Welcome to The Quiet Road
You're reading the first edition of The Quiet Road — a weekly newsletter about the places worth slowing down for.
Every Friday, I'll send you one recommendation. A place to eat, a drive worth taking, a bottle to open, a charger that actually works. One thing, not a list of ten. Something I've done, been to, or drunk myself.
The rest of the week, I publish longer guides on the site. Here's what's there now to get you started:
Regional Victoria
The Only Daylesford Weekend You Need to Plan — How to do Daylesford like someone who has a place there. The fish and chip shop that's an institution, the winery where you'll smell the charcoal grill from the car park, and why you should skip the day spa.
Kyneton in a Day: Where to Eat, Drink, and Browse — Piper Street is one of the best single blocks of shops and restaurants in regional Victoria. Here's how to spend a few hours there well.
Tasmania
How to Do Hobart in a Long Weekend — Three nights, MONA, the mountain, one day trip, and the parts of Hobart that the listicles forget to mention.
Italy
A Week in Sicily for People Who Don't Want a Resort — Palermo street food, a windswept old town on the western tip, boat trips to islands that don't feel like Italy, and a beach town that barely appears in English-language guides.
Wine & Food
Five Macedon Ranges Producers Worth Driving For — Cool-climate pinot and chardonnay from people who actually care. No bus tours required.
EV & Drives
Melbourne to Daylesford in an EV: Range, Charging, and the Route — I've done this drive in six different electric vehicles. Every single one made it comfortably. Here's what you need to know.
A little about me: I have a place in Daylesford, I've driven more EVs on regional Victorian roads than I can count, and I travel in Tasmania and Italy whenever I can. I started The Quiet Road because the guides I kept finding online didn't match what I actually experienced. I wanted to write the ones I wished I'd read before going.
Next Friday, I'll be back with a single recommendation. Short, specific, and worth your time.
Thanks for being here from the start.
— Robert
