Seasonal produce, a considered wine list
Brunch Friday to Sunday and dinner on Friday and Saturday, written around what the season gives the kitchen.
Maiden Gully · Bendigo · Victoria
Forty acres to forget the week
Stay among the vines, eat what the season gives us, and let the days go slow. Fifteen minutes from Bendigo, a long way from everything else.
What's new
A new patio, and new menus to go with it
We spent the winter writing every menu from the ground up: breakfast, lunch, dinner, mezze and dessert, kids, and a new drinks list. And there is a new patio out under the trees, more room outside to make the most of the setting. Brunch runs Friday to Sunday, dinner on Friday and Saturday.
New this springThe estate
Three ways to spend a day here
A table, a bed, or a celebration. Whichever brought you here, it starts at the same gate.
Nine stays, from a bell tent to the whole homestead
Seven suites in the homestead and eleven tents among the gums, all of it on the estate. From $110 a night.
Weddings, functions and retreats
Up to 104 seated in the main dining room, 150 for cocktails across the estate, and a private room for 32.
Dine
Our menus
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, mezze and dessert, kids and drinks. Every menu is new this spring.
Every menu is on the Dine page in full, with a copy to download.
Stay
Nine ways to wake up here
Five room types in the homestead, the whole residence for groups, and three kinds of tent among the gums.
Accommodation is managed by regionalXscapes, our sister company, so your booking confirmation will come from them.
The Bushland Retreat King Suite
Sleeps 2 · Bath & double shower · Bush view
From$140per night
Check Dates
Whole residence
The Homestead, all seven suites
Thirteen guests under one roof. Wedding parties, corporate retreats, the whole family at once.
From$900per night
Book the HomesteadGlamping. A safari tent and two kinds of bell tent among the gums, from $150 a night.
See the TentsGuests
196 reviews, 4.8 out of five
Every stay review has come in the seven months since we began hosting guests on the estate. Here is how each stay rates, alongside our Google ratings for the restaurant and the accommodation.
Google · The restaurant 4.7 (21)
Google · Accommodation 5.0 (21)
The Bushland Retreat King Suite 4.8 (45)
The Courtyard Queen Suite 4.65 (35)
Bushland Safari Tent 4.8 (27)
The Vineyard Estate King Suite 4.85 (25)
Gum Tree Glamping 4.85 (25)
Forest Hideaway 4.85 (20)
The Vine View Queen Suite 4.95 (10)
The Garden Nook Single 4.85 (6)
The Homestead Retreat 5.0 (3)
Celebrate
Weddings, functions and long lunches
Lawns, bushland and a private room that was once the cellar door. Bring a crowd or keep it small, and stay the night while you are at it.
104
Seated dining
150
Cocktail, whole estate
32
Private room
The estate
Sixteen hectares of quiet, fifteen minutes from town
Come through the gate and up the olive-lined driveway. The restaurant, the homestead and the tents sit among manicured lawns and protected bushland.
You will wake to birdsong and forty acres of nothing in particular. We will handle the rest.
Where to find us
46 Hermitage Road, Maiden Gully VIC
Fifteen minutes from the heart of Bendigo. Enter through the gate and travel up the olive-lined driveway. The restaurant and accommodation sit among the lawns and bushland, with parking on site.
Slow news from the estate
New menus, the season on the estate, and the odd long-table dinner. Only when there is something worth telling you.