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Food tours and tastings to book

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Brae Restaurant Day Trip

Brae in Birregurra is 90 minutes from Melbourne: Dan Hunter's three-hat farm-to-table on a working farm, with cottages making an overnight stay fully logical.

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Noosa

Noosa Heads is the tourist heart of the Noosa district, with restaurants and hotels on Hastings Street; in Noosaville, Sum Yung Guys serves modern Asian food.

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Hunter Valley

Wine country just over two hours north of Sydney: Tyrrell's has made wine since 1858, Audrey Wilkinson's cellar door opens daily and Margan serves lunch.

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Granite Belt

Queensland's coldest district, 680m to over 1,200m up around Stanthorpe, with more than 50 wineries; Heritage Estate serves cellar door tastings and lunch.

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Spicers Hidden Vale

Homage at Spicers Hidden Vale, on a 12,000-acre old cattle farm at Grandchester, cooks paddock to plate over firepits and a wood oven; lunch is 12pm to 2pm.

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Palm Beach

Palm Beach, 41 km north of the city, has the Barrenjoey Lighthouse trail and seafood on the beach; the acclaimed Jonah's restaurant is nearby at Whale Beach.

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Burleigh Heads

Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, 88km from Brisbane, centres its beach area on James Street, a strip of cafes, delis and restaurants near the headland.

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Mudgee

Wine region about 260 km north-west of Sydney, where Mudgee has developed as a wine-producing area with producers such as Lowe Wines and Botobolar Vineyard.

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Eumundi Markets

The Original Eumundi Markets call themselves Australia's biggest art and craft market; on Wednesdays and Saturdays food stalls sit beside bread sellers.

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Berry and Kiama

South coast day trip: the Kiama Blowhole and its Wednesday farmers market, then Berry, two hours by car from Sydney, with markets on the first Sunday.

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North Stradbroke Island

Ferries across Moreton Bay dock at Dunwich, where Straddie Brewing Co runs a brewhouse, restaurant and rooftop bar serving island seafood and its own beer.

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Central Coast (Mount White)

Central Coast day trip to Saddles at 20 Ashbrookes Road, Mount White: a farm-to-table homestead restaurant and a kiosk selling house-baked goods, open daily.

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Tamborine Mountain

Hinterland mountain 72km from Brisbane with several wineries; Witches Falls Winery runs a cellar door with tastings and a menu on Main Western Road.

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Scenic Rim

O'Reilly's Canungra Valley Vineyards, open daily 10am to 4pm, serves a cafe lunch at its Killowen homestead and a tasting paddle of any five of its wines.

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