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Australian Pacific Touring Victorian "Fork to Fork" 
Discover the treats of the Western District and Mt Macedon by immersing yourself in the Victorian Countryside with its unique private gardens, fresh produce and award winning wines. Day 1 Mon. Mt Macedon. Depart Melbourne, 180 Swanston Street at 9.30 a.m. and travel via the airport. Interstate travellers must be at Melbourne Airport by 9.30 a.m. to be picked up at 10.00 a.m. We visit the Mt Macedon region to see unique gardens not usually open to visitors.Take a fabulous fresh ‘Potager to Plate’ demonstration cooking class and lunch at Woodend. Sample award-winning Victorian cool climate wines. Tonight enjoy a gourmet dinner at Campaspe House, set on 12 hectares of Edna Walling designed gardens and natural bushland within the village of Woodend.
Stay: Macedon Ranges, Campaspe House, featuring its own historic Edna Walling country estate garden.
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Day 2 Tue. Garden of St Erth, Mt Sturgeon, Southern Grampians.
Enjoy a visit to the Garden of St Erth this morning. The site was originally a town of 13,000 people during the gold rush. Now, 150 years later, there is just one remaining stone cottage. The garden is one of Australia’s most exciting cool climate gardens, with daffodils and other bulbs in September and lupins and oriental poppies in flower in December. The 2-hectare garden is home to an extensive collection of rare and unusual plants. After strolling the gardens continue via Ballarat to the Southern Grampians region. Visit a country garden, exploring the beautiful landscaped garden and grounds of Mt Sturgeon. Here we can see plantings that are in sympathy with the natural environment, and unique Grampians vegetation including many species of wildflower specific to the region.
Two Night Stay: Dunkeld, the award-winning Royal Mail Hotel, with magnificent views of Mt Sturgeon.
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Day 3 Wed. Western District Gardens, Geelong.
This morning we visit Green Hills Garden with its impressive roses and intricate borders surrounding the historic house. Continue to Noorat to the grand English garden of Dalvui and then to the ‘dry and unusual’ garden of Wigandia recently featured on ‘Gardening Australia’ as one of their favourite gardens. Stroll around the Geelong Botanic Gardens with its original English garden and the new ‘dry’ $2 million, 21st Century Garden.
Stay: Geelong, Sheraton Four Points Geelong Hotel, overlooking Corio Bay.
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