gine a glorious winter Farmer’s Market combined with the ultimate Farm Gate experience. Got it?
Now - mark your diary for Saturday July 1, because that’s when this combination will happen!
And then, add music and a world famous Tractor Pulling Competition!
It is the Scenic Rim celebrated in one glorious, flavour-filled day, and everyone is invited! Winter Harvest Festival is the signature event of Eat Local Month, where Scenic Rim Food Ambassador Chefs join growers, producers and flavour-makers in celebrating where food comes from. There’s demonstrations, produce stalls to wander, tasting stations to graze and the World Famous Tractor Pull (will the butchers take the title again in 2023?).
New this year is the Producer Stage with a focus on the growers and producers of the region sharing their stories, from carrot farmers to cheese makers, mushroom producers to dairy farmers and more.
For lovers of a tipple, a visit to the Winter Harvest Festival means coming face to face with the world’s best Brandy! Judged just last month at the London Spirits Competition, the winner was Tamborine Mountain Distillery’s Apricot Brandy, beating more than 4000 submissions from over 80 countries. So there’s that!
It also means tasting the Scenic Rim Brewery’s newest addition – the Ripa Rita, a beer starring local beetroot from Valley Pride Produce and Rosellas from Vanbery Jam Co. While there, taste the Beauy & Blue, a spiced pumpkin ale made from famous Beaudesert Blue pumpkins (ah, the penny drops). Cheese lovers should head to the Summer Land Camels stall for their Camel Milk Marinated Persian Feta which won Gold at the 2023 Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Show.
Yes, there will be Carrot Ice-cream! This delicious creation of Moffatts Fresh Produce will be available at their stall. Quick fact: the Scenic Rim produces 600 million carrots a year and is the carrot capital of the country!
And there’s so much for the kids to do that they’ll be asleep before you get home.
PLUS: The WORLD-FAMOUS Tractor Pulling Competition is a show-stopping moment. The competition pits teams against a 12-tonne tractor - who will clock the fastest time and be crowned 2023 champion? The local team of butchers headed by The Butcher Co’s Kane Lutter currently holds the title and have since 2016 (!). Will they once again triumph over the Kalfresh carrot farmers or will the veggie growers rise up. Or will a new untried team cause a major upset? This event is 1000% pure entertainment... and any team can enter!
Bring an empty esky (or three!), pack the kids (it’s a fantastic family event), gather the crew, and prepare for the ultimate farm gate, and an absolute overload of country hospitality!
WINTER HARVEST FESTIVAL: Saturday July 1, 10am to 4pm
COST: $15 adults, children under 12 free
WHERE: Aratula Sports Complex, Carter Road, Aratula
BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.eatlocalmonth.com.au
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW…..
BREAD & CHEESE, MILK & HONEY, FRESH PRODUCE, LOCALLY PRODUCED:
- Arthur Clives Bakery Café - house-made breads, sandwiches, pies, sausage rolls, cakes and pastries
- Towri Sheep Cheeses - the unique Ewe+3 cheese and their award-winning Black Sheep, Eweghurt, Moo and Eweghurt, Baar Jar, Moo and Baar Jar and Sheep Milk Soaps.
- Summer Land Camels - Gelato, Cheese & Charcuterie packs, skincare
- Kalfresh Vegetables - local produce galore – and CARROTS!
- Moffatt Fresh Produce - more local produce galore!!
- Scenic Rim Mushrooms - grow kits, fresh harvested mushrooms, cooked oyster mushroom skewers for sampling, mushroom salts, Lions Mane extracts
- Valley Pride Produce - fresh farm vegetables, jams, chutneys, infused beets, banana breads, honey, lamb and goat meats, Hummus, pesto, all locally produced
- Kent's Produce - coffee, bacon and egg burgers, hamburgers, toasted sandwiches
- Areleah Chocolates - Rocky Road, fudge, peanut brittle, coconut ice, rainbow jellies, freckles and more
- Chokola'j - small batch chocolate and confectionery using locally sourced produce - roasted macadamia and lemon myrtle chocolate bars, Dried Olive chocolate bars, honeycomb, macadamia brittle
Ungermann Brothers Gourmet Ice Cream - handmade and created from natural fruits and flavours - Chef Dylan's Gourmet Food Co. - seasonings and small batches sauces created on Mount Tamborine using fresh local ingredients sourced direct wherever possible
- Olive View Farm - EV Olive oil, table olives, dipping oil, relishes, jams, chutneys, magnesium products made with local edible flowers, organic kombucha, dukkah, lip balm, olive blossom honey, native bush food tea.
