Country Pubs Trail

Savour an authentic country pub experience in Southern Queensland Country with this tasting trail. There are 25 pubs waiting to be sampled, all within easy travelling distance from Brisbane. You’ll find history in every footstep, from iconic authors to gold rush prospectors. Each pub has a unique yarn to spin paired with a warm welcome, cold beverage and a hearty meal. Here’s a sample of what you can find on the trail.

Suttons Juice Factory Cider & Café, stories full of classic country charm, grab a bevy, watch the sun sink behind the silhouetted silos from the verandah, or play a game of pool while waiting for the meat tray raffle to be drawn.

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Behind the classic exterior of the oldest pub in town, Chinchilla’s pride and joy, the Club Hotel is all modern. You’ll find the locals in the public bar, while families prefer the beer garden with its childfriendly playground.

Condamine Hotel, Condamine

Located in the heart of Western Queensland’s cattle territory, the Condamine Hotel is all about meat! So, if you love local steak and lamb, playing darts with friendly locals, and a good yarn, this is your stop.

Breweries & DISTILLERIES Trail

Discover 12 new craft breweries and artisan spirit distilleries right on Brisbane’s doorstep! Created by innovative makers, sip and sample the remarkable new tastes of the region. Spanning from Toowoomba, the Bunya Mountains, and the Granite Belt, taste your way through beers and ciders, soft drinks and spirits while you dine from a menu filled with locally sourced produce. Here’s a taste to wet the whistle.

Dave Sutton makes awesome cider and his wife Ros, makes an even more delicious apple pie served with a mountain of whipped cream. The only thing to do is sample them both together at Suttons Juice Factory Cafe and repeat.

Hidden away in the high country north of Toowoomba is where you’ll find this gin and vodka distillery producing highquality spirits with a unique connection to the region such as botanicals from the 100-year-old cumquat tree, grapefruit, lemon myrtle and bay trees in their backyard.

Brewing in 600L fermenters, Volcanic has 16 different beers on tap with a core range that includes Pale Ale, Stout, Extra Stout and Oat Cream IPA. Six of the taps change regularly to feature different high quality sessional beers.

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Start with a flight of award-winning wine at the cellar door to pick up your picnic bottle of choice, then, settle in with a glass of your favourite wine, a picnic basket, and your wellbehaved pup in tow.

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Your picnic hamper from 95 Mary Street is a little piece of France in Toowoomba with their gourmet picnic hampers, grazing platters and bespoke High Teas filled with bite-sized savoury and sweet treats. Savour your spread in Queens Park.

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Vintage style picnic hampers at Pips ‘n’ Cherries, Bell

Specialising in real country food, homemade and fresh every time, pick up a picnic hamper from Pips ‘N’ Cherries and head to heritage-listed Jimbour House about 15 minutes’ drive from the cute little country town of Bell.

Source & Eat LOCAL Trail

Source and Eat Local is all about finding the best produce Southern Country Queensland has to offer. Forage, pick, pluck, taste, and source a variety of products from farm gates to farmers markets as you journey amongst the foothills of the Great Dividing Range to the Queensland border. Connect with the land and the people that make it. Try these on for size.

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Gleneden Farm, Maryvale - Know your farmer, know your food

Want to milk a cow, watch cheese being made or learn blacksmithing? At Gleneden Farm, you can do all of that, plus camp. Sample pastured pork, pasture-fed lamb and beef, seasonal farm produce and local arts and crafts.

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Australian Organic Farmers, CarpendaleIt’s all organic!

Born from a passion to share organic produce with others, Australian Organic Farmers is an organic farm and shop stocking potatoes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, carrots, swedes, broccoli, and fruit including apples and oranges, as well as raw local honey.

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Easy Picnics to go Trail

Delight in a perfect picnic experience in Southern Queensland Country! It’s as easy as ordering a platter, box or hamper full of local eats and treats from one of 29 picnic provision professionals scattered across the region, finding a spot between the vines, by a lake, waterfall, granite boulder or park table surrounded by flowers to unfurl your picnic blanket. Here’s how to do it.

Eastern Colour Farm, Applethorpe - Pick your own apples and strawberries

Once a month, you are invited to pick your own strawberries and apples while in season. True to the owner’s Italian heritage, they love staring food and enjoy seeing families leave laded with premium fruit.

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