Morning Star Estate
Grand estates like Morning Star are a rarity in Australia & are important to a regions historic identity with far reaching benefits that include economic, aesthetic, civic and cultural. The old mansion Morn...
Steam
Rye between Christmas and New Year is super busy - not just Chadstone in the lead up to Christmas busy but Chadstone Christmas Eve and Boxing Day Sale busy all rolled into one neat, jam packed strip of bay coas...
Ocean Eight
From the moment you drive into Ocean Eight you are guided by a feeling of symmetry - you can’t help but sense that the people behind this project must be operating on a supreme level in order to have achieved s...
Antipodes Bookshop and Gallery
Antipodes prides itself on the very special (and increasingly rare) opportunity to browse, imagine and discover the tactile world of books and the community is always at the heart of the store. It is this complete experience that makes Antipodes our favourite literary destination on the Pen – and one that is so precious in this digital age.
Heronswood House
For those who do not know, Heronswood is the home of The Diggers Club. The garden is a living catalogue of fruits and vegetables described in their magazines that get distributed to members around Australia. Th...
MP Experience
Ever wondered what it would be like to be treated like a superstar or how it would feel to get the royal treatment for a day? we’ve used a little poetic license and made slight changes to - Steppenwolf’s song -...
Moonlit Sanctuary
Oscar Wilde once said, ‘A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.’
Green Olive at Red Hill
The olive trees on Sue and Greg O’Donoghue’s farm take three years to bear fruit, but when they do, one tree can provide up to 35 kilograms of olives. Similarly, patience and passion are key ingredients to bringing a big idea to life.
The Sisters Cafe
For centuries - especially in Europe - cafés are considered social hubs for community to gather, discuss ideas, share stories or take five from the rigours of life. For many, the words Sisters Café at Sorrento ...
Presentation Family Centre
We want to tell you about an accommodation facility that’s not open to the general public because, well, this place embodies the basic community spirit that we want to celebrate and preserve on the Peninsula. Since opening in 1989, Presentation Family Centre in Balnarring has given accommodation and support to tens of thousands of people including victims of domestic violence, financially disadvantaged families, those suffering physical or mental ill health, and refugees.
Adrian Bonomi
Architect Adrian Bonomi grew up in a genuine family home. Along with his parents and younger brother, he shared the house with his artist grandmother, who designed it, and grandfather, who built it. "It was a big, white, spack rendered, flat-ceiling, flat-roof house, which, for the 1950s was a bit out there when everything else was just brick veneer bungalows with pitched tile roofs.”
Justine McNamara
Justine McNamara’s paintings capture idyllic moments; images that are immediately accessible to anyone who has lived or holidayed on the Mornington Peninsula or, indeed, any bay or coastline. Striking and lucid, yet dreamlike imagery evokes strong memories of, yearnings for – or both – simple luxuries.