In all seasons Ballarat is historically grand and beautiful.  

   Welcome   

           

Time to relax. Stay

                                    Treat yourselves, 'Willsmore' Ballarat.

 

 

  Time to Create. Learn 

             Make art in The Muse studio, Ballarat.  Art workshop every weekend.

 

 

Time to Connect. Travel

     

                                        Live your dream of world travel - Live the Cultures tours. 

 

 

 

 

 

  Your hosts John Ellis and Janis Newlands       

                                    

 

The Italians call it 'andor-per-le-fodore' - reaching hidden places by following secret pathways. This heightens a persons sense of discovery and expectation. We call it curiosity - finding the unexpected, tucked away in a little spot a couple of steps off a main pathway and it drives us to create the excitement in your travel, learning and accommodation needs.

Experience  the uniqueness of Willsmore, holiday cottage,  with it's unusual 1890's stone grotto reinvented as a dining space.

 In the near by Muse studio, create art and explore all methods with fun and a sense of light hearted joy. The great masters will never seem more accessable than in  the atmosphere of this great studio.

 And when  exploring and travelling the world with  the Curious Traveller -

                                            expect the unexpected when you 

Live the Cultures.

  

                                                                       Photographer - John Ellis

                                                                 phone, 0422130298