Experiences

Ros Ritchie Wines

Visit the Cellar Door of Ros Ritchie Wines at 190 Mount Buller Road Mansfield, situated on the right as you drive east out of town. A beautiful and historic location in a lovely garden setting, the Magnolia has been transformed into a gorgeous space where you can enjoy wine tastings and grazing style food by arrangement.

The Cellar Door also hosts our annual seasonal dinners and special events.

For sit-down tasting bookings and more information call the Cellar Door on 0457 535 988.

We are open 11am-4pm Friday - Sunday and most Public Holidays (unless intermittent government restrictions take precedence). Produce platters are available to order direct from the Mansfield Regional Produce Store (phone 03 5779 1404), delivered to you at the Cellar Door.

HOLIDAY HOURS: please check this space for alterations to opening hours over the school holidays.

Join the Magnolia Club! We host live music and Friday Night Drinks from 5.30pm to 7.30pm Fridays.

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Mansfield Bushwalks

Mansfield Bushwalks offer a range of guided 'pack-free' short walking tours, ideal for all fitness levels and all age groups. With the convenience of local pickup and drop-off, our walks are a great way to spend a few hours or the day connecting with nature and discovering breathtaking scenery, before returning to the creature comforts of your Mansfield base...

Tours-
Sometimes it's just nice to have your very own chauffeur and tour guide to show you the sites... At Mansfield Bushwalks we offer minibus tours to some wonderful local places where you can enjoy the history, flora and fauna, and take in a nature walk too. Let us take you on and off the beaten track.. Lake Eildon, Jamieson, Mt Samaria, Howqua Hills.

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Jamieson Brewery Tasting Tours

The Jamieson Brewery has sat on the banks of the famous Goulburn river for over half a century. Being one of the first micro breweries in Victoria it has held a reputation for high quality ales and hospitable country charm.

BAR & GRILL

With James’ local knowledge and five star restaurant trained Shelley Nelson behind the kitchen with her culinary classics, this is the perfect team to take the brewery to the next level.

BREWERY

Master brewer Darren Kerr is also part of the team and produces the highly anticipated XBA (American brown) and classic Raspberry ale.

Yes...you heard, its true! Our brew tours will be starting later September with master brewer Darren Kerr explaining everything about the skill of beer brewing ...( without giving up our secret recipes haha) as well as taste testing and a certificate to prove you passed the Jamieson Brewery taste test !! These tours are by booking only.

5953 Eildon-Jamieson Rd, Jamieson, Victoria

Phone 03 5777 0678 for All Bookings and Tasting Tours.

4WD Tours

For a highly personalised day tour in and out of Melbourne, Australis 4WD Tours provides the ultimate exciting and fun filled experience. Your enthusiastic, trained and experienced guide will share with you breathtaking destinations, fascinating stories and folklore and a ranger’s knowledge of birds and animals. You will have an adventure to remember and treasure long after the end of the day.

Perfect for couples or singles, the smaller group size capped at four ensures that a fun filled, highly enjoyable day will be had by all. By being part of a small group, your tour guide will do their utmost to ensure that any personal desires and opportunities to explore your interests are maximized.

Craig’s Hut Tour

Join others who have had the time of their life and have had an experience to delight in. A slower paced and relaxed tour, spend a day admiring panoramic views as we travel in the comfort of a 4 wheel drive with a small tour group to visit the beautifully isolated Craig’s Hut – once only seen by cattlemen and horsemen.

Take in the impressive mountain range and abundance of wildlife, as you absorb the history that lies behind this extraordinary hut that featured in the film ‘Man from Snowy River’. We’ll treat ourselves to a picnic lunch and relax under the snow gums.

Next we’ll visit Mt Stirling to see the impressive 360 degree views across to nearby Mount Buller as well as the other mountains and cliff lines that make up the High Country. The perfect background for a great photo!

And if that wasn’t relaxing enough or you need some more scenery- finish the tour with a wine tasting, the finest regional produce and sunset views at a winery. What a way to complete a fabulous country day before you are taken back to the bustling city of Melbourne.

For all Bookings and Enquiries Phone Bruce on 0417 579 391

Mansfield balloon flights with Global Ballooning

Mansfield is a quintessential ballooning region. A natural pastural basin surrounded by foothills and the Alpine Ranges, which makes for perfect scenery to experience ballooning. It is our most favourite location to relax and conduct our flights and our team are just as enthralled as you will be when we take to the sky.

