Harvest Food Trail

Join renowned chef, nutritionist and author, Samantha Gowing, and experience her signature food as medicine hands-on masterclass and discover why food as medicine is one of the fastest-growing health sectors. You will learn tasty tips and tricks from Samantha’s 35-year career in food, restaurants, and worldwide resorts and spas. Cost includes tuition, all food, including welcome morning tea, sit-down lunch with a glass or two of wine, comprehensive recipe handbook PDF, gift bags and great jokes!

Relax and enjoy absolute waterfront dining, overlooking an oyster farm in Birds Bay in the beautiful Tweed region. Two generations of this oyster farming family work the river every day to bring the freshest of oysters to their guests. The family use their research, innovation, investment and hard work to deliver fresh produce straight from their Birds Bay farm to the The Oyster Shed kitchen. Enjoy a Harvest Food Trail special of fresh oysters with Mountainside Finger limes from Stokers Siding, delicious prawn bowl and their house specialty ‘gin finger lime cocktail’.

Top Deck Picnic Cruise With 100% Local Produce. Soak up the breathtaking mountain and river views as you step aboard the Spirit of Wollumbin, a traditional Huon Pine River ferry. Sip your welcome cocktail and settle into the plush cushions of your luxurious Top Deck Picnic. Cruise the magnetic waterways while enjoying a platter of 100% local produce from the region’s top farmers and food producers. Such an elegant and relaxing way for food lovers to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Husk Distillers invites you to enjoy a morning tea on our lawn indulging in a Husk garden inspired cocktail and an assortment of morning tea nibbles. The Husk kitchen team will showcase our range of homegrown produce including our sloe gin jam and honey from our hives. Tickets include a welcome cocktail and an assortment of morning tea goodies made lovingly using locally sourced ingredients.

A farmers market on a farm! Enjoy a morning out at our farmers market with live music and good vibes.
Join us for a fruit tasting experience at 9:30am, then browse the farmers market with your complimentary market bag to hold all your fresh produce from a variety of different stalls. Tropical Fruit World Tours open and the Cafe. Stay around for a farm tour with a discount for local visitors. Bookings are not required, just drop in.

Enjoy a long lunch overlooking magnificent Mount Warning, under the Coolamon Tree at Bellingdale Farm. Crafted in-house by our team of talented chefs, the shared feasting menu has been carefully and consciously curated with locally sourced produce. The shared feasting menu features dishes such as a hearty 12-hour braised McAuley’s Road Terranora pasture feed beef cheeks, cassia bark & pineapple infused duck leg, caramelized Duranbah fig and treacle tart, lemon myrtle panna cotta with local turmeric & ginger syrup.

‘Coastal Fine Dining’ Pipit Restaurant showcases the best of Tweed and Northern Rivers’ local produce, sustainable seafood, wood-fired cooking and fine-dining. Designed around an open-plan kitchen where guests can glimpse the whole cooking process through a 8 course (lunch) or 9 course (dinner) seasonal set menu. As part of Northern Rivers Food Harvest Food Trail, guests will also receive a Pipit Produce Map to encourage visiting some of our suppliers directly.

Enjoy a three course Mexican meal, chef’s selection. The menu is lovingly designed by our team of Mexican foodies. Expect to dine on REAL Mexican delights. We bring you into our world and share our passion for Mexican food with you – food that you won’t get on the streets of Mexico, food cooked by the mamas & abuelas in the hearts of our homes – la cocina. A meal to share with friends, new & old. Included are: Totopos & fresh Salsa on arrival, a 3-course Mexican meal and Agua fresca.

NORCO and Cheeses Loves You invite you to tour Allard’s working dairy farm and cheese making facility. See how a dairy farm operates, watch cheese making demonstrations, and sample a range of cheeses. Cheese is also available to purchase from our store. Tours last 60-90 minutes. Stop by the NORCO van and try jersey and flavoured milk samples.

Join us for a unique native foods experience. Explore Byron Bay and Playing with Fire Native Foods have joined forces to offer Bush Tucker Tours. Delta Kay will showcase a variety of edible bush tucker plants, as well as plants used for natural medicine, jewellery, fibre, tools and weapons. She’ll share local indigenous history and traditional stories. Playing with Fire Native Foods will have a pop-up shop with their delicious and nutritious native food products on offer. Tastings will be available as well as native food plants to buy so you can grow your own bushfood at home!

Santos Organics in Byron town AND Mullumbimby are delighted to host some of our favourite local producers offering a little taste sensation of our region’s finest treats. All accompanied by a bunch of talented local musicians caressing your ear drums with cruisy live beats. Drop in, have a yarn & a boogie, and treat yourself to some wholehearted goodness on Sunday July 31st between 11am – 1pm at one of our shops in Byron or Mullumbimby. FREE EVENT by Santos Organics as part of the Harvest Food Trail. Bookings are not required, just drop in.

Australia’s Manuka bees gather nectar from this pristine environment to bring to you some of the worlds’ most potent and pure bioactive Jellybush honey. We specialise in harvesting and producing Australia’s Manuka honey from our own beehives. Our medicinal honey has been scientifically proven and tested by independent laboratories for its highly antibacterial and wound healing properties. Come learn about natures antibiotic and superfood – Manuka Honey. Experience honey tastings and demonstrations on how to use Manuka Honey for skin care, health and first aid care. Farm Store open to purchase Manuka and Seasonal Honey. Bookings are not required.

