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  • Shannan Lea
    Melbourne, Australia1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We had a wine tasting booked for 12pm but arrived a little early due to travelling from the other side of the city. We met Zoe and Ben who were very happy to have us and seated us immediately. Ben asked our wine preferences and customised our tasting accordingly. He was incredibly knowledgeable about the history, design, creation and wine composition at Crittenden’s- with a lovely approachable manner. The grounds and atmosphere were beautiful. We left with a delicious selection and look forward to coming back. We visited 3 other local wineries and none had a comparable tasting experience. Thank you Crittenden’s!
    Written February 1, 2024
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  • chrystal M
    Bacchus Marsh, Australia38 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful and quiet spot. We had so much fun digging in the sand. The water was clear and even warm at this time of year. There is a bit if seaweed on the beach,but my son loved looking in it all.
    Written March 13, 2023
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  • contactoaksonmelba
    Melbourne, Australia1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful independent family run with great emphasis on sparkling wine set in its natural surroundings
    Written January 19, 2020
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  • Reinhardt K
    Corinella, Australia262 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    A boutique distillery producing a number of top class gin variations and good brandy. Enjoyed the Aromatics and the brandy
    Written November 21, 2022
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  • Alan
    Traralgon, Australia4 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    A beautiful spot with lots of history in a lovely garden. The $10 entry per person is a bit steep but the delicious scones, amazing scenery and sunny day made it worthwhile.
    Written April 10, 2022
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  • Kris M
    Melbourne, Australia95 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Superb find in Dromana, beautiful tree lined drive to the restaurant & cellar door housed in what was an old cordial factory. Well thought out set menu - we dined on a Thursday - great service - we really enjoyed everything & will be back. NB it is a little cold inside but the yummy food & superb Rose take your mind & the chill off
    Written June 1, 2023
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  • MrOnion73
    Melbourne, Australia15 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    What a find!! After a passing comment from our event planner, we took the trip down to Dromana to pay this little cider maker a visit. I’m sitting here, sipping mulled wine while the wife happily downs a ‘Jaffa Royale’ (made with their proprietary’Caffodka’) and wondering if our little car will make it home with this many cases of cider in the back. Take the trip, make the visit, and leave happy (albeit poorer).
    Written June 18, 2022
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  • 63_Jonty_63
    Melbourne, Australia49 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We often drop in for a bowl of chips/aioli and a cocktail. But this day (a Thursday) we decided to have something to eat. I chose the sous vide eye fillet (meltingly delicious) and my wife chose the pork belly (also nice). I had a RumRum (number 2) and my wife had a cocktail whose name escapes me.
    Always worth dropping in for a quick taste of the cane...
    Written February 29, 2024
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  • Paradise440167
    1 contribution
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    The Big Picture Fest was very enjoyable with the group. Very knowledgeable on all the artists and their works, walking to all the murals, through the back streets was an interesting insight to Frankston's environment and creativity.
    Written March 23, 2019
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  • Peter S
    Rome, Italy3,953 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Review covers Dromana Pier, Dromana, Mornington Peninsula.

    You can’t visit the Dromana shoreline without exploring the pier that extends 200 m into the bay – built in 1959 to replace the original. In 2014 it was patched up with repairs to the concrete/deck in an effort to prolong the life of the structure. Park Victoria completed a review in 2021 with the aim of considering a replacement. Walk the pier and reflect that this is where the original 19th century structure used to extend >400 m into water to enable it to handle the ships of the day. It was the time when the pier represented a key transport hub for the small township - linking people to neighbouring bay side settlements and, importantly, to Metropolitan Melbourne.
    You can capture a glimpse of this from 30-40 minutes walking Dromana Pier to the far end, leaning on the guard rail overlooking the bay, examining the seabed and taking time to look across the water towards the Heads that lead to Bass Straits and/or back to Dromana and places further north; and then walk back again. Over 150 years the settlement has spread across the hills behind the shore to Arthurs Seat 300 m above the bay. This is the highest point on the peninsula, and the focus of a robust local tourist industry. Catch the modern cable car to the top and walk to the adventure gardens nearby and, a kilometre further along, explore the car museum. The views of the bay are better from the top – follow some of the walking trails in the Arthurs Seat State Park.
