationship). I don't think it's changed much since their era. Even the railway station (no longer in use except as a museum) still has the layout that you would have expected in the 1950s.

Then a quick stop at Woodend. Again, the local wine shop has a great range of Macedon region wines, and we were pleased to find one in particular that we had been on the lookout for.
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Trentham railway station - now a museum |
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Main street, Trentham |
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