Local produce – Goldfields
Central Victoria is an area with a varied harvest, ranging from the cool climate and high altitude produce to warm Mediterranean influences. Catch your own trout, sample traditional game meats or local bull boar sausages, buy freshly-picked apples and pears or try some of the locally pressed olive oil and other Mediterranean delicacies.
The Olive Grove
Suppliers of local Meredith cheeses products, regional items and café.
1303 Sturt Street, Ballarat
Ph 03 5331 4455
Tuki Trout Farm
Fish for fresh trout, or just stop buy smoked trout, smoked trout pate or Tuki lamb sausages.
Stone Rises, Smeaton
Ph 03 5345 6233
Mind The Gap
Patisserie and café with biscuits, cakes, pastries and pies.
707 Sturt Street, Ballarat
Ph 03 5334 4707
Tiggies Plum Puddings
Plum puddings made to a secret family recipe with the freshest ingredients.
315 Learmonth Street, Buninyong
Ph 03 5341 2999
John Harbour Quality Butchers
Local Hereford and Angus beef, lamb, venison and rabbit, quail, squab and pheasant.
615 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
Ph 03 5332 4402
Gambles Meats Supply
Organic butcher specialising in lamb and beef from his own farm.
21 Carpenter Street, Wendouree
Ph 03 5339 5449
Yuulong Lavender Estate
Sample tastings of lavender products. Light refreshments available.
Yendon Road, Mt. Egerton
Ph 03 5368 9453
Stony Creek Oil Products
Producer of cold-pressed flaxseed oil, high in omega-3 oils.
Near Talbot on the Ballarat–Maryborough Road
Ph 03 5463 2340
Dalhousie Fine Foods
A wide variety of quality packaged and beautifully presented preserves, sauces, olive oil products. Perfect for gifts or keepsakes of the region.
Nagambie Road, Heathcote
Ph 03 5433 3000
Newstead Butchers
Maker of bull boar sausages, a traditional food brought to the area by Swiss-Italian migrants that arrived during the gold rush era.
Lions Street, Newstead
Ph 03 5476 2217
