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Villa Alba Museum is an 1880 Italianate mansion in Kew adjacent to Studley Park. It is lavishly decorated with painted ceilings and walls with trompe l'oeil being used and 40 foot panoramic murals of marine views of Sydney and Edinburgh of national significance. Restoration of the house which is to be a resource centre for interior design and decoration is ongoing. The garden is also in the process of re-instatement in its late Victorian form....

The Hoke One One Trail Running Series takes your running off-road with a series of popular races at breath-taking wilderness locations within a one hour drive from Melbourne. Each of the five events in The Series includes a short, medium and long course race that gives you plenty of carefree, smile-inducing running through some magnificent natural landscapes. You will breathe in plenty of fresh air and grin from ear to ear as you run through valleys lined with tree ferns, weave through towering gum trees and sweep along flowing trails beside rivers, creeks, beaches and lookouts. Choice of distances. Great courses. Beautiful settings. Social atmosphere. Pure fun. Race One: Sunday 5 June ? Studley Park ? five / eleven / fifteen kilometres. Race Two: Sunday 10 July ? Plenty Gorge ? six / twelve / seventeen kilometres. Race Three: Sunday 7 August ? Silvan, Dandenong Ranges ? seven / fifteen / twenty kilometres. Race Four: Sunday 4 September ? Anglesea ? eight / fifteen / twentry-three kilometres. New Night Race Five: Friday 23 September ? Studley Park ? five / eleven / fifteen kilometres....

A neighbourhood locale for you to welcome the day with brekkie, coffee and the day's paper; kick back with the puppies in the sunn courtyard with a burger and a pot of ice-cold beer, talk shop with the resident 'wine guy' in the cosy front bar, or celebrate with a beautiful dinner in our Private Dining Room. Recently awarded Three Wine Glasses by Gourmet Traveler for the Wine List of the Year....