About Thule Country Estate, Mount Macedon
Set across 36 acres in Mount Macedon, Thule Country Estate is the centrepiece of the 2026 Ultimate Autumn Festival Luxury Getaway – an aspirational property designed to showcase the region at its most indulgent. Think less weekend away, and more deluxe country retreat set amongst breathtaking countryside with sweeping views!
At Thule Country Estate, managed by Relax Holiday Rentals, you’ll enjoy:
- One of Mount Macedon’s most sought after holiday rental properties
Outdoor entertaining with firepit, pizza oven and alfresco dining
A 6-bedroom, architecturally designed home
Resort-style amenities including a tennis court, games room and private lake
Friendly farm animals such as highland cows and goats
It’s the kind of place where mornings begin slowly, long lunches stretch into the afternoon, and evenings end by the fire under country skies.
And with the possibility of a luxury escape, you can transform an already amazing Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival experience into an opportunity to visit again with all the Thule Country Estate benefits!
Let’s not forget the prize also includes an annual pass to Hanging Rock Reserve, a $300 voucher to UUMM Restaurant at Mount Macedon Winery, and a $250 voucher to Mount Macedon Trading Post Café & General Store.
One lucky winner will be set for the ultimate 3 night getaway including up to 10 guests!
Getting Started: Your Festival Essentials
Step 1: Pick up your Festival Map & Food Trail Passport at locations across the Macedon Ranges
That’s right, your journey begins with the Festival Map & Passport—your Food Trails guide, map, plus your passport entry into the prize draw.
Pick one up at:
- Woodend or Kyneton Visitor Information Centres
- Participating venues right across the Macedon Ranges including your preferred first Pie & Tart Trail or Tipple Trail location.
- Towns with participating businesses include Lancefield, Romsey, Riddells Creek, Gisborne/New Gisborne, Woodend, Macedon, Mount Macedon, Malmsbury, Kyneton
With your Passport, you can:
Step 2: Get across how the Autumn Festival Food & Drink Passport works
- Visit any participating venue
- Order the featured pie, tart or drink
- Receive a stamp on your Festival Passport with purchase
- Collect 4 stamps to enter the prize draw
Then once you have four stamps:
- Take and save a photo of your Passport
- Follow the entry instructions
Step 3: Choose your Trail, focus on a town, or find venues with both!
🥧 Pie & Tart Trail
Australia’s biggest and best Pie & Tart Trail features 50+ creations across the Macedon Ranges region—from country bakeries to cellar doors.
Expect:
- Golden, flaky pies
- Seasonal fruit tarts
- Sweet and savoury creations
- Picnic-perfect takeaway options
🍷 Tipple Trail
An autumn-inspired drinks journey across 35+ venues, showcasing the Macedon Ranges’ cool-climate excellence. Arrange a designated driver, or stay local and explore Macedon Ranges villages by foot.
The Autumn Festival Tipple Trail features:
- Seasonal cocktails
- Craft beer
- Small-batch gin
- Boutique wines
- Country pubs and wine bars
Explore the Food & Drink Trails by Town
The beauty of the festival is its flexibility—there’s no set route. You can build your own itinerary across the region’s nine villages. To help you along your way, we’ve listed each participating hospitality venue, including whether they have a Pie & Tart, or a Tipple or both!
And don’t forget that the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival also includes more than 80 events across the month of April, so you can have your pie and eat it to, enjoy a tipple, and make the most of memorable autumn days right throughout the Macedon Ranges.
Gisborne & New Gisborne
- 🥧 The 3 Little Pigs Cafe — Caramelised Onion, Goat’s Cheese & Pumpkin Tart
- 🥧🍷 The Gisborne Collective — Raspberry Nutella Calzone | Cloud Distillery Pink Gin & Tonic
- 🥧 Sheppards Choice — Country Chicken Pie
- 🥧 Gisborne Ice Cream Co — Blueberry Pie Ice Cream