Our balloons provide a 365-degree view, perfect for sightseeing the Mansfield countryside at the base of Mount Buller.
Afternoon flights available from May to September.
The baskets include cushioning around the inside for comfort as well as rope handles when in the landing position.
Our balloons are safe, comfortable and meet the standards of CASA.
Balloon sizes vary depending on the pilot flying and their license. Baskets can hold 2, 4 and up to 8 passengers.
On any one day, we can have anywhere between 2 - 3 balloons fly at once.
Children under the age of 6 years old are unable to fly due to safety regulations.
Start your morning with an approx. 1 hour hot air balloon flight in Mansfield. A natural pastural basin surrounded by foothills and the Alpine Ranges, which makes for perfect scenery to experience ballooning.
The Mansfield Balloon Flight package includes
- Approximate 1 hour balloon flight over Mansfield - one of the world’s most picturesque flying regions. (standard sunrise & afternoon flights available)
- Free onsite parking at Alzburg Resort
- Complete flight and ground insurance
- Peace of mind that you have chosen to fly with Victoria's leading hot air ballooning operator with the most experienced pilots and ground crew in the business
- A carbon neutral flight - Global Ballooning Australia is the only Victorian operator to offset our carbon emissions
- Complimentary in-flight photos (Please note that we cannot provide photos if the weather is not suitable for putting up the camera. We recommend to always bring your phone/camera)
- An exclusive e-coupon booklet & flight certificate to prove it happened
- We will require minimum 6 passengers for public flights
- Flights departing 364 days of the year, weather permitting
Schedule for the day
The entire experience lasts 3-3.5 hours in total so usually completed between 9-10am.
- Night before your flight (after 6pm) : You'll receive a text from the Pilot advising the updated weather information and exact meeting time.
- 1.5 hours before sunrise (time confirmed night before) : Meet pilots and crew at at designated time and venue; Global Ballooning Australia will drive all passengers to the launch site.
- Launch : Passengers assist with the set up / inflation of the balloon
- Sunrise : Flight for approximately 1 hour
- Land : The pilot will land the balloon; passengers can assist to pack up the balloon
- Drop off: All passengers are driven back to meeting point
Breakfast
Breakfast is not included in this package.
Where to meet
We meet 1.5 hours before sunrise (confirm with Pilot evening before) at: Alzburg Resort - 39 Malcolm st, Mansfield 3722.

If the flight is cancelled...
If the flight is cancelled due to bad weather, contact the office on +61 3 9428 5703 within 12 months of your first cancelled balloon flight to rebook for another day. Alternatively, you may be able to receive a refund depending on the Terms and Conditions on your booking.
Is this package refundable?
Please refer to our Terms and Conditions regarding a refund.
How do I find out my flight information?
You will receive a text message from our pilot the night before your flight after 6pm, confirming whether we can fly you based on the weather conditions and if we can, confirming the exact meeting time. We meet about 1.5hrs prior to sunrise.
Notes
We generally meet 1.5 hours before sunrise and this time will vary throughout the different seasons depending on the hour of the sunrise - the below information will give you an indication of meeting times but should be used as a guide only.
For transfers from Melbourne to the Yarra Valley, expect an earlier start by subtracting an hour to the times shown below.
- January : 4.00am – 4.30am
- February : 4.30am – 5.00am
- March : 5.00am – 5.30am
- April : 5.30am – 6.00am
- May : 5.30am – 6.00am
- June : 6.00am – 6.30am
- July : 6.00am – 6.30am
- August : 5.30am – 6.00am
- September : 5.00am – 5.30am
- October : 5.00am – 5.30am
- November : 4.30am – 5.00am
- December : 4.30am – 5.00am
- Prices Per person - For all public - 1 to 8 passengers
  Adult : $395
  Child : $325 (6 to 12 years old)
  This package is available all days of the week.

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Delatite Winery

Over the generations of farming at Delatite there has been a growing awareness that whatever the farming pursuit, their practices should be guided by what is the best for future generations, not by what is simply the easiest today.

In the vineyard the Delatite team follows Rudolf Steiner’s Biodynamic principles as they believe in growing grapes and making wine in as natural a way as possible with minimal intervention/additions. The only fertilisers used are reactive rock phosphate, fish/kelp/fulvic acid, BD 500, cow and sheep manure concentrate and compost teas. No herbicides, insecticides or systemic/curative fungicides are used – the only vine sprays are wettable sulphur, copper and Bacillus thuringiensis. This, along with an even, relatively cool ripening period, further strengthens the varietal flavours and characteristics of all the grapes grown.

New Cellar Door

We are excited to announce the opening of our a new cellar door + dining room!

It’s been a three year process and we can’t wait to share the space with you.

Designed by Lucy Clemenger Architects, the new building takes advantage of the stunning views over Mt Buller and the Alpine Range.

The new cellar door will allow you to have a relaxed tasting while sitting around a fire taking in the views.

Wine Tastings

In accordance with the current COVID restrictions, all tastings are be seated. Tastings will be one-on-one with a member of our lovely cellar door staff, who will lead you through our Estate wines. If you would like to enjoy a meal when you visit, please allow 45mins to an hour for your tasting. Please be advised you will need to make two separate bookings. Bookings are made via our website www.delatitewinery.com.au

TERRACE

Tastings: 10am - 5pm daily

Due to the restrictions, we have very limited numbers so booking are highly recommended.

On Mondays and Tuesdays will only be opening in the cellar door with a limited menu.

The Delatite Delights tasting experience:

is a guided tasting with a mini degustation menu paired perfectly with five of our wines. It is complimentary for our Summit Club members and one guest, twice yearly. Bookings are made via our website www.delatitewinery.com.au

$60 per person.

