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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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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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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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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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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You’ll feel as though you are floating on the clouds with a Binna Burra Sky Lodge stay during the Gondwana Festival in March. This secluded Binna Burra accommodation is close to Binna Burra National Park and offers a touch of luxury after a long day walking the tracks with a bubbling spa bath followed by dinner on the deck. Add in a stop along the way and try my things to do in Canungra.
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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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Escape on a Scenic Rim road trip for crisp country air, exquisite dining, and premium rural produce—an idyllic adventure.
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Discover the perfect Brisbane day trip amongst the green hills of Killarney, but it’s so good you should make it a Brisbane weekend getaway.
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Leave skyscrapers and suburban streets behind and head out on a Brisbane day trip to discover the country beauty on a Brisbane road trip.
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Slow and gentle, the Floating Images Ipswich hot air balloon rises majestically leaving the ever-retreating ground below looking like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
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