This collection of gorgeously restored weatherboard buildings holds plenty of gold, starting with European-inspired plates in the restaurant. Tender lamb shoulder, pan-roasted blue eye cod and grass-fed beef burgers dot tables, complemented by sides of vegetables grown at the off-site kitchen garden. At breakfast, broccoli and kale fritters are finished with house-made tomato-saffron relish.

The takeaway coffee window, with pastries from local outfit Tuerong Farm, is a life-saver. And the “general store” component keeps holiday houses stocked with Main Ridge cheeses and Peninsula wines, supplies locals with leather horse reins and Tilly rain coats, and lures visitors with its covetable homewares.

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