Who will win 2016 Tractor Pulling Comp?

Forget your workout of the day. If you really want to test your strength and power sign up for the Kalbar & District Community Bank Tractor Pulling Competition. It’s a true test of man (and woman) against machine. The popular contest returns to this year’s Eat...

Eat Local Week events booking fast

Many of this year’s Eat Local Week events are booking up fast. Two exclusive long table lunches, produced by Brisbane chefs Javier Codina and Cameron Matthews, have sold out. Bookings are nearing capacity for the Kalfresh Carrot Field Day and the inaugural Scenic...

Bite into this holiday fun

Put the gadgets away, pull on your gumboots and give your kids a food and farming experience they won’t forget. Scenic Rim Eat Local Week returns for the first week of the Queensland school holidays, from June 25 to July 3, and is a chance to show your children where...

Book celebrates local farmers

Scenic Rim farmers are the heroes of a new book by leading QLD chef Brenda Fawdon and writer Christine Sharp. Brenda and Christine live on Tamborine Mountain in the Scenic Rim and are passionate consumers and supporters of local produce. The coffee table book, EAT...

Feast on the Scenic Rim

Scenic Rim Eat Local Week 2016 plates up from June 25, with a delicious schedule of food and farming events. The festival of food and farming is now in its sixth year and showcases the bounty of fresh produce, wine, beer, milk and gourmet products that grow in the...

Scenic Rim crayfish farmer can’t eat his produce

Rob Hutchings is a well-known Scenic Rim crayfish farmer. He’s been farming the native Australian species on a farm at Tarome since the 1980s. But you won’t find Rob eating his produce … he’s allergic. He recently told 612ABC how years of...