“If a piece ever breaks, I bury it in the backyard. I think it is important to leave a legacy of your life for the archaeologists of the future.”
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European in origin, the Elderberry tree producers clusters of delicate lacy flowers in...
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Des O’Toole is one of those blokes whose mouth barely opens when he talks. A hard-working bushman and apiarist, he has spent his life in the forests of Central Victoria and those further north...
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“There used to be over 30 pubs between Daylesford and Blampied,” says brewer David Gill...
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There is a butcher out the back in the kitchen of The Farmers Arms Hotel in Creswick. He is also a chef...
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This region has always pulled at me. From the first time my parents brought me to the area as a teenager, I felt a strong sense of connection...
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The whir and clatter of an industrial sewing machine fills the room. It ceases and modern tunes ooze from the sound system. The woman at the machine looks up...
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The aroma of wood smoke mingling with the smell of cooking meat wafts around the vineyard...
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Tammi Jonas has a problem with authority.
The outspoken Eganstown cattle and pig farmer produces high quality and ethically raised free-range beef and pork...
With spring on our doorstep, and the Swiss Italian Festa just around the corner, you can’t beat a spritz for an afternoon aperitivo with friends...
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Lost seasonal recipe of the month.
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Welcome to our first edition of the new-look Lost magazine. Lost has always been a much-loved guide for visitors and travellers to the Spa Country region...
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This recipe for short, sweet and lightly spiced butter biscuits is from Gary Thomas from Spade to Blade. He uses Des O’Tooles messmate honey collected by bees foraging in local forests...
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As the region prepares for our annual Swiss Italian Festa, we interview a descendant of the original Swiss Italian families..
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“This place is going to look after me and my customers for the rest of my cheffing days”
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We explore one of Victoria’s much loved but least known cultural centres, The Creswick Museum..
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