- Rathlogan Olive Grove / The Shed Café - Olives, olive oil, vinegars, dukkah
- The Pickling Project - Pickles, relishes, ferments
- Truffle Discovery Centre - Truffle infused condiments - oils, balsamics, aioli, mustard, butter, cheese, sauces, salt, seasonings, hot sauce. Non truffle gourmet condiments - jams, chutneys, sauces.
- Wilde Foods - Pickled Warrgal Greens, Pickled Warrigal Greens & Macadamia Nut Pesto, Davidson's Plum Spicy Sauce, Wilde Dukkah, Pepperberry & Wattleseed Rub, native food tastings
- Bee All Natural - raw honey, creamed honey, infused creamed honey, honey based bath, body and beauty products
- Canungra Creek Finger limes - Fresh finger limes, marmalades and preserves made with finger limes, skin Products made from finger limes
- Greenlee Farm - Dry roasted & salted macadamias, macadamia brittle, Nut-In-Shell, TJ's Nutcrackers
- Scenic Rim Lavender – all lovely things lavender
- Tracey's Tucker Bag - artisan meal bag made with a selection of spices, beans, rice and lentils in a coloured sands style. Great for the slow cooker, camp oven, stove top etc
- Coco & Myrtle - natural bath and body products featuring locally grown cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, corn, beans, creamy Jersey milk and olive oil and more, handcrafted in small batches in Harrisville
- Moshki - crochet baskets, bags and more made from jute twine and more
- Heritage Poultry - if you want to take home a laying hen or a day old chick, this is the place! Yep, they have all you need as well to create your own chicken coop.
FOR SIPS AND TIPPLES:
- Cauldron Distillery - gin and hot toddy tastings
- Scenic Rim Brewery and Café - craft beer and pretzels
- Tamborine Mountain Distillery - with their range of award winning liqueurs, gin, vodka and more, plus their just-awarded World’s Best Brandy!
- Barney Creek Vineyard Cottages - tasting varieties include Shiraz, Petit Verdot, Grenache and Mourvedre
- O'Reilly's Canungra Valley Vineyards - tastings, glass sales and bottle sales
- Witches Falls Winery - Witches Falls Wine and Eighth Day Cider
READY TO EAT
- The Butcher Co. - Sausages on a stick, rib fillet sliders, small goods - kabana, salami, pepperoni
- Moda Tapas Brasa Bar - delicious paella prepared by Scenic Rim Ambassador chef Javier Codina
- Fire N Dough Wood Fired Pizza - Wood fired pizza (using local ingredient toppings)
- Teaspoons & Aprons - local produce sweet and savoury creations
- Lions Club of Boonah - hot chips using local potatoes
FLOWERS, HERBS AND PLANTS:
- Elderflower Farm - their famous fresh farm flowers, plus their wonderful products including flower sprinkles, Floripops, flower field honey and honeycomb, seed bombs, bath salts, flower seeds and edible flowers.
- Jasmine Urban Farm - seedlings, seed bombs and herbal teas
FOR THE COFFEE LOVERS:
- Scenic Rim eXpresso - full coffee range made with For Real Milk and Dairy Farmers milk
- Cuppa-licious - coffee, tea, chai, hot chocolate, iced latte, milkshakes
- Ginger & Bean (vintage coffee caravan) - Botero Coffee, teas, juices and cakes
SCENIC RIM EAT LOCAL MONTH 2023
June 1 – July 2 www.eatlocalmonth.com.au
Tickets on sale NOW
The real stars of Eat Local Month are the award-winning producers, growers and flavour-makers, with the event providing the ultimate backstage pass to the farms, wineries, faces and food stories of the Scenic Rim, named by delicious Magazine as one of the top 5 places to visit in 2023. Scenic Rim Eat Local Month is proudly presented by Scenic Rim Regional Council, with support from Major Partners Kalfresh Vegetables and Moffatt Fresh Produce, and Supporting Partners Urban Utilities, Community Bank Kalbar & District and Brisbane Economic Development Agency. The event is also supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland and features on the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar.
For more information, imagery and interviews please contact Kath Rose on 0416 291 493 or email kath@kathrose.com
