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AUSTRALIA ON THE MENU EPICUREAN ADVENTURES ON THE EDGE WESTERN AUSTRALIA ON THE ROAD TO GOURMET CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY EXPLORE AN HIT THE SUBLIME HEAV EN LY ISLAND OF CULINARY WINE & DINE FORAYS FOR GOOD TASTE HIGHWAY DRIVES FOOD LOVERS TASMANIA NEW SOUTH SOUTH VICTORIA WALES AUSTRALIA 1 CONTENTS SOUTH AUSTRALIA 4 BIG-BITE COUNTRY Where artisans and ample appetites meet the sea TASMANIA 6 TASTE OF THE SOUTH An island orchard full of dairy country delights NEW SOUTH WALES 8 EAT-DRINK CENTRAL A culinary cornucopia for hipsters and hunters ACT 10 CAPITAL APPETITES Gourmet acts aplenty in a taste-fuelled territory Pedal to produce trail, High Country, Victoria VICTORIA 12 PLATED PARADISE Seriously good eating Welcome to Australia on the Menu, from town to country There is no better way to explore Australia’s food and wine regions than by embarking on your WESTERN AUSTRALIA 14 own journey of discovery. Be sure to pack Australia on the Menu – this gourmet guidebook is an EDGE OF FLAVOUR invaluable starting point for making delicious inroads across six states. Vines, limes and truffles Connect the culinary dots along some of the country’s most picturesque food, wine, whisky beneath the setting sun and cider trails. Our suggested epicurean escapes highlight important stops en route, along with places to rest your weary head when you’re well and truly sated. We have turned the spotlight on the best food and wine experiences in stunning locations – from iconic institutions to the best-kept secrets and hot-new kids on the gastronomic block. In South Australia, ACT, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania, you can raise a glass to good taste among the vineyards with a view, enjoy fine dining in top-tier city restaurants, or feast on farm-style country fare. And, while you’re supping and sightseeing, take advantage of the variety of world-class events – from fabulous food festivals to art exhibits, and international music performances. Australia on the Menu serves up a platter of experiences to help you plan an incredible edible escape. MARTIN LUCAS The Agrestic Grocer, Orange, NSW 2 SOUTH Finally, a visit to food to 919 Wines, specialists AUSTRALIA legend Maggie Beer’s Farm in heritage fortified wines Shop, Nuriootpa, is a must. and Banrock Station where WESTERNSOUTH southaustralia.co.nz you can walk through the LAKE EYRE wetlands. Trail highlights SOUTHERN include the Overland LAKE LAKE TORRENS AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA OCEAN DRIVE Corner Hotel (with the GARDNER The fog-soaked cliffs along biggest beer garden in all this iconic drive provide Riverland) and Havenhand PORT AUGUSTA Epicurean reason enough to explore Chocolates which bring Way Trail but add the wow factor melted moments to Seafood Murray Frontier River Trail with an itinerary that Waikerie. Wineries to watch Trail weaves in vineyards such as for include Caudo Vineyard PORT LINCOLN BIG-BITE Coonawarra Estate, Zema on the banks of the Murray Estate and Hollick Wines. as well as Bleasdale ADELAIDE Or take a tour of Mayura Vineyards and Bremerton Station near Millicent, which Wines. Join the Proud Mary KANGAROO OPPOSITE PAGE: Cycling in the Barossa. THIS PAGE ISLAND Southern COUNTRY farms premium wagyu beef. paddle steamer for a lunch Ocean CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: 919 Wines; d’Arenberg winery; Drive Trail While fisherfolk may enjoy cruise from Mannum and, Mayura Station wagyu at Penfolds’ Magill Estate Restaurant; WHERE ARTISANS AND AMPLE throwing a line in at Robe’s while onboard, clink glasses Flying Fish Café; Aussie legend Maggie Beer; Casa Carboni Italian cooking school; Houseboat on the Murray River. APPETITES MEET THE SEA Long Beach, the more to your good fortune. BELOW: Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island. sedentary can order fresh- southaustralia.co.nz f your holiday checklist demands great food and caught seafood at Sails FACT FILE wine, wildlife, adventure, remote beaches and Restaurant. If you’re veering SEAFOOD EPICUREAN WAY toward Victor Harbour, national parks, then South Australia gets the big FRONTIER WHEN TO GO Year-round visit the Meningie Cheese The ultimate seafood safari DISTANCE 400 km (four days) tick. Adelaide is the epicentre of the lively artisanal Factory Museum and Wirra hugs the coast between the EAT Magill Estate Restaurant, Imovement, but to meet the people behind the Penfolds Wines Wirra winery. Visitors to Yorke and Eyre Peninsula, products, explore the bountiful land they depend on. STAY Kingsford Homestead, McLaren Vale can go the which hangs above the Gawler Visit rolling lands blanketed with grapevines in the extra mile on the McMurtrie water’s edge like an eyrie. Barossa, Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Mile tour to quaff beer, food If it’s fish and chips you’re SOUTHERN