Legend has it that on one of his late-night drinking sessions he accidentally set fire to the cemetery records while trying to keep warm.  While only a story, we like to think that Clarrie would have been happy to know his beloved property would one day become home to a humble vineyard.  Or perhaps he would have preferred to see a vodka distillery to make use of the famous Trentham potato?

Just a few kilometres through the bush from the quaintness of Trentham, Newbury was originally named Garlick’s Lead after the miner who first found gold in the area.  The name changed to Newbury over time when the post office building from the nearby Newbury hamlet was moved to Garlick’s.  The nameplate was never removed!

At 780 metres above sea level and nestled between the Wombat State Forest, locally Bullarook, and Blue Creek (so named after the Blue Sapphires mined from it),  Clarrie’s Track is possibly the coldest vineyard in Australia. 

It is no wonder old Clarrie Donald wanted to keep warm.