Macedon Ranges Day Trip

Join us for a day of exploring the Macedon Ranges

What better way than to travel in the company of friends!

Price includes:
Return Coach Transportation from Melbourne
Donation of $10 for Edgar's Mission
Entry into Forest Glade Gardens Mount Macedon
2 Course Lunch at The Wine Collective
Entry into Dromkeen Homestead

Join Rosa and your tour hostess at the T intersection of Spencer and Lonsdale Streets for our day trip to the beautiful Macedon Ranges.  Our first stop will be Edgar's Mission a not for profit animal sanctuary in Lancefield.  Edgar’s Mission has rescued thousands of animals since it began in 2003. Today the sanctuary is home to between 350 and 450 formerly farmed animals at any given time, each with their own unique story. Our tour will be fun and informative, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions. The Mission is not a petting zoo but we'll have the chance to interact with the animal residents. 

After our warm and fuzzy visit to Edgar's, we'll head to the beautiful Forest Glade Gardens in Mount Macedon, a private garden acknowledged as being one of Australia's best.  The garden embraces a mixture of landscaping styles taking inspiration from English, Italian and woodland traditions with four distinct themes.  The large English section with its huge exotic trees, the delightful Japanese section complete with bonsai house, the beautiful woodland area displaying masses of shade-loving plants and the cool fern gully. 

After our visit to Forest Glade we'll travel the short distance to The Wine Collective to enjoy a 2 course lunch in their architecturally designed restaurant with breathtaking panoramic views. 

After our leisurely lunch, we'll head to Riddells Creek to visit historical Dromkeen Gallery, an historical homestead deep in history.  Built-in 1889, Dromkeen was once the country estate of Judge Arthur Chomley and later became home to the world-famous Dromkeen Picture Book Art Collection.  This stately National Trust home has beautiful gardens with a range of Australian native and European plants, a gazebo and two resident peacocks.  Here we'll visit the galleries with time for a coffee and cake in the Dromkeen Tea Room. After our visit, we'll head back to Melbourne returning around 5pm.