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Tourism Queensland's Feast On Q is a monthly e-newsletter providing updates to industry on the food and wine-based markets in Queensland. To check out the latest news or to subscribe click here.

Corporate News

Queensland flavour to spice up prestigious restaurant awards
23 Aug 2010
Queensland's finest in the restaurant industry will represent the state at this year's Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Awards tonight (23 August).
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Countdown is on for Queensland Holidays Ultimate Auctions - Brisbane's scenic countryside is a signature Queensland experience up for grabs
27 Apr 2010
How many people have had a private chef cook lunch in Brisbane's scenic countryside for them while on holiday?
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Food festival to serve up visitors to Sunshine Coast
17 Mar 2010
More than 20,000 food lovers from across Australia and New Zealand are expected to descend on the Sunshine Coast next month for the Audi Noosa Food and Wine Festival, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said today.
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Travel News

A diversion to Dirranbandi
8 Jul 2010
Where the western rivers run is a good drop of red wine.
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Tropical tea rooms tell ghostly tales
8 Jul 2010
When Ned Kelly was just 10 years old, the logs were being split for the walls of the Hervey’s Range Heritage Tea Rooms, near Townsville.
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Plenty of reasons to wine through the Great Green Way
8 Jul 2010
The Great Green Way is the area that stretches in between Townsville and Cairns. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty with two World Heritage listings in the Wet Tropics Rainforests and The Great Barrier Reef.
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Glorious food
8 Jul 2010
Just a 90 minute drive north of Brisbane, the restaurants of the Sunshine Coast are superb day trip destinations.
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Queensland Southern Downs - wine country
8 Jul 2010
As well as selecting the most scenic location on the Granite Belt of Queensland to establish his winery, Otto Haag has collected the most pertinent historical utterances on the subject of wine and those who drink it.
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The Bramble Patch - home made heaven
8 Jul 2010
During a visit to the Southern Downs, southwest of Brisbane, Dominique White took time out to sample a taste of home-grown success at The Bramble Patch.
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History made at Ballandean winery
8 Jul 2010
A visit to the Granite Belt wineries around Stanthorpe, southwest of Brisbane, would not be complete without reference to Queensland's first winery - Ballandean Estate.
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Touring Temptations
7 Jul 2010
If you’re looking for a quick getaway with lots to offer you can’t go past South East Queensland Country, writes Adrienne Costin.
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There's plenty to wine about in Queensland
7 Jul 2010
From virgin pastures to century-old vineyards, Queensland wineries weave an intricate trail around the state. Where plump grapes are born of fertile soil and granite fields amid undulating country valleys and soaring mountain ranges, and lazy chardonnay days become starry nights of peppery ports, rich merlots and spicy shiraz wines - all embodying Queensland's quintessential character.
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A gourmet weekend awaits at Orpheus Island
7 Jul 2010
While guests are treated like royalty on Orpheus Island, it’s no secret here that food and wine is King, finds Jessica Reid.
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Life's a beach in Mackay
6 Jul 2010
A lemon, lime and bitters sunset was being served on this Mackay afternoon.
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Good living in the city
30 Jun 2010
One of the many temptations of any visit to Brisbane is experiencing the lifestyle and cuisine of the city's precincts. Within a ten minute radius of town you have dining choice of European, Mediterranean, Asian or contemporary Australian restaurants.
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Macadamia ice cream - you just can't drive past!
30 Jun 2010
Original macadamia. Chocolate macadamia. Ginger and macadamia. See a billboard advertising icecreams with these flavours and it's highly unlikely the brake pedal isn't immediately applied.
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