Australia · FOOD & DRINK
Every trip has one free day too few. These 15 food & drink experiences justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Review of Teepee Tours’ relaxed Yarra Valley day trip, with wine, cider, gin, beer, chocolate, lunch options, guides, value, and practical tips.
“I enjoyed it. Lovely toor guide. Nice Wine and Gin stops. Choclate Factory as well. Best tho the food spot, where you can do (on own cost) whisky, rum and other tastings!”
Taste Bruny Island oysters, cheese, chocolate, honey and local lunch while visiting The Neck and Cape Bruny Lighthouse from Hobart.
“Check the cost of doing this tour yourself. The guide was great however the lunch was below average. Do some research on what you will get on this tour.”
Review of Dancing Kangaroo Tours’ Yarra Valley day trip with four tastings, lunch, chocolate, and optional gin or beer, from Melbourne.
“Host was awesome fun. Weather was terrible but it didn’t matter, between the food, wine, gin, banter it was brilliant. Totally would recommend.”
Spend a full day tasting Barossa wines, eating local produce, and enjoying valley views on a small-group tour from Adelaide.
“Our driver and guide Peter couldn’t do enough for us also very polite and courteous Would definitely recommend this trip”
Explore Barossa wineries, family cellar doors, a regional platter lunch, Tanunda, Menglers Hill, and Seppeltsfield from Adelaide.
“Guide very knowledgeable and provided lots of local information. Winery staff very interesting in their presentations.”
Taste oysters, cheese, honey and chocolate, climb Cape Bruny Lighthouse, and explore Bruny Island on a full-day tour from Hobart.
“It was a great trip with the guide being so knowledgeable that several of us commented on his depth of knowledge of theisland and history surrounding Hobart. He made the trip worth the money and time. Lunch was amazing and big serves. Several people commented that the seating could be better in the bus, very squishy but is was good that the bus was not 100% full (4 spare seats so we swapped around a bit. Well worth the money and very enoyable but a big day”
Tour Barossa wineries, taste local wines, enjoy lunch, and stroll historic Hahndorf on an 8-hour Adelaide day trip for $114.
“Our tour guide Deep was excellent providing us with lots of facts about the area and the history of the surrounding areas I would highly recommend this tour”
Review of Bruny Island Traveller from Hobart, with oysters, cheese, wine, honey, chocolate, lunch, island views, and practical booking advice.
“Good and very relaxing tour. Highly recommend for tourists don’t like to rush. Food was absolutely delicious. Give the restaurant 10 points. A special thanks to Daniel the tour guide. He was a great, soft and caring guy. Very happy 🙏🙏❤️❤️🌷”
Chef Jimmy leads a full-day Sydney to Hunter Valley tour with Fish Market breakfast, boutique wines, fresh food pairings, and lunch.
“Excellent tour. Jimmy was driver and Chef and tour guide. The excursion was fun and yummy and the wine experience better than most. I highly recommend”
Taste Yarra Valley wine, cider, gin, beer, cheese, and chocolate on a relaxed, social day trip from Melbourne.
“We had a great time! Met some great people and all the venues were fantastic!”
Pair close-up Australian wildlife with boutique Hunter Valley wines on a small-group day tour from Sydney, with lunch and tasting fees extra.
“The lunch & wine tasting are optional. We had nice Thai food for lunch. The wild life sanctuary visit is a bit short, but understandable as there are wineries to visit. Really like the close encounter with the koalas & kangaroos, awesome!!”
Taste Swan Valley wines, cheese, chocolate, liqueurs, lunch, and beer on a relaxed 6 to 7 hour trip from Perth with central pickup.
“Not great. Just a sales trip not a true wine tasting experience and not informative of the wines etc. at one we had to keep asking what we were being given, at another the mead was not backed up by any information on where the honey is from, the process of producing it, etc. this trip is purely to take you to places where you can buy the goods there and then and not suitable for overseas visitors like ourselves. All sales sales sales!”
Taste Mt. Tamborine wines and spirits on an 8-hour small-group tour with lunch, scenic views, hotel pickup, and guides such as Boris and Ari.
“This tour was booked as a double celebration for my daughters 26th birthday and my husband's 60th. We had an absolutely wonderful day and couldn't recommend this tour more highly. Ari (forgive me if that is not correct), was a tour lRead more”
Taste McLaren Vale wines at two wineries, enjoy Adelaide Hills views, and watch the sunset at Glenelg on this relaxed half-day tour.
“It was great our tour guide Craig was lovely and the other guests were lovely. The wineries were great really loved Chapel Hill winery and its guide.”
Taste Margaret River wines, coffee, chocolate and olive oil on a relaxed small-group tour with lunch, hotel pickup and expert guides.
“Amazing variety of taste experiences and very friendly knowledgable guide. Thank you for a great day”
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