Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurants, Gold Coast
The vegan dining scene has flourished during the past few years. Gone are the days when ordering a vegetarian or vegan meal drew the expectation of a plate of steamed vegetables or a green salad landing on your table. Nor is it just about tofu and tempeh. Now your dining preference may be vegan, lactose […]
Gallura Italian
Great seafood restaurants will never go out of vogue. In fact, people will travel out of their way to visit, even crossing borders to dine on the best the ocean has to offer. My first trip across the border post-lockdown was well spent with a visit to Gallura Italian. We had heard so much about […]
The Chilli Chick Shop
When we say that Liesl Addicoat’s food is ‘hot’, it’s a compliment of the highest order. The founder of The Chilli Chick Shop, Liesl, a chef by trade, shares her passion for flavoursome food through the products she makes in her kitchen, her range available through her business, The Chilli Chick Shop. Hearing Liesl tell […]
Cubby Bake House
To those who think that you need a prime location on the Gold Coast for your café to succeed, think again! Cubby Bake House has an ‘out of the box’ location in the Tweed Valley. To put it mildly, Chinderah is hardly the place for ‘walk by’ traffic. “The growth of Cubby Bakehouse has been […]
Harvest Festival – Farms & Foodies Bus Tour
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 […]
The Great Aussie Picnic
How long has it been since your family went on a picnic? Remember when families used to pile into the car and take off on an adventure? Dad would pull up beside a creek, you’d pile out of the car ready for a swim and Mum would set up the picnic blanket in readiness for […]
Potager and Carool
It’s taken many journeys to get to Potager: the 15-minute drive up the hill from Coolangatta, the journeys of owners Peter Burr and Gareth Leslie from Sydney and Ireland and, most of all, our journey away from manufactured culture to a more harmonious, grounded lifestyle and cuisine. You could live a lifetime on the Gold […]
Twin Towns
For many Queenslanders, Twin Towns has been a favourite playground. Founded in 1957 by the RSL as a services club almost straddling the twin towns of Coolangatta and Tweed Heads (hence the name), Twin Towns was a favourite place to have a tipple because of its location in NSW, especially during the years when gambling […]
Tumbulgum Tavern
Tumbulgum. What a top spot! We’re sitting on the veranda of the ‘Tumby Pub’, as the Tumbulgum Tavern is affectionately known, looking out at the Tweed River as we order our lunch. To me, the place holds memories of water ski heaven; very early weekend mornings when, just out of my teens, I would skim […]
House of Gabriel
Tucked in between the Gold Coast and Byron Bay, the Tweed Coast is a foodie destination all its own. The Tweed Fusion Festival, held annually in October, invites us away from our all-too-comfortable armchairs to explore and experience the environs just beyond our back door. Tweed Fusion is a two-day celebration of arts, music, food […]