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Boomtown is set within a Castlemaine winery.

The Good Food guide to a road trip in Castlemaine from beers to bang-on banh mi

Castlemaine has lately become a destination in its own right – particularly for anyone who’s hungry. These 15 bakeries, bars, coffee windows and fine diners are our top picks.

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Spinach, dill and goat cheese pasta with honey-candied walnuts
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Bar Midland

Come for the ethics, stay for the hospitality.

Baked ricotta, lemon and almond cake, quince, burnt honey custard.
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This hatted tasting menu can’t use sugar, pepper, chocolate or coffee. But it’s still a treat

Bar Midland, a 16-seat country restaurant, serves food and drink strictly from within state lines.

  • Dani Valent
Four people are on trial in the Supreme Court of WA over the murder of Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey.

Cassius Turvey trial: Accused murderer’s drug-dealing defence questioned

A man accused of murdering Cassius Turvey has denied stuffing weapons down his pants and muddling up his alleged victims, as his version of events was dismantled while giving evidence in his defence.

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Grilled blue mussels on a bay leaf spear.
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Pioneering dining at Bar Midland in Castlemaine's grand dame

With climate change in mind, the tasting menu is built within tight parameters: no refined sugar, and only wild introduced species for meat.

  • Gemima Cody