The race crosses the Fleurieu on Friday and again on Saturday, and McLaren Vale sits on Saturday’s route. Here are the finish times, the towns on the route and the order to take the weekend in.
Five big dates fill the Victor Harbor foreshore between November and January, and almost every one starts late or finishes early. Here is when each begins, and how to spend the hours either side.
Long before we set up our benches there, Bungala House on Main Street in Yankalilla was a cottage, a family home, a guest house and an empty shell. Here is its early story, drawn from the Yankalilla and District Historical Society, and where you can follow it for yourself.
A roadside stop for wild apples, a word worth taking home, and the places on the Coorong and the Lakes that Ngarrindjeri Elder Mark Koolmatrie loves most.
Mark and his friends and family have joined us at a number of our venues and classes and he is local to the Fleurieu which we love. When this happens we are privileged to share and learn more about their journey on the Fleurieu. Mark doens’t just love food he is a passionate artist as well.
A round roofed stone building on Lake Alexandrina, a town that would not let it go, and everything you need for a weekend in Milang, whether or not you cook with us.
Our first Produce of the Fleurieu story: the Myponga dairy families behind Fleurieu Milk, why fresh local milk feels right at the mozzarella pot, where to buy it on the Fleurieu, and where to stay in Hindmarsh Valley.
Two nights, three days and our own home patch of the Fleurieu coast: a boat on the water, sunset on the sand, pasta at the bench in Yankalilla and a quiet walk under the stringybarks before you head home.
McLaren Vale sits about 45 minutes from Adelaide, which makes it the easiest food day on the Fleurieu to say yes to. Here is how we would spend it.
Normanville and Yankalilla are home for us, so here is how we spend a spring day on this stretch of coast: hands in the flour in the morning, the beach in the middle, and a gin at Dapper Chap while the music plays.
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