Farm Gate Experiences
Duration
2 days
Region
Scenic Rim
Transport
Self-drive
Some weekends are built for restaurants. This one is built for the people who supply them.
Esky encouraged. Curiosity is essential. An appetite for the real thing, where the food comes from, who grew it, what it took, is the whole point. Across two days in the Western Scenic Rim, you’ll get your hands in the soil, meet the animals, and sit down to feast with the farmers who made it all possible. From highland cattle to heritage poultry, edible flower fields to fifth-generation carrot farms, this is paddock-to-plate lived from the paddock end. Come ready to wander, dig, taste, and leave with a completely different understanding of what’s on your plate.
Event highlights
Farm Picnic with Highland Cattle
Farm Tour & Sunset Dinner
Enjoy an authentic on-farm experience in Harrisville with a behind-the-scenes tour of Heritage Farm, seeing how award-winning poultry thrives on pasture. Then at sunset, savour a premium dining experience with canapés by the fire, followed by a long table dinner featuring award-winning produce prepared by renowned chef and Scenic Rim Food Ambassador Richard Ousby.
Beef & Beer Masterclass
Calling all carnivores and craft beer lovers! Enjoy a delicious lunch, brewery tour, and masterclass with Boonah Brewing Co.'s Head Brewer. Then watch Ghanem Group Executive Chef Jake Nicolson and Kane Lutter from The Butcher Co. lead an interactive beast breakdown, sharing expert tips on cuts and pairing locally sourced premium beef with brews.
Edible Flower Picking & Cupcake Decorating
Veggie Picking with the Farmer
Tour, Taste & Camel Encounter
Go behind-the-scenes as you explore Australia's largest camel farm and dairy, where paddock-to-plate truly comes to life. Meet the camels as you learn about their fascinating history and the incredible health benefits of camel milk, then sample award-winning cheese and gelato made on farm. Sessions run at 10am and 12pm.
Speckles on the Teviot
DAY 1 — Sat 6 June
Morning – Sat 6 June
Kick off Saturday morning with Farm Picnic with Highland Cattle at Northview Highlands where Valais Blacknose sheep, playful pygmy goats, and highland cattle roam the sweeping picnic lawns while you graze on Scenic Rim produce with the ranges stretching out in every direction. Relaxed, beautiful, and the kind of morning that makes you wonder why you ever sleep in.
OR head straight to Elderflower Farm for Edible Flower Picking & Cupcake Decorating, wander guided through colourful blooms, learn which ones you can actually eat, handpick your favourites, and decorate cupcakes with your freshly picked flowers. Delicate, hands-on, and genuinely one of those experiences that surprises you with how much fun it is.
Noon
At Hawthorne Speckle Park, welcome drinks and canapés arrive in the cattle yards, yes, the actual yards, before a long-table feast of premium Speckle Park beef, seasonal vegetables, and locally paired beverages unfolds at its own deeply unhurried pace this is Speckles on the Teviot- SOLD OUT. Show cattle, stock horses, and working border collies provide the scenery. Cheese, wine, and champagne by the fire close the afternoon. Farm-to-table taken completely, gloriously, literally.
OR
head into Boonah for the Beef & Beer Masterclass at the Commercial Hotel, where Ghanem Group Executive Chef Jake Nicolson and butcher Kane Lutter from The Butcher Co lead an interactive beast breakdown with expert tips on cuts, technique, and the particular pleasure of pairing locally sourced premium beef with craft brews from Boonah Brewing Co. Hands-on, generous, and the kind of masterclass that makes you dangerously good at dinner parties.
Night
As the light drops and the countryside glows, Heritage Poultry in Harrisville opens its gates for Farm Tour & Sunset Dinner. Go behind the scenes on this award-winning pasture-raised poultry farm, learn how and why their pasture-raised birds have earned a reputation among some of Queensland’s finest chefs, before settling in for a long-table dinner as the sun sets over the fields. Canapés by the fire, produce prepared by renowned chef and Scenic Rim Food Ambassador Richard Ousby, and the particular satisfaction of eating somewhere you’ve just watched come to life. Nights like this are the reason slow travel exists.
DAY 2 — Sun 7 June
Morning – Sun 7 June
Sunday begins with boots in the soil for Veggie Picking with the Farmer at Valley Pride Produce. The Scholl family, fifth-generation farmers, welcome you onto their working farm to wander the paddocks, see what’s in season, and dig carrots, beetroot and kale straight from the ground to take home. Honest, unhurried, and deeply satisfying. Let a morning in nature recalibrate your soul, but be warned, fresh tastes best and supermarkets might not have the same appeal.
Noon
Head to Summer Land Camels for the Tour, Taste & Camel Encounter, Australia’s largest camel dairy, for a behind-the-scenes tour that is equal parts fascinating and thoroughly charming. Meet the camels, learn their history, discover why camel milk is causing such a stir in the food world, and sample award-winning cheese and gelato made right on the farm. Tip: bring the camera, the camels are extremely photogenic and they know it.
