A spinning Curtin Mayfield record booms in the foyer, as Michael Lelliot dawdles between portraits of Hells Angel bikers, religious icons and bottles of rum. Mike, as his mates know him, has a way of making chaos feel natural.
“Should we take the Rolls Royce out drifting?” smiles Mike. A contagious larrikin, Mike has the figure of an NBA star, wears stick-n-poke tattoos and maintains a bushranger’s swagger.
Read MoreDanny Wootton is a quiet man. Softly spoken with a calming energy about him. You get the distinct impression that he sees the world differently. And not just because he spends most of his time looking at it through a lens.
Read MoreThe Palais-Hepburn has been reborn and it is beautiful. The 92-year-old dance hall in Hepburn Springs’ main drag has undergone refurbishment…
Read MoreOne of the great joys of summer in Central Victoria is the fact that we have an abundance of water holes and watering holes…
Read MoreThere are some Hepburn locals who do not believe the spring waters have healing powers. Since the Swiss Italians first laid eyes on the mineral rich springs bubbling up from the earth this little warren of forest and gullies has been a magnet to those who wanting to drink the water or to bathe in it…
Read MoreMax Allen is no ordinary wine writer. For him a story about a certain bottle of wine maybe less about the contents on the other side of the glass and more about the life history of the winemaker…
Read MoreThe little diesel motor carriage trundles along the tracks from Daylesford to Bullarto. Painted in mid 20th century blue and yellow Victorian Railways…
Read MoreLake House founders Allan and Alla Wolf-Tasker have helped change the way that the nation eats. Their focus on using food from…
Read MoreIt is possible they may have witnessed volcanic activity because the name they have for the area translates as ‘smoking ground’…
Read MoreIn August last year, the art loving residents of Castlemaine gathered to hear the fate of the Castlemaine Art Museum…
Read MoreBack in 2007 the millennial drought was well under way. The country was dry and farming communities were hurting...
Read MoreThere was a time when everything we used on a daily basis was made by hand. The axes with...
Read MoreMax Primmer is halfway through his transformation. With each false eyelash and brush...
Read MoreThere is a thin layer of fog hanging over the paddocks around Hanging Rock...
Read MoreA new regular column where the team at Lost uncover incredible products that totally blow our skirt up...
Read MoreAt the bottom of a hill, off a rust red dirt road, is a water pump...
Read MoreIt is one of the best food and wine festivals in regional Victoria...
Read MoreAs the region prepares for our annual Swiss Italian Festa, we interview a descendant of the original Swiss Italian families..
Read MoreWe explore one of Victoria’s much loved but least known cultural centres, The Creswick Museum..
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