RETREATS AND LODGES TRENTHAM

Wombat Discovery Tours has a great farm stay experience for international students and visiting international families. A modern, beautiful and sustainable double story farmhouse set on 60 acres in the lovely township of Trentham, Victoria. Around one hour from Melbourne's CBD, this property adjoins to the Wombat State Forest and has lots of farm animals and native wildlife. Activities like bush walking, feeding animals like horses, goats, rabbits and chickens, and at night the star gazing is amazing. Learn to cook country meals in the large farm house kitchen and warm up by the cosy wood fire. Share the house with an Australian family. All meals included also pick up and drop off from Woodend Train Station included. Pick up and drop off from Melbourne Airport and Melbourne's CBD available....

The Garden of St Erth is a beautiful historic house and garden not far from Daylesford and Ballarat. Explore the gardens and discover an extraordinary range of espaliered fruit, heirloom vegetables and drought tolerant flowers. Thousands of naturalised daffodils carpet the lawns in September, and through the summer months, the herbaceous border features Diggers perennials and grasses. The month of May marks the end of the gardening year with a blaze of autumn-coloured trees and late perennials. Cocooned in the Wombat State Forest, the bush garden plays host to a variety of native birds, as well as being a place of restful contemplation. Visit the nursery and ask the knowledgeable staff all of your gardening questions. There is a huge selection of heirloom seeds and plants available for you to take home and add to your own garden. Relax over coffee in the cafe and stay on for lunch, morning or afternoon tea surrounded in the beauty of the gardens. The Diggers Club is committed to sustainable gardening and visitors will find inspirational ideas for gardening organically, becoming more self-sufficient and saving precious water while still enjoying nature's bounty....

Bunjil Farm is a rural retreat set in the foothills of the Macedon Ranges, near Kyneton, just one hour from the Melbourne CBD. The coach house, blacksmith?s shop and old stables are reminders of the hardships of pioneer life but perhaps also of a time when life was less complicated. Bunjil Farm offers peace and tranquility where a short escape from the city can help to rest and rejuvenate. Stay in a rambling country farmhouse or a rustic, mid-1800s settler?s hut. Enjoy the abundant bird life, open space and fresh air. If it all seems too quiet after the fast pace of your city life, the buzz of Piper Street, Kyneton, is only ten minutes away where you will find restaurants, cafes, local artisans? products, antiques and gifts. 15 minutes will take you to the quaint township of Trentham or Daylesford spa country is only 20 minutes? drive. Bunjil Farm is a licenced hemp farm, providing a focal point for the hemp industry in Victoria....