Lot 100, Adelaide Hills.

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Australia’s best food destinations

Our cities are full of great restaurants, and now there’s every reason to jump in your car and head out to Australia’s regions in search of a good meal that speaks intensely of place.

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Maker and Monger.

This is my favourite Aussie destination for food

Sure, there are hugely exciting things happening in Tassie, and Adelaide is amazing, plus I’ve already canvassed Sydney’s greatness. But these cities are not it.

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The Lake House in Daylesford.

Ten restaurants worth travelling for in Victoria

This state has a surfeit of foodie attractions and an interest in gastronomy that stretches far beyond Melbourne’s famously food-obsessed reaches.

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The Zin House, Mudgee.

Ten of the best restaurants worth travelling for in NSW

There are residents of some Sydney suburbs who famously wouldn’t dream of leaving their neighbourhood to eat out. However, these people are missing out.

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Adelaide Hills.

Not just pies and vanilla slice: 11 best regions for food

In the past, our regional centres haven’t exactly been known for their gastronomic glory. Fortunately though, things have changed.

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An apple orchard in Huon, Tasmania.

Why this is Australia’s best destination for food

There’s a special quality to the land and the ocean and the pristine atmosphere that surrounds the Apple Isle that just seems to guarantee good food.

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Serai rerstaurant in Melbourne CBD, a first modern Filipino restaurant, led by a former Rice Paper Sister chef, Ross Magnaye. 9 May 2022. The Age Goodfood. Photo: Eddie Jim.

Melbourne’s food scene is back with a vengeance

For a city which has been on struggle street, Melbourne sure is seeing a lot of new restaurants and bars open up.

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The Age, Epicure/Good Food. Lona Misa is a new vegan restaurant at the Ovolo Hotel.
Interior. Pic Simon Schluter 11 MAy 2021

The chefs transforming hotel dining in Australia

Hotel restaurants were the last place that travellers would choose to eat, particularly in Australia. But all that has now changed.

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No place is better positioned to drink in Newcastle's ocean view than the Merewether Surfhouse.

Australia’s best day-trip lunch restaurants

A good meal always tastes better when accompanied by a side serve of salt air and the sparkle of sunlight dancing on the water.

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Geelong's waterfront.

Geelong has transformed into a city of cool

Victoria’s second-biggest city has been snubbed thanks to its gritty, working-class past - but while you weren’t looking, it has changed.

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