To celebrate my first Mother’s Day this year, we took a short road trip to Beechworth. Beechworth is a small historical town that was formed during the gold rush in the 1850’s. Many of the original buildings have been preserved, however today many tourists visit for its gourmet delights.

Beechworth Bakery

Having skipped breakfast that morning, we were starving when we arrived so our first stop was the famous Beechworth Bakery. Inside, there was a long line but it was well worth the wait!

I ordered 2 of their pies including their signature pie “Ned Kelly”, which is a steak pie topped with bacon, cheese, and a whole egg on top. I also ordered one of their pork and bourbon pie specials. Both were warm, hearty, and delicious but I favoured the pork and bourbon pie.

On the way home, we stopped by to buy some cold pies to heat up for dinner that night: butter chicken, Ned Kelly, and Caulioccoli pie. All of them were delicious but there was something so wickedly decadent about the cauliflower and broccoli swimming in a rich bechamel sauce!

While Beechworth Bakery are known for its pies, they also do an extensive sweets range so that’s something I’ll have to check out on our next visit!

Bridge Road Brewers

After browsing a few stores along the street, we had worked up an appetite again and decided to have lunch at Bridge Road Brewers based on recommendations from local friends in Albury.

Through a small alleyway, I was pleasantly surprised at how large the area was. There’s a kids playground and lots of seating outdoors. Inside, there’s a small brewery where they also hold tours.

For lunch, we shared 2 small pizzas – the funghi and roasted duck. Both were amazing but I couldn’t get enough of the mushroom pizza! The crust was thin and crispy, and there was large mushrooms with blue cheese, baby rocket and pine nuts. Having lunch near their wood fire was just perfect!

Beechworth Ice Creamery

After a delicious lunch, it was time to get our sweet tooth on! Of course, we’d heard all about the ice creamery in town so we had to visit Beechworth Ice Creamery.

Out of the two of us, my husband has the sweet tooth so I let him pick the flavours while I minded Miss K outside. He decided to go with 2 scoops of rum raisin and salted caramel. It was an interesting combination and I can’t say I was a fan of the rum raisin but the salted caramel was delicious. Still not as rich or creamy as Venchi but yummy all the same!

Beechworth Honey

With our stomach’s full, we made our final stop at Beechworth Honey. I’m a big fan of supporting local businesses and love honey, so I wanted to check out the home of Beechworth Honey.

Inside the store, there are shelves upon shelves of every single variety of honey you could dream of. There were so many different flavours that it was a bit overwhelming but in the centre of the store there’s a tasting station where you can taste before you buy.

I picked up a few products that we normally wouldn’t be able to find outside of Beechworth: almond honey, creamy honey and cinnamon, and naturally honey sweetened soda (honey and lemon, honey and ginger and honey nectar). I also couldn’t resist picking up a small candle made of rolled beeswax sheets.

Around Town

Although we were mainly there to check out all the delicious things that Beechworth has to offer, we also visited the beautifully preserved telegraph station where you can send a telegraph for only $2 domestically or $4 internationally! Today it’s one of the busiest telegraph offices in the world and for a bit of fun, we sent a telegraph to my husband’s parents.

Further up the road on Ford Street and away from all the main sites, I also came across a second hand book store called Beechworth Books. Although I’ve run out of space at home, I can never resist checking out book stores and was pleasantly surprised at how well stocked this store was! Definitely worth checking out if you’re a fellow book lover.

A Final Note

All in all we had a lovely afternoon at Beechworth and I really enjoyed my first Mother’s Day. The town is a short 40 minute drive from Albury and as big foodies, it was really lovely to indulge in all of the delicious goodies they had on offer. Although it’s a tiny town, there were a lot eateries and stores we didn’t pop into, so we’ll definitely be back!

Marie xo