A new online craft beer trail and map has launched featuring 18 local breweries from across the Sunshine Coast, Hinterland and Noosa regions. The ‘Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Trail’ – which went live on Friday 1 May, 2020 – is a collaboration between Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours owner Josh Donohoe and Visit Sunshine Coast....

Nestled on a hilltop west of Kingscliff, Red Earth Brewery is aptly named in honour of the Tweed’s rich volcanic soil. In November 2019, the huge wooden doors of the repurposed packing shed swung open for the first time, letting in a stream of thirsty locals eager to try the selection of beer on offer...

Mention Bathurst, and chances are that a car race will be in the same sentence. It’s the race that stops a nation, an iconic 1,000km car race around Mt Panorama that has been held annually since 1960, relocating from Philip Island to Bathurst in 1963. ‘The Great Race’ attracts over 200,000 visitors to the city,...

If there’s one town in New South Wales that proclaims peace, it’s Cowra. When we visit, it’s tranquil, the Lachlan Valley stretching out before our view, the town surrounded by vineyards, farmland and waterways. But this land holds a more troubled history. On a gentle slope overlooking the town, a prisoner of war camp was...

Opening your own distillery must be the ultimate ‘boys’ own career’! Yet, it’s exactly what Brian and Helen Restall did. Not only is rum a passion for Brian, but so is renewable energy and sustainability. The former CEO of Cape Byron Power, a local Northern Rivers 100% renewable electricity generator located beside the Condon sugar...

An invitation to join a group for an escape room experience is well outside my usual activities. I have no illusions about being Cosentino, nor do I suffer from a fascination with being locked up. I was not only an ‘Escape Room Virgin’, but I was completely ‘in the dark’ about their purpose! Passing an...

Zarraffa’s Coffee has just launched their new $20 million national headquarters and bespoke café experience: Kiwanda Café. “It started with the idea of sharing our brand’s history with coffee with customers in a new way. That’s how the idea for Kiwanda Café was born,” says founder and director Kenton Campbell. Mr Campbell saw great possibilities...

From its beginnings in 2008, Stone & Wood Brewery has been fiercely local. It’s a brewery that “didn’t just supply fresh beer to the locals, it was the meeting place and it could also be relied upon to support the wider community.” With its continued success, Stone & Wood have consolidated their operation into larger...

There’s something about distilleries that reminds me of the saying ‘The stolen apple tastes the sweetest.’ Maybe it’s the hangover of a prohibition upbringing, or the connotations of ‘hard liquor’. Whatever! Actually, the first liqueurs came about with herbal concoctions sweetened to make them more palatable; an easier way to swallow medicine. Founded in 1993...

One of the most evident themes in hospitality today is the growing interest in the provenance of our food – where it comes from and how far it has travelled to reach us. We may not live ‘on the land’ but, as Australians, we still feel connected to it. Given the sense of solidarity with...