OCEAN and wine on a concentrated after, stop at Inland Sea DRIVE Vale. The striking terrain entices with forests, cruises WHEN TO GO September on the mighty Murray River, cliffs shaped by the strip. Then mosey over to Restaurant, Warooka to May Southern Ocean and those Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island to feast or Pier One seafood café. DISTANCE 565km (five days) EAT Andermel Marron Café Kangaroo Island, a short hop away. More time to on crazy fresh crayfish at For an insight into tuna Andermel Marron, honey and kingfish breeding, join STAY Southern Ocean Lodge, stay and play? Head to the Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Kangaroo Island straight from the hives at Arno Marine Tours or get Ranges and Outback. Clifford’s Honey Farm, up close and personal MURRAY RIVER TRAIL cheese from Island Pure with a Swim with the Tuna WHEN TO GO Year-round Hill Winery, another is and wine at Dudley Wines. experience off Port Lincoln. DISTANCE 565km (five days) EPICUREAN WAY EAT Flying Fish Café, Begin a tastebud-led tour ChocoVino. At Hentley southaustralia.co.nz For adrenaline-charged Port Elliot at The Blending Bench Farm enjoy a farm-to-fork dining, chow down below STAY Unforgettable Houseboats at d’Arenberg winery meal at the restaurant. MURRAY RIVER TRAIL sea level in an aqua sub where oenophiles unite Learn to curate your Go with the flow of the while watching Great White SEAFOOD FRONTIER WHEN TO GO September to play winemaker for own rustico feast Murray River as it snakes sharks in their habitat with to May a day. Pop into Blessed at the Casa Carboni through historic townships, Adventure Bay Charters. DISTANCE 2212km (eight days) Cheese to pick up a big Italian cooking school past groves of red gums. DIY diners can pick up EAT Mocean Café, Streaky Bay wedge of brie or plan or lunch beneath an The Woolshed Brewery is prawns, whiting or snapper STAY Kangaluna Camp, Gawler a picnic in the Barossa olive tree at Skillogalee a great place to spend an from The Fresh Fish Place with a bottle of Penfolds. restaurant before an afternoon, local ale in hand, or take in a tasting tour of DELICIOUS EXTRAS One highlight in the excursion to Knappstein overlooking the river. Wine Pure Coffin Bay Oysters. • If you’re in McLaren Vale Adelaide Hills is Hahndorf Winery and Brewery. pilgrims should make haste southaustralia.co.nz on a Saturday, visit the Willunga Farmers Market. • Follow the Kangaroo Island Farm Gate and Cellar Door Trail and enjoy produce made on the patch of land you’re HOW TO standing on. GET THERE • Work off the calories and join Fly to Adelaide, pick up a car and the 1200km-long Heysen Trail, head to the trails: Adelaide Hills a 60-day hike on the Fleurieu (20 mins), the Barossa (1 hour) Peninsula – but you don’t need or Murray River (1 hour 15 mins). to do it all! Get there with Flight Centre; • Dedicate a day or two to call 0800 35 44 48 and start explore the spectacular planning your dream escape Southern Flinders Ranges to South Australia today. and Outback. • Adelaide mounts a good argument to stay put. Enjoy al fresco dining at Street ADL, which uses Australian native ingredients on its menu. 4 5 FIVE-DAY EAST French Oak cask dram COAST SAMPLER named the best single malt Kate’s Berry Farm is an at World Whiskies Awards Cradle to Coast Cider & Whisky Tasting Trail WESTERN East Coast sensation where 2014. Nant Whisky Bar, Tasting Trails visitors to the Just Desserts Salamanca is a top spot SMITHTON Tamar Valley Wine Route TASMANIAAUSTRALIA café can celebrate the to get into the spirit, as is fresh, fruity produce that a whisky tour at Hellyers underpins the menu. Fuel Road Distillery in the your love affair along the northwest of the island, LAUNCESTON 400km-long route with which looks out over TASMANIA a visit to Freycinet Marine paddocks velcroed with East Coast Farm, which serves cottonwool sheep. The Sampler abalone, mussels and golden nectar flows at HOBART oysters plucked straight McHenry & Sons, an TASTE OF from the sea. Discover ambient drinking den in greener pastures west Port Arthur, and Belgrove of the Bay of Fires at the Distillery, a sustainable, bio-diesel operation in OPPOSITE: Tamar Valley Wine Route. THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE Cider & Whisky THE SOUTH Pyengana Dairy Company FROM TOP LEFT: Stillwater; Jon and Lyndall Healey of the Tasting Trails and buy a doorstop-sized the Midlands. Redlands Pyengana Dairy Company; Seven Sheds Brewery; lunch at circle of awardwinning Distillery is one of two Josef Chromy Wines; Willlie Smith’s organic apple cider in AN ISLAND ORCHARD RICH Huonville; Freycinet Marine Farm; Belgrove Distillery is a IN DAIRY COUNTRY DELIGHTS English-style Cheddar or ‘paddock to bottle’ single sustainable operation running on bio-diesel in the Midlands. order a toastie at the Holy malt distilleries in the world.

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