Hogget Kitchen

Restaurant

Enjoy some of Gippsland’s finest nose-to-tail dining in a spacious, award-winning restaurant that overlooks the Strzelecki Ranges. The menu champions local produce, house-smoked ethical meats and natural wines from across Victoria.

Courthouse Restaurant and Garden Bar

Restaurant

Gastropub eats in an 1887-built courthouse.

Brandy Creek Estate

Restaurant

A winery, restaurant and spa set in the undulating hills of West Gippsland. The deck is a picturesque spot to enjoy a glass of house tempranillo or sparkling pinot gris. Take in the views of the vineyard and olive grove and enjoy the satisfying tapas dishes.

Main Street

Cafe

An ethically minded cafe making the most of Gippsland’s diverse harvests.

The Shot House

Cafe

House-roasted coffee, almond milk and scrolls.

Ripplebrook Winery

Restaurant

This small and charming winery is one of West Gippsland’s best options if you’re after a lazy long lunch. The kitchen (which mainly cooks with what’s grown in the veggie patch) favours antipasti and pizzas, which you can enjoy inside or in the spacious garden. To drink, there’s a selection of sparkling, chardonnay, pinot noir, merlot, shiraz and cabernet sauvignon.

Cannibal Creek Winery

Restaurant

The self-taught owners employ mostly biodynamic viticulture practices, and their winemaking style is light in touch. Taste your way through the cellar door drops before settling into the adjoining family-friendly restaurant, which serves up share plates that highlight Gippsland produce.

The Walhalla Lodge Hotel

Bar

Have a cold one with the kookaburras.

Noojee Trestle Bridge

A 20-minute drive from the expansive pastoral hills of Neerim South to the cool forest of Noojee will bring you to this beautiful old trestle bridge. Built in 1917, the bridge served as part of the railway that ran from Warragul to Noojee, and is one of the few remaining timber trestle bridges in Victoria. You can scramble up the stairs to the right of the bridge and walk across this grand old structure. The short loop back to the carpark will only take 10 minutes, but there’s also a longer walk that runs for two kilometres one-way along a flat, well-formed track.

Toorongo Falls

The Toorongo Falls Scenic Reserve was originally a border of two Aboriginal tribes – the Wurundjeri of the Kulin Nation to the west, and the Braiakaulung of the Kurnai nation, who lived on the river flats of the Latrobe Valley. Many culturally significant sites remain among the tall gums, dense ferns, moss-cloaked boulders and, of course, the rushing river. You can walk, picnic and camp here, and there are two waterfalls to visit. The first is Toorongo Falls, which encompasses a 1.5-kilometre return route that will take you roughly 40 minutes in total. Once you’ve reached these falls, you can also continue up the track to Amphitheatre Falls, which tacks on an additional 15–30 minutes. There are campsites en route to the walk’s starting point, should you like to stay awhile.

Warragul Farmers Market

On the third Saturday of each month, the Warragul Farmers Market brings together more than 60 local producers from the Gippsland region. Organic vegetable growers sit alongside in-season berries and off-season preserves from Sunny Creek Organic, Persian-style feta from Wattlebank Park Farm, wood-fired sourdough from Cannibal Creek Bakehouse, seafood from Lakes Entrance, seedlings from Clear Creek Herb Farm and delicately handpicked saffron from Saffron Willis. There’s live music, coffee, chai and plenty of foodstuffs to enjoy once you’ve done your grocery rounds. 8:30am–1pm.

Walhalla Goldfields Rail Trail

This narrow-gauge railway route once ran from Moe to Walhalla. These days, the tracks might be mostly gone, but you can still make the journey on foot. Start near the old Erica train station and walk all the way to Thomson, passing through tall forest with trickling streams and views of the Thomson River. It’s a seven-kilometre one-way track of compacted earth underfoot. It is mostly suitable for riding a mountain bike, but there’s one narrow section behind Thomson station that may need to be walked. Once you arrive at Thomson, you can take an old train over the remaining tracks to Walhalla.

Vue at Jindivick

Accommodation

Unwind by the fireplace at this peaceful, off-grid B&B.;

Vivere Retreat

Accommodation

Farm accommodation with idyllic views.