- 🥧🍷 Baringo Food and Wine Co — Stationmaster’s Apple Pie | Publican’s Selection UK Ale
Macedon
- 🥧🍷 Hesket Estate — Ganache Chocolate Tart | Pinot Noir & Local Produce Platter
- 🥧🍷 Macedon Village Hotel — Beef & Guinness Pie | Hot Buttered Rum
- 🥧 Gogo’s Cafe & Bar — Citrus Tart
Mount Macedon
- 🥧🍷 Mount Macedon Trading Post — Lamb, Rosemary & Vegetable Pie | Festivus Beer
- 🍷Mount Towrong Vineyard — Estate Grown Prosecco
- 🥧🍷 Mount Macedon Winery — Slow Braised Duck Pie (Cavolo Nero & Forest Mushroom) | Estate Wine & Charcuterie Pack
- 🥧🍷 UUMM Restaurant — Roasted Fig & Pistachio Frangipane Tart | Wine & Charcuterie Box
Woodend
- 🥧🍷 Holgate Brewhouse — Lamb Shank Pie & Mash | Irish Nitro Stout
- 🥧 Paysanne Cafe — Beef Bourguignon Pie
- 🥧🍷 The Victoria Hotel Woodend — Famous Victoria Pie | Lemon & Passionfruit Meringue Pie Cocktail
- 🥧 Woodend Ice Cream Co — Cherry Ricotta Pie Ice Cream
- 🥧 Bourkies Bakehouse — Classic Beef Steak Pie
- 🥧 Cafe Maya — Butter Chicken Pie
- 🥧 Pig & Whistle Hotel — Guinness Pie (Trentham East outside Woodend)
- 🥧🍷 Woodend Cellar and Bar — Key Lime Pie Cocktail | Pirio Wines Flight
- 🍷600 Above — Blackberry Smash
Kyneton
- 🥧Country Cob Bakery — Creamy Mushroom & Truffle Pie
- 🥧Dough Si Dough Sourdough Bakery — Chunky Lamb Pie
- 🥧Fed Foodstore & Catering — Salted Caramel Pear Tarte Tatin
- 🥧Grist Artisan Bakers — Country Custard Tart
- 🥧🍷 Kyneton RSL — Chicken, Leek & Bacon Pie | Rosy Martini
- 🥧Monsieur Pierre — Roast Carrot, Ricotta & Thyme Tart
- 🥧Piper St Food Co — Plum & Spiced Apple Pie
- 🥧Angie’s Cafe — Pumpkin & Feta Tart
- 🥧🍷 PRATO — Galaktoboureko Greek Custard Pie | Little Miss Sunshine Mocktail
- 🥧🍷 Shamrock Hotel — Braised Beef & Guinness Pie | Pint of Guinness
- 🥧Sisko Chocolate — Golden Orchard Chocolate Tart
- 🥧🍷 The Albion Hotel — 12hr Braised Beef Pie | Forbidden Sour Cocktail
- 🥧🍷 The Kyneton Hotel — Seasonal Pot Pie | Warm Spiced Apple Cider
- 🍷Botanik Bar — The Balkan Shuffle
- 🍷Donkey Kyneton — Spicy Hazelnut Martini
- 🥧🍷 Kyneton Ridge Estate (12-minute drive from town centre)— Strawberry Shortbread Tart | Pinot Noir & Cheese Pairing
- 🍷Paramoor Winery (short drive from Kyneton to Carlsruhe) — 2024 Malbec
- 🍷Wombat Forest Vineyard (approx. 20km from Kyneton) — Aperol Spritz & Savoury Board
- 🥧🍷 Hunter-Gatherer Winery — American Cherry Pie | Sparkling Shiraz (Pipers Creek)
Malmsbury
- 🥧Malmsbury Bakery — Mini Fruit Pie
Lancefield & surrounds
- 🥧🍷 Elsie’s at Lancefield Lodge — Cock-A-Doodle-Shroom Pie | Naturally Native Drink
- 🥧Lancefield Bakery — Chunky Guinness Pie
- 🥧🍷 Lost Watering Hole — Hungarian Goulash Pie | Apfelpunsch
- 🥧🍷 The Lancefield Hotel — Stew & Brew Pie | The Clairixie
- 🍷Cleveland Estate — Maple Bourbon Smash
- 🥧🍷 Glen Erin at Lancefield — Beef Cheek & Peppercorn Pie | Marmalade Spritz
- 🥧🍷 Lyons Will Estate — Apple, Sage & Mustard Pork Pie | New Release Riesling
- 🍷Double Oaks Estate — Estate Chardonnay
Riddells Creek
- 🥧 Dromkeen Gallery & Tearoom — Vanilla Strawberry Custard Tart
- 🥧🍷Riddells Creek Hotel — Lamb Shank Pie | Espresso Martini
Romsey & surrounds
- 🥧🍷 The 1860 — Curry Lamb Pie | Classic Campbell Cocktail
- 🥧Verdure Bistro — Beef & Burgundy Pie
- 🥧Romsey Community Co-op Cafe — Beef & Burgundy Pie
- 🥧🍷 Mount Monument Winery — Beef & Dark Ale Pie | Pumpkin Whiskey Smash
- 🥧🍷 Red Poppy Estate — Organic Beef & Whisky Pie | Sparkling Shiraz
Hanging Rock surrounds
- 🥧🍷 Big Tree Distillery— Blueberry Gin Lattice Pie | Autumnal Cocktail
- 🥧🍷 Hanging Rock Winery — Estate Beef Pie | Lemon Tinto
- 🥧Hanging Rock Cafe — Banoffee Pie
How to Make the Most of Your Visit to the Autumn Festival Food & Drink Trails
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Event: Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival
When: 1-30 April, a month-long celebration across 9 villages
Where: across 9 villages, Lancefield, Romsey, Riddells Creek, Gisborne/New Gisborne, Woodend, Macedon, Mount Macedon, Malmsbury, Kyneton, and surrounding countryside
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