30 Great Australian Food and Wine Experiences
Image Courtesy of Orpheus Island – Dining with the Tides experience
Whether dining under outback stars or under the sails of the Sydney Opera House, every corner of the continent offers a different taste of Australia and unique new flavours that can be incorporated in to your personalised Australian travel arrangements.
We’re delighted to share a list (in no particular order and by no means exhaustive) of some of Australia’s tastiest diversions which help shape some of Australia’s most memorable and authentic local travel experiences;
- Take a scenic seaplane flight over Sydney to dine at a waterfront table surrounded by pristine national park.
- Dine under vast outback skies on a private dune top overlooking Uluru (Ayers Rock ) enjoying uniquely Australian flavours such as wattleseed-rubbed kangaroo and macadamia crusted barramundi.
- Savour prized pacific oysters shucked straight from the sea, accompanied by one of Tasmania’s cool climate sparkling wines whilst surrounded by the waters of Coles Bay on the Freycinet Peninsula
- Sample wines from your birth year in Seppelfield’s impressive Centenary Cellar in the Barossa.
- Enjoy fresh fish and chips watching the bronzed Aussie surfers on Bondi Beach (try Icebergs or North Bondi Fish)
- Soak up the local atmosphere at one of Melbourne’s popular rooftop bars (try Good Heavens, the Hills Rooftop, Loop Roof or Siglo)
- Dine with the Tides on Orpheus Island, enjoying a private dinner overlooking the Coral Sea or indulge with a 7-course degustation dinner on the beach at Lizard Island.
- Help prepare and enjoy a delicious lunch showcasing fresh Australian ingredients and native flavours in a Sydneysiders private home
- Meet the makers, bakers and growers of some of Tasmania’s finest produce and sample their wares at Hobart’s Farm Gate Markets (held every Sunday)
- Sample the best of the Barossa with a degustation dinner at Appellation at the Louise.
- Forage for native bush foods and sample traditional indigenous flavours from the campfire on an Aboriginal-guided walking tour of the scenic Margaret River
- Breakfast like a Sydneysider with Bill Grainger’s famous ricotta hot cakes and a flat white coffee at Bills in Surry Hills.
- Explore the underground tunnels and cellars of Magill Estate – the spiritual home of legendary Penfolds Grange wines, just 20 minutes from Adelaide’s city centre.
- Enjoy a private cliff-top dinner overlooking the Chamberlain Gorge at El Questro Homestead in the Kimberley
- Toast the new day with a Hunter Valley sparkling on a dawn hot air balloon flight over Australia’s oldest wine growing region.
- Dine under the sails of the Sydney Opera House – don’t miss Bennelong’s spin on the Pavlova iconic Australian dessert
- Tour Melbourne’s tastiest hidden laneways with one of Australia’s most respected foodies.
- Collect, create and indulge in some of Tasmania’s finest local produce with a full-day paddock to plate cooking class at the Agrarian Kitchen
- Enjoy a gourmet picnic for two delivered to one of Lizard islands 24 private white powdery beaches.
- Watch the sunset with a mouthwatering laksa at Darwin’s Mindil Beach markets
- Dine at Australia’s most highly awarded restaurant – Attica in Melbourne (One of World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017, Restaurant of the Year – Australian Financial Review Top 100 Restaurants .. and the list goes on)
- Cook your own beachside BBQ on Lord Howe Island with a gourmet hamper from Capella Lodge
- Visit a local market to indulge the senses – see, smell and taste some fresh Australian produce (try: the Sydney Fish Markets, Adelaide Central Market or Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne)
- Cruise around Tasmania’s Bruny Island, sampling abalone, rock lobster, sea urchin and Tasmanian salmon as well as local beers, wines and ciders.
- Sip tropical-inspired cocktails in Queensland (try Barbados in Port Douglas or Pebble Beach at qualia on Hamilton Island)
- Share travel tales whilst feasting on freshly caught crayfish and fire-side barramundi accompanied by home-grown herbs, salads and vegetables on Haggerstone Island.
- Marvel at Peter Gilmore’s showstopping ‘Snow Egg’ dessert at the award-winning Quay restaurant whist enjoying uninterrupted views of the Sydney Opera House.
- Watch the sun sink into the Indian Ocean as you enjoy a hosted dinner of fresh Western Australian produce on the deck of your luxury eco camp in the dunes overlooking the Ningaloo Coast
- Join the Walker brothers on a coastal walk through their traditional homelands to gather and sample ingredients such as mud crabs and mangrove mussels accompanied by fresh damper and native bush foods.
- Sample the flavours of Kangaroo Island – honey, native spices, maron, artisan cheeses and local wines during a stay at Southern Ocean Lodge.
