First – let’s catch up!

SEQ Food Trails has been around for a few years. The concept was created by CoMSEQ (Councils of Mayors South East Queensland) as a way to promote the region and encourage visitation, spotlight producers and local businesses, and provide a digital portal to the region’s amazing offerings.

This program is driven by a great love to share and promote the incredible food and drink experiences on offer in South East Queensland.

The 2025 and beyond vision

As manager, my aim is to build it, season it, celebrate it, and share it. The trails of this region deserve it!

Here’s a little about me - producing stories about Queensland has been my life. I created and produced the television show The Great South East for nearly 20 years for Channel 7. This fuelled my passion for celebrating the people and businesses that make South East Queensland so GREAT, and I went on the create other shows that focused on local stories – Creek to Coast for example! This stuff is in my DNA!

I’m looking forward to introducing you to many of my friends as well as making new ones together. My aim is to get YOU on the FLAVOUR ROAD, to explore, taste and meet, and then share your experiences.

So, what is SEQ Food Trails?

Here you’ll find curated food trails, on and off the beaten track, for the day tripper or a long weekend away. We’ll introduce you to the producers, the butchers, the bakers, the brewers and the local businesses passionate about quenching your thirst and whetting your appetite, and include farm to table dining, winery tours, artisan markets, food events, and seasonal offerings, and show you the roads to get there.

Chef Glen Barratt,
Wild Canary Botanical Bistro

Nestled within the gardens of Brookfield Gardens, in the leafy western suburbs of Brisbane, Wild Canary Botanical Bistro is a famed botanically minded bistro, with local product champion, Chef Glen Barratt at the helm. Grab a cuppa because Glen has shared some secrets!

Q: Your favourite café, restaurant and bar in South East Queensland (apart from yours!)

A: Little Tree Bake and Brew House at Samford, Wellington Point Farmhouse Restaurant and Café and Blackbird Bar and Grill (we told you he knew his stuff 😉). Here’s the links for you to add to your trails:

Little Tree Bake & Brewhouse Cafe & Restaurant Samford

Wellington Point Farmhouse

Blackbird

Q: The ingredient you can’t live without?

A: Whatever fruit has just come into season is always exciting but if you can only choose one it’s strawberries 🍓🍓 We use them in our pastries and cakes; they are always so fragrant, delicious and add both acidity and sweetness 😋

Q: Three words that describe the local produce of South East Queensland.

A: Vibrant, diverse, delicious.

Q: What makes South East Queensland such a great region for Food Trails?

A: SE Queensland’s of geography gives us a great variety of produce that can be grown as well as beautiful landscapes and vistas we have this incredible network of waterbodies from creeks, rivers, wetlands, bays and the Pacific Ocean add to the richness of the area.

Q: Can you list your five favourite suppliers?

A: Choosing a favourite supplier is like choosing a favourite child. We've been here at Wild Canary for 11 years so suppliers that have been with us from the beginning days are always close to our heart….

Ghost Gully Produce for leafy greens, edible flowers and herbs as well as strawberries and figs

Tommerup's Dairy Farm together with Harrys Paddock and Tommy’s Pastured Eggs supply artisan dairy products, pastured pork and veal, organically grown vegetables and pastured eggs. Some of our best and favourite events have been held at the property or showcasing their produce.

Valley Pride Produce – has an incredible range of carrots, beetroot and vegetables and if you're lucky enough to find them at a local market or farm gate, awesome baked goods and preserves 😋

Adam's Continental Smallgoods – for the best bacon and deli delights from day one. 


Scenic Rim Finger Limes – we’ve been working with this unique property the past 11 years. , a must for our carrot cakes and to serve on the menu alongside prawn tacos and barramundi.

Good Growin' Gourmet Mushrooms – continuing the work of Little Acre Mushrooms passionately growing an incredible selection of the best mushrooms at Geebung.

Q: What’s your fave dish using local produce?

A: Inspired by Tamborine Mountain Coffee Plantation, it’s our version of Mushrooms on Toast using Good Growin Mushrooms, pumpkin hummus and Leavain Bakery sourdough.

Q: What’s in store for 2025?

