media releases

Funding for interactive food & wine adventure platform

Sourcing Scenic Rim produce, and taking a regional food adventure, will be easier than ever thanks to a new interactive platform showcasing the businesses producing, preparing and serving local products. The Scenic Rim Regional Council, and its signature food and wine...

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Ultimate chemistry class in a brewery!

Here's a school science project you could definitely get excited about! Year 11 Boonah High School chemistry students have brewed an alcoholic ginger beer which will be launched during Scenic Rim Eat Local Week. The students worked with Mike Webster from Scenic Rim...

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Who grew your food? Growing appetite for real farm experiences

City consumers have a growing hunger for authentic food and farming experiences. Farmers in the productive Scenic Rim, one-hour southwest of Brisbane, are seizing the opportunity to connect with their customers and turn them into ‘agvocates’. Scenic Rim Eat Local...

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Take a school holiday food & farming adventure

Food tastes so much better when you know where it was grown. During the June-July school holidays take a real food and farming adventure in the Scenic Rim during Eat Local Week. Take a farm to fork journey at a carrot farm, see cows being milked by robots, or learn...

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Feast on Scenic Rim Eat Local Week

SCENIC Rim Eat Local Week plates up from June 24, with a delicious schedule of food and farming events. The festival of food and farming is now in its seventh year and showcases the bounty of fresh produce, wine, beer, milk and gourmet products that grow in the...

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Delicious launch for Eat Local Week 2017

MORE than 190 southeast Queensland food producers, chefs and food enthusiasts attended the launch of Scenic Rim Eat Local Week. The launch at Moda Events Portside was a delicious celebration of the Scenic Rim’s farmers, produce and chefs. Scenic Rim Eat Local Week...

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SCENIC RIM DISTILLED: A GUIDE FOR THIRSTY TRAVELLERS

MASTER of wine, Peter Scudamore-Smith, has declared the Scenic Rim home to some impressive and surprising wines and artisan beers in his new guide to the region’s wine, beer and coffee products.  Scenic Rim Distilled, A guide for thirsty travellers was released at the...

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Eat Local on Landline

Scenic Rim Eat Local Week and many local producers were recently featured on ABC Landline. The segment highlighted the connection between farmers and customers and the potential benefits of food-related tourism. Watch the segment here Landline also told the story of...

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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...

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