Daylesford, VIC

Travel date: October 4th, 2020

Daylesford is known as a spa town in regional Victoria. We made a day trip here after working for 6 days straight for some relaxation. The bathhouses and spas on offer were quite pricey and we didn’t quite feel like having a spa day and bringing a change of clothes so we spent the day exploring this quaint town instead.

Railway Farmers Market

We started off at the Railway Farmers Market which was situated at the Daylesford Railway Station. The market was small but lovely under a lane of trees. We bought some local honey and Toby had a pretty good hot dog. We then checked out the train platform and strolled through Wombat Hills Botanical Gardens (not pictured because it wasn’t that exciting but we went because I was hoping there’d be wombats 😂) before heading to Vincent Street.

Vincent Street

Vincent Street is the main street of the town centre and has a few cute boutique shops, including a unique hot chocolate apothecary called The Daylesford Hot Chocolate Company where they mix different spices and flavours into your hot chocolate. We got a chilli hot chocolate was was pretty good!

Hepburn Regional Park

We finished off with a hike in Hepburn Park. Daylesford is known as a spa destination due to its large number of natural mineral springs. The most popular spring and also easiest to access is Argyle Spring. These mineral springs are famed for their health benefits and everyone says you have to try the spring water when you reach it. It was a short 20 minute walk through a eucalypt forest with an easy walking path to reach the spring. Once you reach the spring, there’s a little pump for the water to come out. We both took a big sip of this magic water after our hike and it was SO COPPERY. It was like the aftertaste from a nosebleed . BLECH. I’m surprised no one wrote it in the reviews how bad the water would taste. One of my coworkers commented that when her and boyfriend went, they were so excited to try the water that they actually emptied out their water bottles to fill it up with spring water and instantly regretted it after tasting it. 😂😂😂