Food and Wine

How our chefs have been keeping busy

While our doors may be closed, the team are still working hard behind the scenes in preparation to reopen! Our team of chefs are busy perfecting recipes and coming up…

Food and Wine

Meet the Producer – Kinsfolk Farm – Creating the farm

Waurn Ponds Estate has partnered with Kinsfolk Farm to supply organically grown fruit and vegetables for use in the beautifully crafted seasonal menu. Adam, Josh and Katherine talk to Bridie…

Conferences

Predicting conference trends for 2020

As the new year takes hold, we look to predict what conference trends will be popular throughout the year ahead. As change is always influencing businesses and organisations, it pays…

Conferences Sustainability

8 tips for organising an environmentally sustainable event or conference

Sustainability is becoming increasingly more prevalent in our day-to-day lives and we are always looking for ways to go green or reduce our impact on the environment. Over the past…

Sustainability Venue

Waurn Ponds Estate Goes Solar

As a part of Deakin’s Renewable Energy Microgrid project, we have recently installed solar panels on the roof of Waurn Ponds Estate making it a Carbon Positive building, in that…

Venue

What role does the venue play in successful corporate training

Corporate training is important for any business to grow but if you want your training session to succeed, it is important that you invest in the right venue to hold…

Sustainability

Sustainability at the Estate

Here at Waurn Ponds Estate we believe it is incredibly important to be environmentally sustainable. That’s why we have been implementing a number of different initiatives to ensure we are…

Food and Wine The Region

Meet The Producer – Nicol’s Paddock

Only 5 minutes from Waurn Ponds Estate, Nicol’s Paddock is a small, family run Winery & Restaurant on the outskirts of Geelong. We had a chat with Katherine Anderson, General Manager…

Corporate Retreats

Corporate Retreat themes and activities that will be sure to engage your team

Corporate retreat themes are a great way to inspire the activities, menus and messages that you have throughout your retreat. They give you a good starting point for planning and…

Food and Wine The Region

Meet the producer – Mt Duneed Estate

Situated 15 minutes outside of Geelong’s CBD, overlooking Barrabool Hills, Mt Duneed Estate sits on top of Pettavel Road. Here, we chat with Christine Whelan, Mt Duneed Estate’s Sales and…

Corporate Retreats

A list of one day corporate retreat ideas from our management team

Corporate retreats don’t always have to mean a week-long getaway to a 5-star resort. If you’re pressed for time and don’t want to blow out the budget, a one-day retreat…

Corporate Retreats

Three Ideas for a Corporate Retreat Agenda

You may have noticed your team’s morale is down, productivity isn’t as high as expected and your employees are lacking in creativity. But what you might not have realised is…