Updated articles on sustainable living.
Just prior to Christmas last year we received a call here at Sustainable Table from a Brisbane based burger chain called Burger Urge. Being from Melbourne we had admittedly never heard of them, but they are actually quite big in Queensland, with 20 stores across the state and growing. Burger Urge were contacting us to [...]
I recently spent three incredible days in and around a little place called Forrest, just two hours south-west of Melbourne amongst the Otway Ranges. It’s about 40 minutes inland from its flashier cousins Lorne and Apollo Bay, which boast beautiful beaches, nightlife and cafes galore. But what Forrest lacks in outward sex appeal it makes [...]
Blend 27 degrees, blue skies, Aussie bush, water views, a biodynamic vineyard and veg garden, a chicken coop, a productive beehive, one delightfully hospitable host and the shade of a fig tree and you have the recipe for a perfect day out, no? Kiltynane Wines is perched on the shore of Swan Bay, Bellarine [...]
Sustainable Table's former project manager Nicole Morris gives us a taste of Spain and an insight into what we can learn from the land of tapas and afternoon siestas... My sister and I recently returned from a 7-night self-guided bike tour through the La Rioja wine region of northern Spain. Not your usual tourist trail, [...]
If you haven't been to Tasmania here's your reason to cross the Bass: a quaint establishment set on five acres, The Agrarian Kitchen is a working farm that incorporates an extensive vegetable garden, orchard, berry patch, and herb garden - all grown using organic principles. Set up in July 2007, it serves as Tasmania’s first [...]
Echuca Farmers' Market can be found on a modest reserve down the main drag of this Murray-side town. Peppered with stallholders, a breakfast caravan (you can pick up a grinders coffee with your egg and bacon roll) and a swath of friendly folk, the market offers the best of local produce ranging from olives, cheeses, [...]
