Welcome to the picturesque township of Yarck

Yarck welcomes you!

The Yarck Township – Your Gateway to an Australian High Country Experience

Yarck offers a unique Australian high country experience you don’t want to miss. Yarck is an extended farming community, just 90 minutes north east from Melbourne and is slowly gaining popularity as destination to visit.

The Visit Yarck website provides information about the area, plus the best food, attractions and activities around the township.

The Yarck General Store – T: 5773 4204 Bike Friendly In the hub of the Yarck Township ‘The Yarck General Store’ is famous for it’s pies. The General store is bike friendly and is open 7 days a week. They have a wide range of delicious pies, cold drinks and great coffee. Most importantly, they are a bike friendly tourism store.

Bucks Boutique Country Bakehouse – 6585 Maroondah Hwy, Yarck VIC 3719. T: (03) 5773 4233 Open 7:30am–5pm

The Yarck Hotel – T: 5773 4226 -The Yarck Hotel/Pub is a friendly, country pub that serve hardy, quality meals.

Dindi Naturals Located in the heart of Yarck is where we make our 100% natural soap and beauty products using locally grown extra-virgin olive oil. Come in to the factory shop to hand test liquid soaps and browse the large range of aroma-therapeutic skin care items, hand-made gifts, artwork and local edible produce.

Accommodation

‘The Churches’ – T: 5773 4233 right across the ‘Tearooms of Yarck‘ offer luxury accommodation with breakfast. Owned by Pietro from the Tea Rooms these old Churches have been fully renovated into beautiful B&B’s. It’s really worth spoiling yourself for the weekend, having Dinner at The Tearooms, breakfast at the Giddy Goat and Lunch at the pub.

Yarck General Store – T: 5773 4204 The Yarck General Store also has accommodation – it is a 2 bedroom, newly renovated cottage. It’s cosy, warm and charming cottage to stay in.

Woodlea Cottage – 5797 6368 – Lovely B&B Accommodation close to Yarck Township – Horse friendly and bike friendly accommodation providers

Other businesses in Yarck:

Books at Yarck – 6591 Maroondah Hwy, Yarck VIC 3719 ‎ (03) 5773 4337

The Yarck Community Markets – 3rd Saturday of every month – 9am-1.30pm Yarck Hall.

Koala Cherries – Cherry Farm Gate Sales – In the cherry season, you can follow cherry trails, set up by helpful owners and pick and purchase fresh cherries.

The Barefoot Blacksmith – Andrew and Nicky Bowe run the Barefoot Trimming Centre just outside of Yarck Tel: 4773 4306

Dindi Naturals

As a mother of two, Pip Guyatt started experimenting with making homemade, natural soaps in order to reduce the skin irritations suffered by her eldest son. The results were amazing, and soon Pip began receiving orders from family and friends, and eventually from retail outlets.

Dindi Naturals is now renowned for making natural soaps and body products that contain NO toxic or synthetic chemicals; and that derive environmentally-friendly ingredients from areas of fair trade and sustainability.

Pip’s base is in the mountainous north-east region of Victoria, Australia, known as the Murrindindi Shire – hence the name Dindi. The location is as natural as her products, so when you use a cake of Pip’s soap, you feel the freshness of the Murrindindi, and the overall vitality of beautiful Australia.

Around Yarck

There are vast areas of high country land with stunning scenic beauty. What are you waiting for? Pack a lunch and enjoy a picnic in the bush. In the centre of the township, behind the Yarck Hotel is the Yarck Recreation Reserve. Here you will find toilets, BBQ facilities and an undercover children’s playground coming from Melbourne if you turn right at the main intersection in Yarck and drive about 800m up the dirt road, you will come to the very old and historic Yarck old cemetery.