ACCOMMODATION NEWLYN NORTH VIC

The Creswick Motel offers spacious, comfortable and clean affordable accommodation located on the Midland Highway, opposite the Daylesford turn-off. The Creswick Motel is within walking distance to the main shopping area with cafes and the local pubs, swim in the lake just two minutes up the road, have a barbecue. The motel is within a five minute drive to the forest resort golf course or bring your camera and photograph the historic buildings. The 10 unit motel can sleep up to 30 guests, with four queen units containing a queen bed, three two bedroom family units with a queen bed and two single beds and three twin units containing a queen and single bed. All the motel's units include heating (not much need for cooling in Creswick), tea and coffee making facilities, crockery and cutlery, toaster, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, fridge and microwave. Stay and explore historic Creswick with its forest parks and lakes, magnificent buildings, relics from a golden past, clean fresh air, friendly people and just a short walk to the local for dinner.

Escape to an elegant Victorian Homestead of Abergeldie Bed and Breakfast (cira 1860), and surround yourself with antique filled rooms, open fires, lush gardens and warm hospitality. Stay in one of the garden view ensuite rooms or the romantic cottage. Breakfast is served daily, with evening meals by prior arrangement. Abergeldie is a working sheep, cattle and cropping property, on 500 hectares in the fertile Central Highlands region of Victoria. From the moment you breathe the air on the peaceful farm, you will begin to relax. Abergeldie's five hundred hectares and fine historic homestead have belonged to the Toose family for five generations. Come and stay and share in its warmth and character. Enjoy a fully cooked breakfast of local produce in the dining room. Stroll in the rambling country garden. Wile away the time exploring nearby Clunes and Creswick, Maldon and Avoca. Yield to the indulgences of the Daylesford area. Whether you decide to stay in the courtyard cottage or in an ensuite room in the homestead, a warm country welcome will be yours. Dogs allowed in cottage by prior arrangement....

Tuki Retreat offers a romantic getaway for couples with the stone cottages with open fires and corner spas in the bathroom. They are self-contained so you can self cater and the tariffs include self-serve breakfast provisions for each morning. Tuki Trout Farm is open daily for trout fishing and you can catch your own lunch or experience the licensed restaurant. Tuki is open to the public every day from 11:00am till 6:00 pm. The restaurant is available at other times for birthday parties and weddings, conferences and corporate events. Tuki offers spring water, panoramic views and an opportunity to reconnect and reinvigorate in a sustainable healthy environment.

Located in the heart of the Victorian Goldfields, Macedon Ranges and Spa Country, 80 minutes from Melbourne CBD, the RACV Goldfields Resort is a countryside retreat perfectly situated to soak up the region's history, arts, culture and outdoor activities. The resort offers a full range of facilities to accommodate members and guests travelling for both business and leisure including; a restaurant and bar, extensive meeting rooms and function rooms, tennis courts, gymnasium, heated outdoor swimming pool, spa and a Tony Cashmore designed 18-hole Championship golf course. Positioned between Daylesford and Ballarat, the resort is surrounded by attractions including Sovereign Hill, Creswick Woollen Mills, Tangled Maze, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Kryal Castle, Goldfields Track, as well as the natural springs and day spas of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs and a range of local markets and festivals. RACV Resorts are perfect for a short break or a family getaway. They provide great service, and a wide variety of accommodation in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania....

With many years experience in group accommodation and outdoor education, staff at Adekate Lodge Creswick are dedicated to providing groups with excellent service. Management and staff are on-site 24 hours to assist if required. Adekate Lodge Creswick is accredited by the Australian Camps Association. Staff are committed to providing the highest standard in camper safety and quality outdoor experiences. Accommodation is provided for up to 100 people. Three separate Lodges accommodate guests in rooms each sleeping around 6. A separate amenity block, together with teachers/leaders bathrooms provide excellent facilities. Other campsite features include: Magnificent bushland setting, separate recreation hall, historic chapel, tennis court, children’s playground, ropes course/initiative activities, sports oval, 4 meeting rooms, fully catered or self catering options. Adekate Lodge Creswick offers a wide range of activities both on site and in the surrounding area. Activity programs to enhance co operation, team work and personal development are our speciality. Expert instruction is available for specialised activities. Adekate Lodge Creswick staff can design and implement a program of activities to make your stay at Adekate one to remember. Whether it be orienteering, low ropes initiative activities, hut building, canoeing, climbing wall, campfires, bush cookery, archery, environmental tours or learning about the gold history Adekate Lodge Creswick has great staff and a great location.

Rossmore Cottage is situated in Creswick and only a short drive to Ballarat, Clunes and Daylesford. Restored for charm, romance, comfort and character the cottage has two bedrooms, one with queen bed from early this century, the other has twin beds. All beds have quality mattresses, electric blankets and doonas. Modern bathroom with heated towel rails and double spa. Cosy warmth with choice of wood heating, gas log fire or electric and air conditioning for summer. Pet friendly and fully fenced. Fully equipped kitchen complete with microwave oven. Basic breakfast provisions are provided for your first morning, which comprises of bread, milk, cereals, margarine and jams. The pantry is stocked with coffee, traditional and herbal teas and sugar. Pet friendly and a secure fence which offers safety for pets and children. Shops, restaurants, wineries, antique shops, bushwalks, playgrounds and a golf course are all nearby. Walking distance to shopping centre. Please contact Rossmore Cottage for more information....

