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It's our 3rd Birthday today...
Yes, three years ago tonight Darren, Charlotte and I launched our darling little 'Leila at Malmsbury' to the public. It had taken us just...

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May 133 min read


Into a new year…
It has been an amazing few months over the festive Summer season here at Leila, and our late-plant dahlias made it in thanks to...

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Jan 311 min read


Great reviews... lovely guests...
October and November have been just lovely, great weather, great guests, lots of time in the garden... does it get better? The iris' were...

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Nov 28, 20241 min read


Daffodils at the close of winter...
It was windy as August drew to a close, but every where you looked in the Macedon Ranges, there were the sunny faces of Spring's arrival,...

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Sep 12, 20241 min read


Pretty July...
So much cool weather, and so much of it was sunny. If you had a chance to get out around Victoria, the water ways in the Macedon and...

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Jul 31, 20242 min read


Love in June...
Winter is here with it's frosty mornings that soften every hue and it's brought with it some of the crispest sunrises and sunsets that...

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Jun 30, 20241 min read


A Toast to Autumn 2024...
Nature's bursting colour, the many long 'countryside' views, gone is the warm air of summer that clung on well this season before finally...

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May 31, 20241 min read


April Sun in Malmsbury...
April began beautifully warm before cooling in it's second week, a true Victorian Autumn. Guests have been enjoying Leila more than ever,...

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Apr 30, 20242 min read


Glad you stayed...
Here at Leila at Malmsbury the petanque court and porch chairs have had a wonderful time available to our Autumn guests. March in...

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Mar 31, 20241 min read


Summer changes...
Well it got a little warm as expected and yet here, .... the countryside stayed green... unexpected and very welcome! Across this...

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Feb 29, 20241 min read


January 2024
At Leila we’ve been celebrating the start of 2024, thanking guests for their continuous support of 5 star ratings, something that’s led...

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Jan 31, 20241 min read


Merry and bright...
It was a wonderful December in Malmsbury, punctuated with friendly community festivity and good cheer, albeit cooler than usual but not...

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Dec 30, 20231 min read


November highlights…
Spring time at Leila at Malmsbury has been the absolute best time for gathering in with our special loved ones and celebrating having...

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Dec 1, 20231 min read


October was gorgeous...
There was just so much to enjoy as the weather went from 'rather brisk' to 'less brisk', even, dare I say it,... 'gently warming'! The...

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Nov 9, 20231 min read


September-reset
Frosts at night are giving way to the warmth of the sun a bit earlier these days, yes winter is passing and no place shows this happening...

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Sep 30, 20232 min read


August blooms...
That perfume! By mid winter the cold, wet, muddy, grey weather gets interrupted beautifully with shards of poetic long light, romantic...

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Aug 15, 20231 min read


July at Leila at Malmsbury
If you’ve been feeling like the darker days of Winter have been taking your mojo, it’s time to book your next getaway. A couple of nights...

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Jul 10, 20231 min read


You’ve made it, come stay a while...
That moment of ‘ahhhhh’, of breathing out when you find what you’ve been looking for, after that bit of a search, often at that point...

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May 17, 20231 min read
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