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

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Ben Clark & Jared Newall play New Yarck, New Yarck Live at the Yarck Hotel.

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.

• Tea Rooms of Yarck – IS NOW THE NEW BAKERY open Wed – Sun
  

• 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 Attractions and Activities in Yarck

Yarck offers a number of activities and attractions. These include:

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

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

Holistic Equitation – A team of qualified equestrians who offer transformational experiences through the way of the horse. Horse clinics, Horse education, Healing with horses and Equine Facilitated Learning.

SheCommerce – The team at SheCommerce have over 3 decades of online and offline marketing experience. Having made the tree change back in 1996 the team has worked predominantly with regional, tourism and local governments businesses and organisations. We offer cost effective solutions for website development, SEO (search engine optimization), Social Media Marketing, Logo Design, Artwork, Brochures and Marketing Strategy. Call Jo Sheval on 0419 333 659

White Feather Healing – Long time local, Sande Cornelius, has an extensive background in equestrian pursuits working with Olympic trainers all around the world and training her own horses to a very high level. A life time of working with horses and many other animals, Sande has developed a highly attuned ability to provide alternative wound and healing for animals.  If you or your animals would like a one on one reading/healing or over the phone consultation call Sande to arrange a time on 0437 957 608

Tamara Fox Equestrian –  ” Foxgrove Horse Health and Riding Centre” Holistic Horse Health, Agistment and Horse Riding Lessons

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

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.