Experience the newest luxury conference resort in Central Victoria, situated between Victoriaâ??s renowned Spa Country and the historic Goldfields. We have created the perfect balance between an elegant wilderness retreat, and an incredibly modern hotel. All of our 144 rooms and suites feature spa baths, LCD TVs, balconies, wireless broadband internet, working desks and so much more. The views of our beautiful surrounds are truly inspiring and will make you feel at one with nature. Our purpose-built conference centre features nine meeting rooms, three pre-function areas, three business centres, private dining rooms and countless outdoor function areas. All conference rooms feature natural light and incredible forest or fairway views. Complementing the hotel and meeting facilities are a range of sporting and leisure activities including our boutique day spa. Spa407 provides amazing views and an idyllic sanctuary to align the mind and body with the tranquil haven of its unique forest location. Specializing in individual treatments to meet the specific needs of each guest, the professional and highly trained staff offer ancient forms of massage together with traditional beauty therapies. Other Resort activities include gymnasium, swimming pool and spa, petanque, bird watching, bush-walking and mountain biking, all set around the Resortâ??s showpiece - an 18 hole par 72 championship golf course that has been designed by Robert Allenby and Tony Cashmore. The course is set amongst 150 acres of native bush land and runs 6300 metres with broad slopes, open greens and spectacular tree-lined fairways. Book your ultimate forest escape today.

American Creswick - Accommodation, Restaurant & Function Rooms. The American Creswick stands today as a unique link with Victoria?s gracious and colourful history. Providing a tradition of hospitality forged in the days off gold and glory while striving to always meet every request immediately, courteously and notably for over 150 years. Offering patrons a warm, friendly atmosphere with dining and functions in the Lindasay Room as well as delicious fare throughout the American. Enjoy fun and food at the bar, watching the races and footy or playing pool. Maybe you'd like to be outside in our relaxing garden or alfresco areas. With great food, fourteen beer and cider taps, eclectic wine list, good company and interesting spaces the American is a developing destination. Catering for the adventurer/traveller and offering beautiful accommodation with single, twin and double rooms available, ideally suited for small groups from four to ten. Come and enjoy the spirit, fun and History that is The American Creswick - 'The Heart of Creswick' since the 1850's....

Overwrought have been producing unique Australian metalwork for over eight years and have recently opened their own sculpture garden and gallery. Their gardens feature rustic metal sculpture and the gallery showcases local and interstate artists. Set on the plains of the Central Victorian potato growing district of Blampied, Overwrought offer the visitor a tranquil spot to sit by the pond and enjoy the ambience of the Australian countryside. Only eight minutes from Daylesford, toward Ballarat. Overwrought are easy to find and have ample parking for cars, coaches and caravans. On your next visit make sure to meet the artists who create the beautiful work on display - and say hello to the friendly alpacas too....

Have a great family fun day at The Tangled Maze. Get lost in the large and unusual botanical maze just bursting with flowers. Mystery trails, puzzles and plenty of space for kids to burn up that unspent energy. Try a challenging game of mini golf or enjoy a leisurely game of bocce, giant chess, quoits or naughts and crosses to keep those busy minds occupied. Rain hail or shine the whole family can have fun in the indoor activity centre on the synthetic ice rink or indoor ropes course. Getting lost is only half the fun at The Tangled Maze....

Gold and Relics Gold Prospecting Adventures cater for everybody, from those with little or no experience, to more experienced prospectors who are wanting to improve their technique and find more gold. Their guides are professional gold prospectors and each one of them has found a lot of gold. Some guides have found hundreds of ounces of gold. Gold and Relics Gold Prospecting Adventure Tours teach you what the professionals don?t want you to know. You will learn more in one day by taking a tour with Gold and Relics Adventure Tours than you would learn in ten years trying to do it alone. Many people find gold on these tours. Gold and Relics Gold Prospecting Adventure Tours had a participant on a Gold and Relics Adventure Tour find a nine ounce specimen nugget, with seven ounces of gold in it, worth well over $10,000. Two sisters found a 40 gram gold nugget and a 47 gram gold nugget last year. More recently, a 16 year old Colac boy found a two ounce gold nugget worth approximately $3000. With a little bit of luck, you too could join these success stories. Book in for a Gold Prospecting Adventure today....

The Creswick Theatre Company present a specially selected movie on the third Friday of each month at the Creswick Courthouse Theatre. You never know what you will see with a very eclectic range of movies on offer. Join a wonderful group of like-minded movie buffs. Enjoy tea or coffee and catch up for a chat during intervals. Join the Creswick Courthouse Theatre, Raglan Street, Creswick. Film starts at 7:30pm and there will be an interval where you are welcome to help yourself to tea or coffee. There is no entry fee however donations are appreciated....

