ALLAWOLF-TASKER’S DAYLESFORD, VIC
110 kilometresfromMelbourne’sCBD
Culinary director of Lake House and Dairy Flat Farm & Lodge, Daylesford“YouneedseveraldaystoevenscratchthesurfaceofDaylesford,”
saysAllaWolf-Tasker.“WehavesomeofAustralia’sbestproducers,
anda richvillageandcommunitylifewithcafés,pubs,cellardoors,
producestalls,restaurantsandvillageshops,allrunbylocals.Visit
andchancesare,theciderorbeeryoudrinkis beingpouredbythe
maker.I firstcametoDaylesfordwithmyparentsasa child,andthey
eventuallyboughta littleminer’scottagehere.I havefondmemoriesof
seasonalramblesforfruitfromlongabandonedorchards,andforaging
forforestmushroomsinautumn,chestnutsinwinter,andelderberries
andelderflowersinsummer.Growinguphere,theforests,thelakeand
thecountrytrailsalladdeduptobeinga placeofgreatenchantment
and adventure. And really, that’s never changed for me.”108 GOURMET TRAVELLER