The Grampians Grape Escape happens every year in Halls Gap, and it’s exactly what it sounds like — two days of good wine, regional food, and live music in the company of people who care about all three. It’s one of the better weekends the Grampians puts on, and staying at the Nook while it’s […]

Pomonal General Store is the kind of shop you can’t quite explain until you’ve been inside it. Coffee, local produce, something for a picnic, something for breakfast — yes, all of that. But mostly it’s Nadya, who runs it like it belongs to the village rather than to her, because she thinks it does. Nadya’s […]

There’s chocolate in your hamper. Not the supermarket kind — handcrafted dark chocolates made by Kerrie, whose workshop and cafe operate out of Pomonal. They’re in the hamper because they’re good, and because they’re made by someone ten minutes from where you’re sleeping. The Chocolate Kerrie uses Belgian chocolate sourced via the Cocoa Trace program, […]

Halls Gap has a wine shop worth knowing about. Not a tourist bottle shop — a proper cellar, run by someone who knows what he’s talking about and genuinely enjoys the conversation. Simon Freeman Simon has been curating Grampians wine longer than most people have known the region makes it. He can tell you which […]

There are olives in your hamper. They came from a grove in the Grampians, which is not something most people expect when they think of the region. Red Rock Olives has been growing them in Pomonal for years, and they’re better than most olives you’ll find anywhere. The Story Behind Them For a decade, David […]

There’s a sourdough culture in your hamper that has been alive considerably longer than your booking. It crossed Australia in a car, ended up in Pomonal, and became the foundation of a bakery that we’d back against most of what’s available in any city. Blue Wren Bakery is Nick and Jackie’s project. It’s been part […]

Pomonal is about ten minutes from the Nook. It’s easy to miss if you don’t know to look for it — a quiet village in the shadow of the ranges, unhurried in every season. Pomonal Estate sits right in the middle of it, producing wine and craft beer and cider with the kind of care […]