Creswick Theatre Company prides itself on providing audiences with quality and value-for-money entertainment. They have provided opportunities for many actors and off-stage personnel, many of whom have moved on to bigger and better things. Anyone with an interest in theatre will be given an opportunity to become involved, regardless of experience. Assistance with set building, lighting, sound, costumes or other front of house or back stage roles are as important to Creswick Theatre Company as their performers. Creswick Theatre Company have introduced a monthly film night which is a nice way to catch up with other members and local film buffs....

Located in Blampied, The Swiss Mountain Hotel was established in 1865 and is one of regional Victoria's oldest licensed hotels and the oldest weather board hotel in Victoria. Now owned and operated by the Frangos Family, whose style and sophistication in Daylesford has become iconic, the aim is to revive the town of Blampied and get visitors and locals to call in for a pint or two in a Historic location that deserves to be kept alive!...

Creswick Woollen Mills? is the perfect destination for day-trippers, holiday makers and tour groups, both large and small. The mills? tourism experience, 'A Very Fine Yarn', showcases the journey of fibre; from manufacturing to the retail shelf. The exhibit gives a great insight into natural fibre, how luxurious fibres are processed and gives visitors a chance to see Australian manufacturing as it happens. As part of the journey an extensive, interactive experience allows the visitor to learn interesting and curious facts dating make to the mill?s creation. Visitors have the chance to meet the resident alpacas and purchase products made right at the mill. Come drop into some of the tourism stores in Creswick in Railway Parade, or Vincent Street, Daylesford. Exhibit open daily at 11:00am, 12-noon, 1:00pm and 2:00pm. There is ample free parking and easy access for coaches and caravans. To find out more please call, email or visit the website....

Discover the historic streetscapes of Creswick, a gold rush town set amid eucalyptus and pine forests just north of Ballarat in Victoria's Goldfields region. Originally inhabited by the Indigenous Dja Dja Wurrung people, Creswick grew rapidly during the gold rush years and was to become the birthplace of reforestation and home to the school of forestry in Victoria. Take a walk down the main street dotted with elegant and imposing gold rush-era buildings including the old Masonic Lodge, State Savings Bank (now an antique and gift shop), Creswick Library, Post Office and the Creswick Historical Museum. The Australian artist Norman Lindsay is one of Creswick's most famous exports. Visit the Magic Pudding Playground, based around the characters and events of Lindsay's The Magic Pudding book and a delight for kids and adults alike. View a permanent exhibition of Norman Lindsay's paintings at the Creswick Historical Museum, which also displays paintings from other family members and historic artworks relating to Creswick's past. Get outdoors and tour the Creswick Regional Park, which includes a 15-hectare koala park, trails through natural bushland, camp sites and picnic facilities. Follow the track around the shore of scenic St George Lake, home to waterbirds and the elusive platypus. Or, get yourself lost in the Tangled Maze, a garden maze grown from thousands of climbing plants. Looking for the greens? Play a round at the Robert Allenby-designed golf course at the Novotel Forest Resort or try out the Tony Cashmore-designed course at the RACV Goldfields Resort. Drop in a line at the Tuki Trout farm and have your catch cooked and served to you at the1850s sheep station turned country retreat. Creswick is 129 kilometres north-west of Melbourne or about 90 minutes by car on the Midland Highway....

Heatherington Cottage is a stylish, self contained country cottage on a 300 acre Poll Hereford cattle property. Private but not isolated. Provisions for cooked breakfasts for the first two days of your stay, then continental for any remainder. The well equipped kitchen also has a variety of teas and filter coffee plus a complimentary bottle of wine. The property can comfortably accommodate one couple or two couples, or two singles as each of the two queen size bedrooms has an ensuite with spa bath, shower and individual room heating. The rooms are configured differently, with one open-plan ensuite. The living area has a cosy wood fire, reverse cycle air-conditioning and ample supply of DVDs and magazines. It opens onto the rear deck with gas barbecue, outdoor dining, laundry and views over the farm and rolling hills. Extras which can be arranged include in-house massages and romantic packages, barbecue packs and cheese plate of local produce. Please see the website for more details. ...

Located just a short drive from Daylesford, Rutherford Park Country Retreat is a group accommodation centre situated in picturesque countryside, with uninterrupted 100 kilometre views over the surrounding farmland to the hills beyond. With its quiet and private rural setting, Rutherford Park has been catering to the needs of personal development retreats, music rehearsal, conferences and various other community organisations for over 25 years. Rutherford Park offers guests a range of meeting rooms, large split level dining room, en suites to all accommodation rooms, a large deck with fire pit, tennis/basketball courts and a large lawn area with volleyball. With air-conditioning to the main meeting room and central hydronic heating throughout the entire facility, Rutherford Park is a great destination all year round. Rutherford Park prides itself on catering good wholesome country style meals of generous proportions. Guests with special dietary requirements are also happily catered for (with prior notice). Rutherford Park is located 15 minutes from Daylesford, 30 minutes from Ballarat, 80 minutes from Tullamarine Airport and 90 minutes from Melbourne's city centre....