What a week! We’ve been catching up in the office and adding new holiday houses and boutique hotels to the alluxia collection, ready for you to browse and book for your next weekend getaway.
Now it’s Friday, which is cause for celebration in itself. So we say hello weekend with a Vodka Negroni! Although, with the cold snap about to hit Australia this weekend, you might be feeling more like some mulled wine by Sunday night.
Port Stephens on the New South Wales North Coast is a bluewater paradise and considered the dolphin capital of Australia, with over 140 bottlenose calling “the Bay” home. While you may be lured to the Bay for endless pristine beaches, don’t be fooled by this peaceful playground, it also has plenty of activities for the adventure seeker.
This Far North Queensland beauty offers chic dining, cafes and cocktail lounges plus year-round sunshine, making it the perfect winter escape.
Just one hour’s drive north of Cairns along pristine coastline, Port Douglas is a picture-perfect tropical paradise. Where rainforest meets reef, Port Douglas is a great base to explore some of Tropical North Queensland’s most spectacular natural assets.
Noosa Long Weekend Festival is 13 days of arts, literature, forums, food & fun in the idyllic surrounds of the Noosa region. This unique festival delivers a diverse range of arts and cultural experiences from local, national and international artists to the Noosa stage. This year’s line up is set to be fun, thought provoking and entertaining as ever. Here’s our pick of the festival programme:
We recently hit Port Douglas for the annual Carnivale celebrations. After a festive evening watching the local street parade we scouted out some late night dining options. We’d recently enjoyed a Pineapple & coconut crumble dessert by chef Spencer Patrick at the Top Tastes of Queensland degustation lunch at Noosa Food & Wine Festival and decided to seek out Patrick's Port Douglas restaurant Harrisons.
As the sun sets on another fantastic year of Noosa International Food & Wine Festival, we’re left wondering whether this iconic event will return in 2016?
