Four restaurants in The Age Good Food Guide and a regular Farmers’ Market make tiny, charming Kyneton a fantastic Melbourne getaway. By Holiday Goddess Editors.
Lucky enough to be in Melbourne with time on your hands? Just get in the car and drive. Or hop on the train, for a total time-travel experience. Kyneton is tiny, charming, right in the heart of the beautiful Victorian countryside and – most importantly – heaving with award-winning restaurants and a particularly good pub.
We tried the local Shiraz at The Royal George Hotel and were in raptures over the crumbed sardines. You can sit here for hours reading all the secondhand Skippy annuals, or just use it as a bouncing-off point for a long walk or a picnic.
People rave about the Annie Smithers Bistro which is for serious foodies. But there is lots to love in Kyneton once you find Piper Street, where every building is preserved from Victorian times, and the cafes and restaurants are thick on the ground. Some are shorts-casual. Others are seriously suity, but those Age reviewers are right. It’s all delicious.
The Vintage Yard Sale on Piper Street is worth intense rummaging. City prices, handpicked vintage and secondhand booty, from recycled 1950s fabric cushions to heaving suitcases.
If you’re driving, then Kyneton is close to all the old Victorian gold mining towns and should definitely be your stop-off point for lunch.
Details – http://www.kyneton.org.au
