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The Booie Range is home to Crane Wines and Captains Paddock Winery and Cafe. Sample their award winning wines and enjoy a goumet platter or light lunch at their cellar doors. You will also find a wonderful aray of homemade treasues of jams and natural body products.
Cranes Open: 7 days 10am - 4 pm Captains Open: 7 days 10am - 5pm Venture a little further a field (about 40 mins drive) and you'll find the wineries in the Moffatdale area near Murgon. Taste the wine at Moffatdale Ridge Wines or join their Tuscan Feast on the last Sunday of every month. Open 7 days 10am - 4pm
Click here for more information about South Burnett Wines and Read the latest Vist Vineyards review of the South Burnett wineries.
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If food is your passion visit Taste South Burnett now located at the old butter factory and incorporating Kingaroy Cheese. From the moment you step through our door you will experience an intimate exchange with fine food and wine. The fridges are bursting with a range of handmade cheeses, sauces, dips..... and the neighbouring freezer fully stocked with gourmet, organic ice creams and sorbets. Shelves are laden with local olives, biscuits, oils and oh yes, wine. Open 7 days 10am - 4pm with free tastings.
To celebrate that special occasion try the Bell Tower Restaurant (it's on the way to Cranes and Captain's) for a long lazy lunch. It has the 2nd best view (next to ours!) of the area. Open 6 days for lunch 10am - 4 pm (closed Monday's) and dinner Friday and Saturday nights. Bookings essential. Closer to home visit Sunny Ridge Gardens. For a small donation you can wander through acres of gardens and walking tracks or Relax at the Ridge on one of their afternoons of fine food and drinks whilst being entertained. Check their website for upcoming events. You'll get a warm welcome when you vist the Artist Cottage. Wander around and chat with artists & artisans in their studios or stay a while and enjoy a light lunch on the veranda or eggs benedict at their Sunday brunch from 9am -11am. Why not visit their makers, bakers & growers market on 2nd Saturday of every month. Open 7 days 10am - 4pm
Try Kingaroy's only BYO gourmet Asian (Thai, Indian & Vietnamese) restaurant and cooking school, Burning Beats. Why not plan a weekend and join a cooking class! Featured in the 2004, 2005 & 2006 Courier-Mail's Good Life guide. Open Wed - Sat for lunch and dinner until late. Advance bookings essential to avoid disappointment. Takeaway also available. For a day trip why not visit the Bunya Mountains - the largest remaining area of Bunya Pines in the world. It's a 50 minute drive from Hillview and there is a number of rainforest walks and picnic areas.
Drive yourself around the South Burnett or do a tour. Pursers Coaches offer free pick up and drop off for guests at Hillview Cottages. Full day tours start from $65 per person and include lunch. Let Harvey or Andrew entertain you for the day. Ph 41681533 Indulge in a relaxing massage in the privacy of your cottage. Visiting massage therapist available specialising in Swedish, Remedial and Lymphatic. $65 per hour or $120 per couple. (Advance bookings essential Ph Lorraine 0438 642 292) or
Allow the wonderderful ladies at Cherry Blossom to pamper you at their centrally located studio in Kingaroy, with one of their pamper packages. Phone Lyndal or Tiarna on 41624840 to make a booking.
Visit the Peanut Van and try their 11 different flavoured peanuts as well as plain, salted and roasted in the shell. Best and freshest in the world. Open 7 days Visit Bethany - Kingaroy's most famous farm and home to the Bjelke-Petersen family. Do a tour of the property on Wednesday or Saturday for just $10 per person and enjoy an afternoon tea of their famous pumpkin scones. Advance bookings essential. And don't forget all those country golf courses in the district. Play a relaxing round for a fraction of the price of metropolitan courses. |
| Hillview Cottages, on the Booie Range 297 Birt Rd, Kingaroy info@hillviewcottages.com.au Ph: Steve & Cathy Davis (07) 4162 1727 or 0400 11 77 56 |