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Spring on the Fleurieu Peninsula arrives with blossom on the fruit trees, lambs in the paddocks, and the kind of weather that makes outdoor dining feel essential rather than optimistic. At Merilli1885, spring means windows…
Tucked into the rolling hills of Currency Creek on the Fleurieu Peninsula, Merilli1885 is a country escape built on South Australian produce, regional craftsmanship and slow living. For Buy SA Week 2026, we’re celebrating the…
National NAIDOC Week runs from 5 to 12 July 2026. It’s a time to recognise and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. This year marks fifty years of…
Some stays deserve to be remembered properly. We are delighted to partner with HNY Days to offer private photography sessions for special occasion stays at Merilli1885. Designed for birthdays, anniversaries, proposals, pre-wedding stays and romantic…
Last week, I travelled to Sydney representing Merilli1885 as part of the South Australian Tourism Commission’s Distribution Ready Program, joining a small and select group of South Australian businesses invited to pitch directly to Tourism…
Tourism Australia’s Green is Our Gold initiative is a welcome and wonderful national commitment to something we have always believed at Merilli1885: Australia’s natural environments, cultures and local communities are not simply part of the…
A luxury farm stay weekend designed around one of the Fleurieu Food Festival’s most anticipated lunches This August, the Fleurieu Peninsula comes alive with food, wine, local produce and regional hospitality as the Fleurieu Food…
The cottage at Merilli1885 was built in 1885—stone walls laid by hand, timber beams cut to fit, proportions that make sense because they were worked out on-site rather than drawn on a screen. We restored…
Paddock-to-Plate Dining on the Fleurieu Peninsula This August, Merilli1885 will host an exclusive Fleurieu Food Festival long lunch, bringing together Merilli Angus beef, seasonal Fleurieu Peninsula produce, Smidge Wines and the refined cooking of Michelin…
Around 9pm on a clear night at Merilli1885, guests tend to stop whatever they’re doing and go outside. Not because we’ve suggested it. Not because it’s on some imaginary itinerary. But because the sky demands…
There aren’t many stays like this. That is how Merilli1885 was described in South Australian Tourism Commission’s Best Winter Getaways, and it is a line that stayed with us. Not because it is bold, but…
Winter on the Fleurieu Peninsula doesn’t announce itself loudly. It arrives in frost on the paddocks, mist rolling in from the coast, a slight tinge of green in the paddocks that suddenly turn green overnight…
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