Enjoy a behind the scenes tour of The Farm. Learn about our regenerative farming practices, permaculture, fermentation, the paddock to plate journey, and how we grow, feed, educate and give back. Drinks & tasting plate courtesy of Three Blue Ducks, followed by an insightful conversation with the Chef on the farm to table journey and food ethos.

Join us in the courtyard for a special barbecue event featuring local beef from our friends at Cromwell Farm. With an emphasis on sustainable regenerative practices, the Cromwells have been farming for generations and the quality and taste speaks for itself – we can’t wait to introduce you to their unparalleled produce. Bookings are not required.

Lord Byron Distillery would love to invite you to drop in and visit our family owned distillery to taste our world class rums that are distilled and aged right here in the heart of Byron Bay. Choose either a tasting paddle with a selection of three spirits from our huge range of products or a delicious cocktail expertly mixed by our skilled staff. We’ve opened a new tiki-themed cellar door, where you can enjoy your drinks at the bar, in our lounge area or on the grass outside whilst watching the world go by. Bookings are not required.

Karkalla restaurant is Byron Bay’s only Native Indigenous restaurant. Featuring locally sourced, seasonal produce and native indigenous ingredients, Karkalla aims to provide guests a truly memorable experience with a warm, knowledgeable service and genuine food & beverage offering. Mindy Woods and her team share their love of food, history and culture in an immersive dining experience not to be missed. A share style, seasonal, locally sourced and native inspired lunch with matching beverage.

Join us for the ‘Pork and Pinot Long Lunch’ at Forest, Byron Bay, that will hero the mouth-watering Bangalow Sweet Pork. Each of the three courses will be paired with a curated range of Gilbert Family Wines Pinot Noir. Chat to Bangalow Sweet Pork owner, Damien Dougherty and meet the Gilbert Family Wines team.

Enjoy morning tea from gourmet food producers Brookfarm amongst the macadamia orchards of the Brook family farm and hear from Will and Martin Brook on their regenerative farming journey. They will educate, inspire and entertain you as they take you through the regenerative transformation of the farm and how this has influenced the business of Brookfarm in making nutritious food in an environmentally responsible way, followed by a farm tour to witness the flourishing local biodiversity.

Botanical Class: Saturday & Sunday, multiple session times throughout the weekend. $20pp.
Meet the Maker Tour: Saturday 1pm only, $70pp inc. exclusive tastes of our new whisky before it launches. Drinks available at the bar.

Visit us at Cape Byron Distillery and dive into a sensory experience of Australian native botanicals. We are offering tasting flights that pair our spirits with the edible and beautifully fragrant botanicals used in our range. Alternatively, come for a “Meet the Maker” tour, hosted by Eddie and Martin Brook.

We invite you to enjoy a drink and dine combination designed just for the Harvest Food Trail. A Pecan Nut Brown Ale, with roasted pecan and hints of chocolate, perfect for winter.

To compliment the beer, The Brewer’s Kitchen will serve up bruschetta with pecan nut braised Byron gourmet mushrooms, sage and rosemary pork belly roast, and for dessert, sgroppino – raspberry gelato served with Common People’s sour beer poured over.

Enjoy full Barista service and pastries on the deck or BYO picnic on the grass by the coffee trees. We are opening our farm gates to offer you a special full crop to cup on-farm experience, with guided farm walks and roastery tour. Taste coffee grown organically right here – and learn how we care for our soils, bees and wildlife. Enjoy superb views overlooking our farm and rainforest creek line from the verandah or under the poinciana tree. Sample coffee fruit fresh from the trees. Bookings are not required.

Join us in the old historic bakery in Newrybar, for an intimate lunch celebrating the very best of the region – cooked in the historic Harvest wood fired oven. You’ll be treated to snacks and a drink on arrival in the garden, and then enjoy multiple courses, served family-style in the historic Harvest Bakery. This very special lunch will be an opportunity for our team to bring together produce that’s native to the region, using ingredients and techniques that aren’t always possible in the restaurant.

We are offering a special Duck’s Creek Macadamias Harvest Food Trail Experience with free tastings. Our farm gate store will be open with products available for tasting and purchase. Operating for 30 years Duck Creek Macadamias have built a reputation of being one of Australia’s finest producers of premium macadamia products – we grow, chocolate coast and flavour our delicious macadamias. Bookings are not required.

Come and visit Three Paddocks Farm, a small-scale working farm producing local, ethical goat meat. Home to a small herd of Boer and Boer-cross goats, on your visit to TPF you’ll learn how we raise our goats hear about the incredible flavour and health properties of goat meat. We’ll have goat meat and other local products available for purchase. Bookings are not required.

Conveniently located just outside Lennox Head, mark this down as a pit stop to put a spark into your food tour. Our wild yeast fermented non-alcoholic spiced ginger beer is famous for its unique spark and refreshingly zesty bite! Drop in for a taste and drive off with a 6 pack and the buzz of our organically grown ginger soothing your soul! Bookings are not required.

Join us for a special ‘Ballina RSL Boardwalk Lunch’ – a roast lunch featuring Bangalow Sweet Pork with all the trimmings. Enjoy local produce at its finest overlooking the beautiful Richmond River. Bangalow Sweet Pork has the very simple aim to produce the best quality & best tasting Pork in Australia. Bookings are not required.

Born from a love of family and friendship, Two Mates had the vision to create a space to gather and grow friendships and nurture families while appreciating the things that the Northern Rivers Region is renowned for, great food, good music and cold brews. Visit them over the weekend to enjoy locally-sourced meals from their food trucks paired with one of their range of beers, ginger beers, cider and kombucha. Bookings are not required.