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#VISITGIPPSLAND A N D • S L W P I P N I E G • Small batch, • C cool climate, O Y M A N Gippsland wines P Welcome to GIPPSLAND Gippsland is a region that offers a lot. It is a fertile food bowl. It has miles of long sandy beaches and vast tracts of forest cloaked mountains. It’s the place to go for long relaxing weekends by the fire in winter and long walks along the coast in summer. Gippsland’s meandering roads are dotted with farm gates, cellar doors, and farmers’ markets. Gippsland is also a dining destination. Its legion of great pubs and casual cafes has been bolstered by the Individual parcels 2020 Good Food Guide award-winning grown on unique sites restaurants Sardine in Paynesville and across Victoria’s most southerly, Photo Credit: Sunday Cornish Treloar Hogget near Warragul. pristine, diverse, maritime region. Gippsland Wine Company Pty Ltd From the shores of Westernport to the wild country on the New South Wales border, Gippsland punches above its weight for the quality of its offer. It is home 6835 South Gippsland Highway, Loch, Victoria 3945, Australia to four of our state’s commercial fisheries. Good rainfall and mild climate mean Open Friday to Sunday 11 am to 5 pm great pastures, abundant crops, healthy herds, and flavoursome grapes. Here 0477 555 235 or you’ll find really impressive beef, lamb, seafood, vegetables, cheese, fruit, wine, [email protected] spirits, and beer. gippslandwinecompany.com Gippsland is powerful country, home to the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong nations. A place of natural beauty, idyllic farmland, and towns undergoing dramatic transformation. Gippsland is a place where people still have time to talk to you A N D L • S W in the street, by the fire in a pub, sharing a view in a winery or brewery, opening P I P N I E the esky by the beach or dining in one of the state’s best restaurants. I love G • • C Gippsland. I come to eat and drink, lose myself in nature, and be looked after O Y M P A N by the locals. Come, join me. Richard Cornish FOOD WRITER & AUTHOR 2. Contents EAT.DRINK. 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DRINK. 05. FARM GATES OF GIPPSLAND 23. EAT WEST GIPPSLAND 100. DRINK WEST GIPPSLAND 11. GIPPSLAND’S FARMERS MARKETS 39. EAT SOUTH GIPPSLAND 105. DRINK SOUTH GIPPSLAND 16. GIPPSLAND’S COOKING 61. EAT PHILLIP ISLAND 119. DRINK PHILLIP ISLAND SCHOOLS + FOOD TOURS 65. EAT CENTRAL GIPPSLAND 121. DRINK CENTRAL GIPPSLAND 83. EAT EAST GIPPSLAND 126. DRINK EAST GIPPSLAND Second Edition Published December 2019 | Cover image courtesy of Lightfoot & Sons Winery. Printed on 30% recycled, PEFC certified paper by Printgraphics Printgreen using vegetable-based inks and environmentally friendly practices (ISO 14001). Destination Gippsland Ltd (destinationgippsland.com.au) including its officers, agents and contractors, has made every endeavour to ensure that the details appearing in this publication are correct at the time of printing, but accept no responsibility for any inaccuracy or mis-description, whether by inclusion or omission. The Publisher does not accept responsibility for subsequent change or withdrawal of details and services. EAT. DRINK. GIPPSLAND 4. Farm Gates OF GIPPSLAND Happy hens. The freshest seafood. Cheese to die for. Fruit and veggies so crisp, they will make you weep with joy. Slow down, sample and savour produce The little green shed at Thorpdale Organics sumo size, or just try to resist stopping at from the land you’re standing on. Dotted (Thorpdale) and the old dairy at I Love Farms Myrtlebank Roaming Farms (Myrtlebank) across