PADDOCK TO PLATE EXPERIENCE Event Calendar No matter which quaint town or grassy knoll you choose in the Scenic Rim, you’re never too far from a nourishing food or wine experience. Beaudesert Studios of the Show Society Scenic Rim Campdraft Multiple MAY

Farm fresh APRIL Beaudesert Locations Showground Stumbling upon a roadside stall complete with an honesty box will spark excitement among road trippers eager to stretch their legs and discover. Find avocados, rhubarb and kiwifruit when coasting around Arts in the Olives Clydesdale A World Apart Lost World Valley , while carrots, corn and tomatoes can be found Spectacular Mt Barney Boonah MAY near Boonah. Stop by the Beaudesert Race Club Farmers Markets MAY MAY on the second and fourth Sundays of the month to round out your LIVE LIKE A LOCAL roadside findings, before paying a visit to the Scenic Rim 4Real Milk Dairy where you can take a tour of this independent dairy farm before ENJOY A COUNTRY RETREAT Eat Local Week Winter Harvest Canungra Show From rustic farming areas to charming mountaintop towns, the picking up some fresh milk and cheese for your picnic hamper. A sprawling landscape lush with opportunities to embrace Multiple Festival Canungra Scenic Rim community will welcome you in and ensure you feel nature at its finest and taste the earth’s bounty, the Scenic Rim Locations in the JULY right at home. Country lunch JUNE Scenic Rim is home to a number of places for you to call your base while AUGUST When bellies start to rumble come lunchtime, turn your wheels exploring the region, including luxury lodges and airy eco tents. Farm stays Ritchie’s IGA towards a classic pub for a locally made brew and Lamington Eco Springtime on Boonah Arts traditional counter meal. The Royal Hotel Kalbar has been open Challenge the Mountain With rich soil and sprawling plains, the Scenic Rim is home to a Glamping Festival (until since 1900, and plates up everything from a traditional pot pie served Lamington Tamborine burgeoning farming community. Lillydale Farmstay at Mt Barney is September) with fries and seasonal vegetables to Peking duck spring rolls for the A popular spot for a glamping experience, the Scenic Rim plays host National Park Mountain perfect for families, where you can milk a cow, collect fresh eggs, go AUGUST Boonah AUGUST

horse riding or get lost in the impressive hedge maze. Tommerups discerning palate. If you want to try a local brew, check out the Scenic to Nightfall Wilderness Camp and Ketchup’s Bank Glamping. Total SEPTEMBER Farmstay in the Lost World Valley is a working dairy farm and guests Rim Brewery website to see where you can try a Digga’s Pale Ale. relaxation awaits when staying at secluded Ketchup’s, where your Tour de are invited to share the daily life of the farmer, milking the cows, eco tent comes primped with the finest luxuries. Slip on your plush Scarecrow Wine and dine bathrobe and feel your tension ease as you meander towards your Festival Tamborine feeding pigs, sheep and calves as well as relax and unwind in the Tamborine own personal campfire. A new addition to the wilderness camping Tamborine spectacular wide open space. If a more laid-back country lifestyle Mountain Mountain Next, indulge in a spot of quiet relaxation far removed from the options, Nightfall is set alongside a crisp bubbling creek and ancient

is more your taste, unwind at the Crebra Farmhouse or Cedar Glen OCTOBER hurried city lifestyle by heading to the sleepy village of Harrisville NOVEMBER Farmstay. Laze by a tranquil waterhole, or cast a line into the Albert rainforest. Submit yourself to the tranquil rainforest surrounds and opt to visit Normanby Wines. Mosey through the vineyards and sample River, where you may even spot the resident platypus. for a private massage beside the crystal-clear waters. a wine tasting straight from the cellar door. Come dinner, drop by ______one of the region’s many restaurants for a plate brimming with fresh, Art gallery Mountain retreats locally sourced produce. Wild Grain in Boonah serves up succulent Scenic Rim Markets dishes like eye fillet sourced from the Aratula Butchery, with sweet If it’s the cool chill of the mountains you’re chasing, with mist cloaking Immerse yourself in the local culture and explore the Scenic Rim arts Beaudesert Race Club Farmers Markets – potato mash, caramelised onions, snow peas and honey-glazed the early morning, head to Mountain Lodge for a relaxing scene. Home to a number of galleries, cultural centres and museums, Second Sunday of every month carrots. morning of yoga in the tree-tops. Or at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, you’ll find yourself itching to create your own masterpiece. Meet a Beaudesert-Boonah Road, Beaudesert local artisan, or channel the inspiration that surrounds you at an art unwind with a long soak in a barrel tub at the Lost World Spa, before class. Two very cool artists’ studios to check out in the Scenic Rim are retiring to your cosy private corner with the fading sunset as your Green Shed Produce Market Tamborine Mountain Suzie Buhle in Aratula and Tamlyn Geiger in Canungra. visual entertainment and the sounds of the sub-tropical rainforest as your soundtrack. Every Sunday Cooking schools Showground, Main Western Rd, Mount Tamborine Experience luxury If you are keen to move straight from the paddock to the plate, Boonah Country Markets head out to one of the Scenic Rim’s cooking schools. Using regional To truly explore the stunning surrounds of the Scenic Rim, head out Second and fourth Saturday of each month produce, you can learn to cook (and eat) like a local. Wild Lime for a Spicers Retreat 4 Day Walk experience. You’ll find yourself Hoya Road, Boonah Cooking School will take you on a culinary journey, fusing culturally awestruck by the ancient volcanic plateaus, vast mountain ranges and diverse cuisines with local and wild produce. French-trained chef curious wildlife that you’ll encounter along the trek. At the end of each Beechmont Markets Terri Taylor heads up the Tamborine Cooking School in a lush garden day, lie back and take in the breathtaking star-filled night sky within Third Sunday of each month setting. Sample local cheeses, olives and more as you learn to cook the luxury confides of Spicers Canopy and Lodge. 1835 Beechmont Road, Beechmont ______traditional recipes with a modern, healthy twist. ______

