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Our profiles showcase the very best components of what each LTP member does. From scenery to shopfronts they are generally photo essays from our memorable experiences with each end every LTP member.

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Marshall White Flinders

Retail
Flinders, Marshall White, Mornington Peninsula, Real Estate
Flinders has always occupied a slightly different place on the Mornington Peninsula. It is a village rather than a resort town. A place where the coast meets farmland, where vineyards and paddocks sit behind rugged cliffs and beaches, and where some of the Peninsula’s most beautiful homes are often hidden well away from the road.

Red Hill Lavender Farm Experiences

Experiences
Botanical, Cafe, Events, Experiences, Farm, Garden, Lavender, Love the Pen, Main Ridge, Mornington Peninsula, Red Hill, Workshops
Red Hill Lavender Farm is opening its gates in new ways. Join a Scented Farm Experience and explore the plants, distillation and craft behind fragrance before creating your own candle and diffuser to take home. Or wander the property on a guided Garden Tour through the lavender farm, lake walk, Mary Loucas’s flower and kitchen gardens. With tours extending beyond spring into summer and autumn, there are now even more reasons to experience this beautiful Main Ridge property through the seasons.

Talking Hens, Merricks

Farmgates, Retail
backyard, Buy, Chicken Food, Chickens, Children, Eggs, Farm, Food, Love the Pen, Merricks, Mornington Peninsula, Visit
Some of our earliest memories of food have very little to do with supermarkets. For us, they involve backyards. One of Mum’s friends, Angela Gory — a wonderful French woman and an equally wonderful cook — kept chooks. So did our aunties Marika, Penelope and Areti — all incredible cooks in their own right. What we acknowledged quickly is that cooks, need chooks :) and so do hungry children.

Interview of a Lifetime

Art & Culture
There are moments in life when we realise there are stories we never asked for. Memories we meant to hear. Questions we assumed we would always have time to ask. How two people first met. What childhood was like in a different time. 

Era Ora

Food & Drink
Era Ora in Mornington is a colloquial Italian expression, it means something along the lines of it was time, about time, or simply finally. And in the case of Teresa and Gerard, it is hard to imagine a more appropriate name.

Deep Water Lounge

Food & Drink
There is something happening in Hastings. You can feel it in the slow shift of the main street and in the growing sense that this part of the Peninsula is beginning to expect a little more of itself. 

South Beach, Mount Martha

Food & Drink
Beach, Cafe, Children, Coffee, Eat, Events, Family, Food, Kitchen, Local, Love the Pen, Mornington Peninsula, Restaurant, South Beach Project, Swim, Village, Volpino, Walk, Weddings, Weekend, Wine
South Beach, Mount Martha sits just above the shoreline, where light, space and the rhythm of the coast set the tone. With uninterrupted views across Port Phillip Bay, open indoor–outdoor seating and a calm, confident pace, it’s dining that protects how it feels to be there.

Gracie’s Lane Luxury Villa Accommodation

Retreat
Accommodation Gracies Lane, Events, Farm, Farmhouse, Horses, Love the Pen, Main Ridge, Mornington Peninsula, nature, sheep, Views, Villa
Set across 20 acres in Main Ridge, in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula hinterland, Gracie’s Lane Luxury Villa Accommodation offers something increasingly difficult to find: room to slow down. This is not a generic retreat. It is a working horse property, a sheep-breeding farm and a genuine piece of Peninsula countryside, surrounded by open paddocks, mature gum trees and the maritime air that moves through this part of the region.

JimmyRum Distillery

Distillers, Food & Drink
Bar, Beer, Chicken Ribs, Croquettes, Distillery, Dog Friendly, Drinks, dromana, Food, Friday, Garden, James McPherson, jimmy rum, Jimmy Rum Distillery, Mornington Peninsula, Pork Belly, Rum, Saganaki, Snacks, Steak Night, Wine
Located in the bustling commercial district of Dromana, Jimmy Rum Distillery stands out as a unique gem. It's not just a haven for rum enthusiasts but a place that offers a unique blend of culinary delights, spirited beverages, and a lively yet laid-back atmosphere. As the first dedicated craft rum distillery in Victoria, it's a testament to the passion and creativity of its founder, James McPherson, fondly known as Jimmy.