From the sustainable organic Daylesford estate, to the cohesive country-chic interior designed by Larissa, daughter of Lake House owners Alla and Allan Wolf-Tasker, writer Susan Kurosawa shares her stay at Dairy Flat Farm + Lodge with the telling detail of a grand old time.

“There’s little dispute that fresh country air sharpens the appetite. But when crisp gulps of breath are taken at Daylesford, there’s something else afoot. Here in this veritable food bowl northwest of Melbourne, where even casual signposts promise such delights as Apple Tree Lane, the agricultural bounty is so rich I feel my head spinning. But maybe that’s because chef Rosa and resident concierge Mariana are serving breakfast at Dairy Flat Lodge & Farm.

…But now, Mariana and I must discuss the therapeutic benefits of Portuguese custard tarts from her home city of Lisbon while she shows me how to work the gleaming espresso machine in case I wake with the kookaburras tomorrow morning and need to rustle up coffee for our small house-party of four. We are occupying just two double chambers in one wing of this six-bedroom country house. If we’d arrived with more friends, there’d be the possibility to spread across four guestrooms in the main residence and two vineyard suites in an annexe overlooking chardonnay and pinot noir vines. ” – Susan Kurosawa, The Australian.

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