Welcome to Scenic Rim With luxury lodges, cosy B&Bs and farmstays, stunning scenery Getting to the Scenic Rim and an abundance of locally produced food and wine, the Scenic The Scenic Rim is home to six The Scenic Rim is one of the most easily accessed areas in Explore the Did you national parks including three Rim is the perfect escape. Heading out from , you , located only an hour’s drive from world heritage listed areas. only have to travel for an hour before you are immersed in the Brisbane and the Gold Coast. lush surrounds. Whether you decide on Tamborine Mountain, know? Brisbane Region , Canungra, Lost World Valley, Mt Barney or Boonah, each area offers a little slice of paradise. TRAIN Give me Scenic Rim Any Day Queensland Rail runs services from Brisbane to Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast and to Rosewood on the Ipswich line. Car or bus connections are required for travel to the Scenic Rim. TAKE The Scenic Rim has more than a dozen wineries, three breweries ME and one distillery - something ROAD for every taste. I’M FREE From Brisbane City, head south on the Pacific Motorway; take the Logan Motorway (toll road) at the Upper Mount Gravatt exit; continue on the motorway and turn left on Beaudesert Rd (). Estimated travel time is one hour from Brisbane for the 70km trip. Visit govia.com.au for The Scenic Rim’s rich fertile The Lions Road was built as a toll-road information. soil produces over 90% of Lions Club project and links When planning your journey, decide what kind of trip you are Queensland’s annual carrot Queensland and New South looking for: crop, mainly in the Fassifern Wales. A donation box for the BUSES Valley area around the towns of Lions Club is still on the border Kalbar and Aratula. of NSW & QLD today. If you’re excited by action and adventure, you’ll be thrilled TransLink offers a bus service from Browns Plains to with the natural playground of the Scenic Rim. Offering Beaudesert with connections at Browns Plains. everything from mountain climbing and abseiling to horse riding and kayaking, you’ll have plenty to choose from for your weekend of adventure. ADVENTURER The Witches Falls Section of the If handmade cheeses, locally produced wine and inspiring There are over 70 peaks and Tamborine Mountain National Beaudesert Community Arts and Rathdowney Information Centre cooking schools are more likely to whet your appetite, then mountains in the Scenic Rim. Park is the first National Park to Information Centre and Historical Museum you’ll be right at home. For a laidback weekend of food, wine be declared in Queensland. Cnr Mt Lindesay Highway and 82 Mt Lindesay Highway, and relaxation, head along to a community farmers’ market, Enterprise Drive, Beaudesert Rathdowney 07 5541 4495 07 5544 1222 sign up for a cheese-making class, or don your sommelier hat FOODIE [email protected] [email protected] for a tour through one of the many award-winning wineries. Boonah Visitor Information Tamborine Mountain Visitor Centre Information Centre 20 Boonah-Fassifern Road, 2 Main Western Road, North At the end of a day of discovery, it’s time to consider where Frogs Buttress on Mt French Boonah Tamborine 4272 to rest your head. Choose from quaint bed and breakfasts in the Moogerah Peaks 07 5463 2233 07 5545 3200 to luxury lodge accommodation, or for those who want to National Park is internationally [email protected] [email protected] truly experience the stunning surrounds, glamping might be recognised as a rock climbing The Lost World for you. Wake up to the sounds of native birds calling and destination with over 400 Canungra Visitor Information Centre the gentle hum of nearby waterfalls as you snuggle up in the routes established by climbers. 12-14 Kidston Street, Canungra

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