    It is the view/experience from the end-of-the-pier, however, that represents the raison d'être for retaining these early seaboard structures. A pier provides access to the sea – actually being at sea – and all without getting wet. That’s today then – modern tourism in all it’s essential economic well-being (like it was pre-Covid-19). It will, of course, eventually return in some form.
    But, back to those early days.
    There have always been overland trails on the peninsula, and long before the Europeans arrived in the early 19th century. The peninsula was originally home to small populations of semi-nomadic First Australians – following/nurturing local food/feed resources on land and in the waters of the bay; for them foot trails were sufficient. It was the settlers, however, who required better transport links for the exploitation of timber, gravel, rock and sand. As crop/livestock production expanded the peninsular began to supply Melbourne with food - efficient transport became essential.
    Coastal networks of passenger and freight shipping quickly expanded to meet demand; with it came the infrastructure required of ships and, equally, the competition to attract the ships into your settlement before your neighbours took the initiative. Key peninsula stops included St Kilda and Mordialloc close to Melbourne and, further south, Frankston, Mornington, Dromana, Sorrento and Portsea. Reliable deep-water berthing infrastructure was essential. In between there were jetties, breakwaters, short piers and similar provided by other settlements. Paddleboats capable of handling the shallow draught of shore-side settlements were introduced.
    Dromana Pier is a classic structure - it juts out from the beach supported on piles/pillars in the water of sufficient depth for passengers and freight to be loaded/unloaded irrespective of the tide. Close on shore there would have been storage facilities – compounds, sheds, holding yards for livestock, timber and more. Now all gone.
    Piers/infrastructure/coastal shipping dominated freight and passenger traffic from the earliest days of European settlement on the peninsula and throughout the country. This dependency existed through into the early-mid-20th century. Much of the early rail/road transport that was introduced simply linked centres of population to the nearest seaports.
    Live in the 21st century with modern highways and personal/freight transport always available and it is difficult to appreciate the importance of local/regional shipping. This declined from the mid-20th century on as roads/road transport developed, leaving behind much of the original shipping infrastructure - defunct port structures have been replaced by housing, parks and recreation; many structures fell into disuse and/or have been demolished and, others still, have been reclaimed and/or replaced for use by tourist/recreation/commercial/civic interests.
    We have the Victorians (the mainly ex-British people from the late 19th century – not those from the state of the same name) who ‘re-discovered’ the pleasure of sea bathing; attracted to seaside towns with beaches where bathing was practical, providing bathing facilities/sheds and the on-shore esplanades, entertainment centres and more that focussed on pleasure. This is where the small piers of the day continue to have a role; people, in groups or singly, walking out to sea with the minimum of effort and the maximum of experience - taking the air, fishing, sharing a picnic and other similar/simple pleasures.
    Stand at the far end of Dromana Pier and take in the bathing/beach huts spaced along the beach – a period architectural feature from >120 years ago; still in use, still appreciated. The pier is narrow and has just the single handrail along one side; the other remains open to the sea. This is where you keep an eye on the little ones (and, equally, the oldies with their sometimes less reliable walk). Better still, keep them off the pier. During our time there the water at the bay end of the pier was little more than a metre deep and easily accessible. But what a hassle it would be to jump in to rescue someone. In any case, there were signs prohibiting this - no diving either.

    Peter Steele
    27 July 2021
    Written July 27, 2021
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  • OvertheC
    Australia34 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Lovely, lovely walk. But there's a hill. As in a HILL. Just take it slow.
    And keep an eye out for bikes (yes).
    Written October 24, 2021
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  • Corinne
    27 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fun way to kill an hour. Picked up a few little treasures.
    Wished it was bigger but appreciated it all the same.
    Written January 25, 2021
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