Five things you can’t miss at Heathcote on Show

Apulia Olives

This family-run, off-grid, permaculture-inspired mixed farm is offering visitors the chance to pick their own olives.

Learn how to pickle them via natural fermentation, or have them processed into olive oil and take home a unique memento of Heathcote on Show.

Visit apulia-grove.com.au for more information and to book tickets.

Sausages for a good cause

The Never Give Up Group will be manning the barbecue at Red Edge to raise money for MND Victoria.

Snack on a gourmet snag while listening to live music between midday and 5pm, and enjoy a complimentary wine tasting.

Red Edge is at 54 Golden Gully Road, Heathcote.

McIvor Historical Society

Take a peek into the district’s past and find out about life on the McIvor goldfields when more than 35,000 people flocked to the district in the first gold rush of the 1850s.

There’s a wide range of items on display, and there’s also the opportunity to see inside one of the town’s oldest buildings.

The historic lock-up and museum at 19 Herriot Street is open between 10am and 2pm each day.

Pop up cellar doors

Four High Street venues, all within a short walk of one other, play host to temporary cellar doors featuring tastings from eight different wineries.

She Oak Hill Vineyard is at Rutherford and Maine, while Ellis Wines and Humis Vineyard are in the Mechanics Institute, then Farmer & the Scientist, Pook Road, Rogues Lane Vineyard and Sutherland Wine are in the RSL Hall, and Kennedy Vintners are at the Bank.

These can be found between 91 and 127 High Street, Heathcote.

Craft distilleries

Envy Distilling produces gin and brandy using traditional alembic methods in an off-grid distillery powered by 100 per cent solar energy.

Their new cellar door at 17 Tunnecliffs Lane, Ladys Pass, is open for the first time during Heathcote on Show.

Domaine Asmara is offering Heathcote-on-Show visitors the chance experience their distillery in action and see how their Mediterranean gin is made.

Their full range of gin, vodka and wines are available for tasting at 61 Gibb Road, Toolleen.