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Royal Mail Hotel

The Grampians, Australia

 

Local restaurants

Head for Halls Gap if you fancy eating out. Part of Brambuk, the National Park & Cultural Centre, Bushfoods Café (03 5361 4057) serves up Aboriginal bush tucker and native foods, such as kangaroo, emu and crocodile. Another stalwart, Quarry Restaurant (03 5356 4858), offers Mod Oz fare with a nod to gourmet bush tucker (wallaby steaks, barramundi and tiger prawns). Set in a historic timber mansion, the Balconies Restaurant (03 5356 4232) is the place to go for globally inspired dishes spanning Thai green curry and French lamb cutlets, with live jazz on Saturdays.


Worth getting out of bed for

The Grampians provide a surprising number of distractions for the otherwise gastronomically-inclined Royal Mail Hotel guests. Discover deserted look-outs, aboriginal rock art, and little-visited waterfalls and lakes in the National Park itself, visit nearby Hamilton for one of the finest regional art galleries in Australia, or play a round or two with the other half at the 18-hole Grampians Golf Club – just be careful not to hit the emus or wallabies wandering around on the greens. To really focus on your digestion, there's a local yoga retreat, Griffins Hills, nearby. The hotel can arrange guides for many local activities.

Diary

The first weekend of most months sees the Dunkeld Open Gardens and Galleries scheme of tours, workshops and demonstrations in full swing. Watch the hotel website for news of Sunday lunch jazz in the Bistro.

Current offers at Royal Mail Hotel

  • Stay, Eat and save 20 per cent - Valid from 9 January 2012 to 30 Marc...
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Magnificent degustation meal at the Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld but four hours and ten minutes long – particularly when the restaurant was not full (I counted 24 guests). So,...

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