We require 24 hours notice for this experience. Please book it ahead.

We are a dog friendly winery and welcome all dogs big and small.

** Bookings over 10 people will be charged $5 per person for a tasting. The tasting fee is redeemable on a purchase of a bottle of wine.

The Ritchie family is delighted to share the landscape and vineyard experience with visitors and wine lovers alike!

We are located at the base of the Victorian High country, overlooking Mt Buller and just 10 minutes from Mansfield.

Locally sourced food and produce are at the center of our seasonal menu. The food from our large new orchard and permaculture garden will be supplemented by local producers.

In summer you can spill out onto our deck, lawn, and outside tables while sipping on a delicious glass of wine.

DINE WITH US

We love having you visit us, there are a few different ways to dine at Delatite.

DINING ROOM

We will be offering a two- and three-course seasonal set menu. You will be able to choose from either an entrée and main course, or a main course and a dessert, or one of each.

We currently have limits on the number of people we can seat inside so bookings are essential.

Bookings are made via our website www.delatitewinery.com.au

TERRACE DINING

From the 5th of November 2021

We will be offering a new terrace menu. This allows you to have a relaxed experience, taking in the views of the High Country. The menu will include share plates, platters, and our whole roast lamb shoulder.

Please note that unfortunately our terrace is not covered so we can’t promise shelter in the event of inclement weather. As a result we will no longer be taking bookings and it will be walk-ins only.

If you would like to have a wine tasting please make a separate booking. Allow 30mins - 45mins for a wine tasting.

OPENING HOURS

Wednesday - Sunday

11.30am - 5pm (last food orders at 4.30pm)

Monday - Tuesday

We are only open for platters and wine tastings in the cellar door.

Bookings are made via our website www.delatitewinery.com.au

In accordance with current government guidelines, we require all visitors to be double vaccinated.

Please note, that on weekends our phone is not necessarily manned. We prioritise giving the people already in our venue an excellent experience and therefore we can't answer calls. If you can't make a booking online, we are fully booked and therefore can't accommodate you.

Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Bookings are made via our website www.delatitewinery.com.au

Email us at info@delatitewinery.com.au or call us on 03 5775 2922.

Address 390 Pollards Rd, Mansfield

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High Country Maze

The High Country Maze is a 'must-see' on your next High Country adventure!
A labour of love has transformed this into an amazing space complete with two established mazes, labyrinth, beautiful walled gardens, giant topiaries & sculptures, lawn games and of course, a gnome hunt!
Bring the kids and enjoy refreshments from our licenced garden café.
Planning a wedding or event? Host an incredible day in uniquely beautiful surrounds...
We are open every Wednesday through December (11-3pm) for Devonshire Tea/coffee in the garden, plus full café service every weekend & daily during the Victorian School Holidays (10-5pm).
High Country Maze, Gardens and Gallery is so much more than a maze. Offering six acres of award-winning gardens (showcased nationally on ”Better Homes and Gardens”, ”Gardening Australia”, and ”Secrets of Beautiful Gardens”), this is one of the must-see attractions in the Mansfield area.
Address 678 Piries- Goughs Bay Rd, Goughs Bay
Phone: (03) 5777 3190
Email highcountrymaze@gmail.com

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Tony Pridham Fine Art Gallery

Tony Pridham is an internationally acclaimed artist.
As the grand-nephew of Sidney Nolan, Tony hails from Australian art royalty. Tony’s precocious talent was evident from an early age: with his first attempt, aged 19, he won Best Painting at the prestigious Wildlife Art Society of Australia awards. An artist of extraordinary talent, Tony specialises in subjects of the natural world, painted in the traditions of classical realism, although his recent move into Hyperrealism has led to a shift in his painting style.
As an artist, his beliefs are very much informed by the philosophy of the New Realism movement which states that something beautiful, painted beautifully, is a justification in itself. His paintings aim to inspire and bring a sense of wonder to the viewer.
Tony is recognised internationally as the foremost living bird artist in Australia.
A keen and knowledgeable naturalist, Tony travels widely searching for new ideas and challenges. His field research has taken him throughout Australia, Europe, USA and Africa. However Tony’s passion for the Australian bush, its wonderful light and its diverse fauna and flora, keep him travelling throughout this continent. Tony has a genuine love for and deep knowledge of the birds and animals he paints.
What sets Tony’s work apart is that, unlike most artists, he studies the birds he paints in their natural environment so he can capture the unique attitude and movement of each species."
What sets Tony’s work apart is that, unlike most artists, he studies the birds he paints in their natural environment so he can capture the unique attitude and movement of each species."
While best known as a bird artist, Tony’s horse portraits and African fauna studies are internationally recognised for their exceptional quality and accuracy. He is a founding member of Artist Ambassadors Against Poaching, a non-profit organisation whose aim is to create awareness of conservation issues through art.
Address: High Country Maze 678 Piries- Goughs Bay Rd, Goughs Bay
Phone (03) 5777 3190
Email highcountrymaze@gmail.com

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