Crab Carnival 2018 at The Balcony Bar, Byron Bay
FROM THE ARCHIVES: …. “Are you sure you want to go out in this weather?” he asks. “Crabs!” I reply. Just one word. It’s enough to get us moving from the comfort of the lounge, out into a storm wild enough to blow crabs up onto the beach; not enough deterrent, though, to keep us […]
Winter Solstice Dinner at Mavis’s Kitchen
FROM THE ARCHIVES: NOTE: Mavis’s Kitchen is now permanently closed. …. As we reach the shortest day of the year, winter chills creep in as the sun sinks behind the hills. We linger in tracky dacks, loathe to venture out, content to reach for comfort food in the shelter of warm homes. The winter solstice […]
Opera at Mavis’s Kitchen
FROM THE ARCHIVES: NOTE: Mavis’s Kitchen is permanently closed. …. Many storms are followed by a rainbow. When we gather on a bright winter’s day in June for a long table lunch beside the lake at Mavis’s Kitchen, we are thinking celebration. But the sobering trip along the Tweed reminds us of the devastation caused […]
Saltwater, a story journey through food
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Saltwater is a baptism by immersion experience of the gentlest kind. Disarmingly simple yet overlain with cultural intent, Saltwater brings together several known experiences to make a completely new one: a shared table dinner with conversation led by Singaporean Australian performance artist Jamie Lewis, brought to us by the Bleach Festival. Some […]
Discovering the Scenic Rim
Defined by a rim of mountains circling the area west of the Gold Coast, the Scenic Rim covers 4,000 square kilometres of land, a diverse area of natural beauty which includes six national parks, three lakes and many areas of fertile, arable land. It’s the source of a much of our food supply and food […]