The Good Things Guide: Pastries, Road Trips & Weekend Plans Sorted
The Good Things Guide shares where to eat, travel ideas and experiences worth planning around each week, helping you discover delicious escapes across Australia and beyond.
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Tag: Scenic Rim
Roadvale Hotel Scenic Rim: A Country Pub Worth the Drive from Brisbane
Discover Roadvale Hotel Scenic Rim, a country pub worth the drive from Brisbane, serving local produce and classic pub meals in the Scenic Rim.
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Vine-Ripened Tomato Tart with Raclette and Fresh Pesto from Chef Javier Codina
The tomatoes stack up like little terracotta roof tiles, the raclette melts into cheeky golden puddles, and the pesto lands on top like it knows it’s the finishing touch. It looks far fancier than the effort involved, which is exactly the kind of energy an easy tomato tart should bring to the table.
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The Baked Custard Recipe Your Grandmother Probably Knew by Heart
There’s something timeless about a dish that whispers of childhood and smells like comfort. Gran’s Baked Custard is one of those recipes — a simple yet elegant dessert, passed down through generations, that still manages to stop you in your tracks with its creamy richness and silken texture.
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Queensland Wineries to Visit: Hidden Gems and Boutique Cellar Doors
Forget the clichés—Queensland’s wine scene is rewriting the rules. While the Granite Belt and Scenic Rim wine regions have long drawn curious sippers, it’s the under-the-radar vineyards and boutique cellar doors that are creating serious buzz. These winemakers are experimenting with qvevri, championing small-batch production, and delivering immersive cellar door experiences that rival the country’s best. If you think Queensland can’t make great wine, prepare to be pleasantly proven wrong.
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One Pot, One Hock, One Week of Heaven: Grandmother Ivy’s Pea and Ham Soup Recipe
The soup bubbled away slowly, filling the house with the unmistakable scent of something real. Not from a packet, not rushed, but steeped in memory and care. For Chef Brenda Fawdon, every spoonful of her Grandmother Ivy Week’s pea and ham soup is a return to childhood, to warmth, to family dinners where love simmered alongside the stock. This isn’t just a recipe — it’s a story ladled out with every bowl.
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Why Eat Local Month Could Be the Most Important Event You Attend This Year
If you’ve ever bitten into a sun-warmed tomato and wondered where it came from, Eat Local Month is for you. Held every June in Queensland’s Scenic Rim, this month-long celebration of food, farms, and fabulous flavours (no bland bites here!) is your chance to get muddy, meet the growers, and enjoy sensational dishes made from ingredients grown just down the road.
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From Farm to Table: How Tommerup’s Dairy Farm is Redefining Sustainable Agriculture
Twenty beautiful, brown-eyed Jersey cows, producing rich milk with cream that floats on top, are the secret of Tommerup’s Dairy Farm success.
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Feeling chilly? Here are 20 Scenic Rim stays with fireplaces
Want to curl up next to a crackling fire while baby it’s cold outside? Here are 20 Scenic Rim stays where you will be toasty! It’s the perfect destination to experience snappy cold nights followed by frosty breath mornings, with clear blue-sky days in between.
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Binna Burra Sky Lodge: Perfect Hinterland Escape Near Brisbane
Wake above the clouds at Binna Burra Sky Lodge. Explore Lamington National Park walks, new Tiny Wild Houses and thrilling Cliff Park adventures.
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The six top cafes and restaurants in Ipswich
Which restaurants in Ipswich and cafes in Ipswich have food that makes me want to return to dine again and again?
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Epic Escapes on a Scenic Rim Road Trip
Escape on a Scenic Rim road trip for crisp country air, exquisite dining, and premium rural produce—an idyllic adventure.
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