Retro Retreats
So beautifully captured by Alison Lester’s picture book ‘Are we there yet?’, the road trip brings back happy memories for many Australian ‘Baby Boomers’. Families would pile into the car stopping along the way at motels or caravan parks, an elite resort out of the question. It’s worth looking back to those times and the […]
Paddock to Plate at Farm & Co Restaurant
Spring brings new life to Farm & Co. As winter fades and the sun emerges, Farm & Co enters a new chapter of its ever-evolving life with the launch of their newly revamped restaurant, Farm & Co Restaurant, offering an authentic paddock to plate dining experience. Mindful of where our food comes from, we have […]
Farm & Co
“🌻 Sunflowers : Some little ones..” The daily ‘state of the flowers’ update on Farm & Co’s Instagram page is testament to their incredible popularity. As young girls pile out of cars on the weekend to pose for selfies amidst the flowers, the farm abounds in prettiness. It’s easy to see Farm & Co like […]
Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. Winter Event at Season Restaurant
It’s perfect winter weather for the Taste Tweed Festival with bright sunny days and cooler nights. The whole month of July is filled with events: tours, lunches, tastings, dinners, markets, picnics, cooking classes and fashion events. One of the pinnacle events is the festival’s much anticipated signature dinner held at Season Restaurant, Peppers Salt Resort […]
La Barrita
“How come we’ve never been here before?” We shake our heads as we walk away from La Barrita, impressed. Nestled in between Fins and Bombay Cricketers Club in Salt Village, La Barrita opened in December 2017, slipping quietly onto the tail end of the ‘Mexican wave’ of coastal openings. While the opening of some restaurants […]
Mockingbird Cafe
Every so often you meet someone whose enthusiasm is the driving force of an establishment. So strong, in fact, that it’s like a magnetic field, drawing you into its energy. At Mockingbird Café, Kingscliff, that force is Jo Jackson. We’d first met Jo at her very successful restaurant, Signature Dish in Varsity, where she not […]
Taverna
Every town has its iconic places, including Kingscliff. The sleepy little coastal village, so loved by many, has such a place: a simple cottage overlooking the beach. For forty years, it housed restaurants, such as Tracey’s Garden Restaurant and Baja, where families would dine while on holidays. For many, including present owners Mark Wilson and […]
Kettles On, Kingscliff
Kingscliff always reminds me of holidays: days when you can amble past a few shops, grab a chair in the sun or an armchair just inside the door of a café, catch up with friends for an all-too-rare chat as you wistfully imagine that you lived in this sleepy town! Although less than two years […]