Driving time from Melbourne: 90 minutes

With chef Alla Wolf-Tasker and her family as hosts, Dairy Flat Farm promises top-shelf hospitality. This 15-hectare property features a main lodge with four luxurious rooms, plus two extras in a separate building. There’s an onsite bakery, a vineyard and extensive kitchen gardens (supplying Wolf-Tasker’s famed Lake House restaurant and the lodge’s own kitchen). A live-in concierge takes care of everything, from Lake House bookings to sourdough classes at the Bake House.