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INSERT BACKGROUND IMAGE The HOT LIST July 2020 Melbourne, Victoria The Hot List Table of Contents Table of ● Key Pillar & Themes Indicator – 3 ● Upcoming Festival & Events – 4 contents ● Virtual & Online Experiences – 6 ● New Tourism Products & Experiences – 9 ● Food & Drink Openings – 25 ● New Accommodation – 35 ● Future Accommodation Announcements – 61 The Hot List Key Pillars Tourism Products Food & Drink New Key & Experiences Openings Accommodation Pillars NATURE & WILDLIFE BAR & DINING HOTELS BOUTIQUE & LUXURY AQUATIC & COASTAL BARS HOTELS FOOD & DRINK RESTAURANTS HOSTELS MODERN & INDIGENOUS WINERIES, BREWERIES & GLAMPING & CAMPING CULTURE DISTILLERIES CAFÉS, BAKERIES & ECO-RESORTS & LODGES DESSERT SUSTAINABILITY Dark Mofo Festival, Tasmania INSERT BACKGROUND IMAGE FESTIVALS & EVENTS The Hot List Upcoming Festivals & Events UPCOMING AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER ● Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair - ● Perth Craft Beer Festival - ● WILDFest - Southern Darwin, Northern Territory (6 Perth, Western Australia (4 - Highlands, New South Wales FESTIVALS - 14 August) 6 September) (3 - 24 October) ● Darwin Festival - Darwin, ● Brisbane Festival - Brisbane, ● Oktoberfest in the Gardens - & EVENTS Northern Territory (6 - 16 Queensland (4 - 26 National (3 - 31 October) August) September) ● Highland Valley Forage - ● Darwin Supercars ● Parrtjima: A Festival in Light Kangaroo Valley, New South Doubleheader - Darwin, - Alice Springs, Northern Wales (24 October) Please check event and festival websites for further Northern Territory (8 - 9, 15 - Territory (11 - 20 September) information around ticketing 16 August) ● Grafton Jacaranda Festival - and bookings. ● Mudgee Wine and Food Grafton, New South Wales ● CinefestOz Film Festival - Festival - Mudgee, New (30 October - 8 November) Busselton, Western Australia South Wales (11 September - 5 (25 - 30 August) October) ● Shinju Matsuri - Broome, ● Margaret River Region Open Western Australia (29 August Studios - Margaret River, - 6 September) Western Australia (12 - 27 September) ● Floriade - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (12 September - 11 October) ● Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers - Toowoomba, Queensland (18 - 27 September) Umpherston Sinkhole, South Australia INSERT BACKGROUND IMAGE Virtual & ONLINE Experiences MODERN & VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE INDIGENOUS CULTURE Virtual Indigenous Experience Darwin, Northern Territory Launching 6-14 August 2020 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair to go online INSERT The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) will be held in an online Staged by the not-for-profit Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair IMAGE format for the first time this year, providing Aboriginal and Foundation and now in its 14th year, the online DAAF program Torres Strait Islander artists and arts lovers a unique digital is set to run for nine days from 6-14 August 2020. platform through which to connect. Seeing these unprecedented times as a unique opportunity to reach an even broader Australian and international audience Darwin Aboriginal through digital channels, DAAF organisers have embraced the Art Fair concept of a ‘virtual fair’ and supporting program of online events. Foundation Virtual visitors are set to be inspired by a program of online events such cultural performances, artist workshops and demonstrations and panel discussions will be hosted on the Darwin aboriginal art fair DAAF website and social channels, alongside a new exhibition @darwinartfair portal that will allow people from around the world to buy art directly from Art Centres, with 100% of sales returning to Art Guide to darwin Centres and their communities. MODERN & VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE INDIGENOUS CULTURE Online Book Experience Melbourne, Victoria Launched June 2020 Where in the world is melbourne? e-book INSERT A new children’s e-book which aims to virtually connect loved IMAGE ones in a shared adventure through Melbourne’s famous laneways and surrounding iconic regions has been launched. The e-book, Where In The World Is Melbourne? has been developed by Visit Victoria to bring together family members Visit victoria around the world for a shared adventure, a digital storytime experience using popular video-telephony technology. In a tale of two families, the unique book can be read front-to-back or back-to-front. Each way provides a different international and local perspective on the family adventures that virtually await. The book, which highlights Victoria’s celebrated tourism Visit melbourne attractions, is dedicated to the hard-working tourism industry that helps to make visitor experiences special for millions of Guide to melbourne people every year from around the world. INSERT BACKGROUND IMAGE Tourism Products & Experiences Dreamtime Dive and Snorkel, Tropical North Queensland NATURE & WILDLIFE Tourism Products & Experiences Sydney, New South Wales Launched June 2020 African savannah now open at Taronga INSERT Taronga Zoo has officially opened the new state-of-the-art Awaiting guests in the heart of African Savannah are Lwazi and IMAGE African Savannah precinct, connecting guests with a beautiful Ato, two male Lions whose arrival marks the first time since 2015 waterhole where Giraffe and Zebra will drink together, Fennec that these big cats have been on display at Taronga Zoo. Foxes and Meerkats enjoy world-class facilities and the kings of Importantly, this Lion habitat will also enable crucial breeding the big cats, the Lions, return to Taronga for the first time in five programs to support insurance populations for Lions, which are years. sadly now extinct in 27 African countries. Taronga zoo The African Savannah precinct, which is radically different to Due to the current COVID-19 safety restrictions, all visitors are any other Australian zoo experience, takes guests on a journey required to purchase tickets online (with up to 20% savings to Africa while also educating them on the conservation online!) and attend the Zoo on their selected date only. challenges facing these iconic species and some of the solutions that are supporting communities and wildlife in Northern Kenya. Taronga zoo @tarongazoo Guide to sydney NATURE & WILDLIFE Tourism Products & Experiences Charleville, Queensland Launched June 2020 New Astrodome Planetarium at Cosmos centre INSERT Even when it is sunny outside you can get a spectacular view of IMAGE the night sky thanks to the new Astrodome Planetarium at the Charleville Cosmos Centre in Outback Queensland. Sit back and enjoy a 360-degree experience across three different daily cinematic shows. In the evening join fellow Charleville stargazers around the Universal Dreaming firepit, which has been designed to reflect the night sky, and listen to ancient Cosmos Centre tales that have been shared over time by those before us. And with the help of a new state-of the-art 30-inch telescope you can now see the night sky clearer and closer than ever before. The planetarium is open 7 days from March to October, and COSmos centre weekdays from November to February. Tours of the planetarium, which include the Birth of Planet Earth show and @cosmoscentre Beyond The Sun tour for kids, can be booked online. Guide to queensland NATURE & WILDLIFE Tourism Products & Experiences Monarto South, South Australia Launched June 2020 Monarto welcomes new tassie devil joeys INSERT IMAGE Keepers at Monarto Safari Park are celebrating record success for the region’s critical Tasmanian Devil breeding program alongside the park’s reopening (29 June). During the park’s closure, the iconic species had a record of 10 Monarto zoo joeys between nine females as part of the park’s breeding program – the most recorded at the site during a single season. A number of the devils that are bred at Monarto Safari Park will eventually go on and join wild, disease-free populations of the species on Maria Island in Tasmania. Guests can meet Monarto Zoo's newest Tasmanian Devil joeys Monarto zoo and other animals such as lions, rhinos and giraffes by planning a visit and pre-purchasing a ticket online now. @zoossouthaustralia Guide to south australia NATURE & WILDLIFE Tourism Products & Experiences Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Ranges and Barossa Valley, South Australia Launched July 2020 NEW exclusive multi-day SA air expedition INSERT Luxury travel company, The Tailor, has launched a new six-night The newest offering of the company’s recently launched IMAGE immersive, fully hosted South Australian itinerary to showcase ‘Expedition in Style’ series, touring is available now with further the state’s finest ocean, outback, and wine experiences across information, including a full itinerary plus pricing, available the Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Ranges and Barossa Valley. online. The new ‘Air Expedition South Australia’ voyage offers two The Tailor nights in each region, connected via private aircraft charter. With exclusive access to local and passionate guides, travellers will explore the Eyre Peninsula’s pristine coastline and natural wildlife, the Flinders Ranges’ ancient landscapes, and the Barossa Valley’s iconic wine industry with a range of luxury with private experiences. The tailor @thetailor Guide to the eyre peninsula NATURE & WILDLIFE SUSTAINABILITY Tourism Products & Experiences Kangaroo Island, South Australia Launching August 2020 New Kangaroo Island Road to Recovery Tour INSERT To aid the recovery of Kangaroo Island following the summer To witness the amazing regeneration and regrowth of the flora IMAGE bushfires, Kangaroo Island Odysseys has launched a new and fauna that is bringing a whole new sense of beauty and life one-night/one-day ‘Kangaroo Island