Kirsty Baker

From very early gold mining days, the little village of Great Western has had an extensive association with hotels and wineries. Even though Great Western is known as the wine village, evidence exists in the newspapers that date as far back as 1868, that 23 hotels have existed in Great

The Great Western Hotel is known for a lot of reasons… the “Steak Western..” its location, right on the Western Highway and it’s super friendly hospitality. It’s becoming even more renown for its unique approach to their wine list.  Every single winery in the Grampians Region is listed

They are coming back - The Audrey's !At the end of 2017, live favourites and multiple ARIA award winners The Audreys completed a sell-out national tour performing their award winning debut album “Between Last Night & Us” to celebrate 11 years since its release. So well received it was, that

They have a little secret in Great Western…. The exclusive little Shiraz from just out the road  - 2016 Black & Ginger Sugarloaf Road Shiraz… Why Black & Ginger ???It’s a juxtaposition..Of the city and the country…Of the old and the new….Of the ragged and the

Winter time is quite time in vineyards. The leaves and fruit are all gone and the vines are dormant, waiting for spring.   Mountainside Wines, a family owned and operated vineyard, is still looking postcard perfect in winter, situated at the base of Mount Cole at the south eastern end of

There were some big toys at the Great Western Hotel on Tuesday, just to replace the “Carlton Draught” sign on the roof that was recently damaged in bad weather.“There weren’t too many options. Being on the main Adelaide - Melbourne highway, we just can’t stop the traffic

The amazing volunteers at the Stawell Historical Society have stumbled across a very interesting article, dated the 7th July 1904 that was published in the Stawell News. This amazing piece of history explain that Great Western may have been renamed to 'Irvine"Mr. Hans Irvine first arrived in Great Western