A passion for hand-made | Donovan & Melissa, Tolpuddle

With an appreciation for slow-living and a passion for everything hand-made, meet Donovan & Melissa Jacka from Tolpuddle in the Victorian High Country.

Producing a range of specialty goat cheeses using only the milk from their small herd of Saanen dairy goats, Tolpuddle operates a sustainable farm and micro-dairy on 120 acres in the Ovens Valley.

Visitors to the farm can take a tour of the farm and during Springtime cuddle a baby goat with the farm offering complimentary cheese tastings in the Cellar Door and serves cheese platters with locally made craft beer, cider and wine in the farmhouse garden to give you a true taste of the best that Victoria's High Country has to offer.

In regional Victoria's High Country, the soul, soil and hands unite to craft a rare magic, the kind of magic you won’t find anywhere else, making it a true oasis for makers and creators.

Each season fills your senses with the promise to reconnect and life’s simplest pleasures bubble to the surface. Look again, not too far. Can you see? Stay close, go further. Visit the High Country.