Gippsland’s stunning countryside are (Delburn) are bursting with seasonal freshness. giant chicken on the Maffra-Sale Road. farm shops, rustic sheds and the dearest little Sometimes the farm gate is the gateway to Stock up on some country calm at Blue Tree roadside stands. the sea, where fishmongers specialise in fresh, Honey Farm (Dumbalk) where there are plenty Fruit and veggies are a Gippsland specialty. locally caught seafood from Gippsland’s vast of delights to take away. Marlo is abuzz with Fill your bucket and your belly with coastline. talk of honey from the Sweet Little Honey scrumptious, juicy berries over the summer Shop (Marlo), which, true to its name, is the Hear the satisfying clink of coins landing in months. Orchard-fresh apples and cherries sweetest - and arguably tiniest - farm shop. from Picnic Point Farm (Bairnsdale) are an honesty box at WillowZen Free Range Eggs simply unbeatable. (Trafalgar) for their hen-laid eggs available in EAT. DRINK. GIPPSLAND 6. D A O To Sydney R 33 E D Buchan N A I EAST O To Sydney P To Sydney L R GIPPSLAND E A Buchan N I EAST T Year Round P A L E GIPPSLAND Mallacoota R A G T A E FARMCroajingolong GATESMallacoota R A1 MELBOURNEMELBOURNE G National Park Croajingolong Mount Bairnsdale 10Nungurner 37 38 A1 MELBOURNEMELBOURNE Baw Baw CENTRAL 8 National Park GIPPSLAND Nungurner9 EGGS Noojee Mount Bairnsdale 32 Marlo Baw Baw CENTRAL A1 Lakes Entrance Bimbadeen Phillip Island Walhalla Walhalla GIPPSLAND 1 Dandenong Noojee 34Metung Marlo A1 Lakes Entrance36 Freeranger Eggs* S 35 DandenongS Tynong Walhalla Walhalla GipMetungpsla nd 5 O 13 O M1 U 11 Lakes T H S S Tynong 31 WillowZen Free Range Eggs* Gippsland 15 G ch O G O 30 M1I M1 U M1I U P T 6 Sale Lakes T P Warragul Bea H P 28 H S L 12 Moe Traralgon 29 NINETYe MILE BEACH L A Trafalgar ch Bob’s Gardenfarm Shop G N G N HWY 25 I D H Y 15 M1 Mil I P Sale ty P 7 Warragul Sale Beae S L Moe Traralgon NINETYe n MILE BEACH LAN Trafalgar N D HWY MilNi 29 Wilbert’s Veggies & Cackleberries Y 18 Y ty W W e H n H 3 D Ni D Y 30 Myrtlebank Roaming Farms 2 5 Y N 8 N 16 W A W A Grantville L H L 27 H S Loch S 17 D P FRUIT & VEGETABLES Korumburra TarraTarra Bulga D P P 14 N PI 4 7 N A I Cowes National Park A G Grantville L G Cowes National Park L S H Loch Mirboo S H Loch P T Korumburra TarraTarra Bulga P T Garfield Fresh Harvest North P U 6 HONEY 6North PI U I O Cowes Leongatha National Park G O G S Cowes National Park S 9 H 1 Mirboo H T 4 T 11 SOUTH North U Bimbadeen Phillip Island North U Macca’s Farm 1 O 1 Leongatha 19 O 9 S San GIPPSLAND S PHILLIP3 Remo5 26 2 SOUTH Foster 19 Blue Tree Honey Farm ISLANDSan GIPPSLAND10 20Meeniyan 25 12 Fankhauser Apples PHILLIP Remo Inverloch 22 Foster ISLAND Meeniyan 38 Sweet Little Honey Shop ^ FishFish 21Creek Creek 16 Thorpdale Organics Inverloch 23 Port Welshpool FishFish Creek Creek 24 17 I Love Farms Walkerville Port WelshpoolYanakie FISH & SEAFOOD Gippsland Greenhouse Produce Walkerville Yanakie 18 2 Bass Strait Direct Wilsons Promontory 25 Bob’s Gardenfarm Shop San Remo Fisherman’s Co-op National Park 3 Wilsons PromontoryWilsons Promontory Tidal River National ParkNational Park 27 Wild Earth Mother 13 Alpine Trout Farm Wilsons Promontory National TidalPark River 28 Kingfisher Citrus 24 Fresh Fish Port Franklin ^ 29 Wilbert’s Veggies & Cackleberries 34 Off the Wharf 30 Myrtlebank Roaming Farms 35 Trawlers moored along The Esplanade SEASONAL FARM GATES 31 Perry Bridge Farm Fresh Produce 36 Ferry Seafoods BERRIES FRUIT + VEGETABLES 32 Picnic Point Farm CHEESE & DAIRY 1 Fleming Berries ^ ‡ Dec - Feb 2 Strzelecki Heritage Apples Feb - May 37 Gippsland