This year our events will showcase particular bespoke produce, such as native honey or finger limes, instead of a whole region, so keep an eye out for announcements, and sign up to our newsletter 😉

Essentially every day at the restaurant is Producer’s Event because we are so committed to local flavours, and we love hosting a wedding – we have the perfect grounds for, and venue, the cake and the menu 💚

Brisbane

Jan Powers Farmers Markets at the Brisbane Powerhouse every Saturday, 6am – 12 noon

Northey Street Organic Farmers Market every Sunday, 6 – 11am

Cleveland Markets - One of Brisbane’s oldest markets, the Cleveland Markets have been operating for 30 years – every Sunday from 7am.

Logan

Global Food Markets every Sunday, 6am – 12 noon

Lockyer Valley

Laidley Village Markets every Friday from 7am to 1pm

Somerset

Esk Country Markets every Saturday 7am-12pm

Tamborine Mountain

The Green Shed Market every Sunday, 6.30am – 11am

Morton Bay Region

Caboolture Markets every morning from 6am.

Sunshine Coast

Yandina Country Markets every Saturday from 6am.

Noosa Farmers Market every Sunday, 6am-Midday

Helensvale

Helensvale Farmers Markets every Saturday from 6am until 11am.


Southern Downs

Granite Belt Farmers Market every Friday from 8am to 12noon.

Toowoomba

Toowoomba Farmers Market linking producers to the community every Saturday

Allenview (near Beaudesert)

Towri Growers Market on the first Saturday of every month, 9am-2pm

Scenic Rim

Here’s the list of unmissable weekend country markets within the Scenic Rim

Ipswich

Ripley markets is a fun and exciting place to meet, come together, and spend the day with family, friends, parents, grandparents, and kids. There is always something for everyone to enjoy, from music and entertainment to picnics on the lawn. Find a shady patch of grass, relax, and unwind - a peaceful way to spend your afternoon. Bring your furry friends too, for a special day of shopping, sights, and sounds! 2nd Saturday of each month - 3pm -8pm at Providence, Ripley

For the LOVE of Food, Flavours and Views: It’s Tamborine Time

To mark February as the month of love, we are sharing ours for Tamborine Mountain and it’s flavour stops, sips and bites, bakers, brewers, distillers, winemakers and more.

Just an hour from Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Tamborine Mountain is home to locally distilled, award-winning True-Blue Gin, Butter Whiskey and Choc ‘n’ Chilli Liqueur, stunning vineyards and acclaimed cheesemakers, possibly the best sausage rolls in the country and Queensland’s first national park plus views that will blow your hair right back! 

The famous Whipbirds of the ancient rainforest provide the soundtrack, there’s a spectacular Skywalk 30m above the valley and your choice of waterfalls … to chase! It’s great as a Day Trip or a longer staycay with a range of boutique hotels, cabins, camping and glamping, luxe offerings and more.

Here's what we’re loving:

THE CAULDRON DISTILLERY at 89-123 Hartley Road is just three years old and has a glorious seven hectares of vineyards and lush green meadows perfect for picnics, lawn games and sips, plus its dog friendly. Their specialty is GIN 🥛

TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN DISTILLERY at 10 Macdonnell Road is Australia’s MOST awarded distillery and liquor brand this century! Yep, their range is mind blowing, there’s not a spirit or liquor these guys can’t conjure! Prepare to go down a liqueur-lined rabbit hole!4

LOBORN at 46 Main Street and the newest flavour spot. Loborn’s founder, Tom Drewett, has reinvented the bitter aperitif (think: Aperol) using local Australian botanicals. Loborn literally means LOcally BOrn, and Tom has successfully created a distinctly modern amaro that pays homage to the rich history of Italy but has a distinctly local Tamborine Mountain flavour. Tastings and bar.

Hint: stay at the just opened The Tamborine | Boutique Accommodation Tamborine Mountain as they serve Loborn and have shared pantry full of local produce!

WITCHES FALLS WINERY at 79 Main Western Road is a perfect place to wander the vineyard (and take some stunning selfies 🤗), sip famed wines, share a local produce platter and talk to the winemakers. Sunset Sips are a highlight event and its dog friendly.

BOXER BREWING is BRAND NEW and onsite at Witches Falls, featuring The Kennel’ Tap Room, Sports Bar and the Brewery Door and home to the Cerveza, IPA, Lazy Ale and a Pale Ale.

PICNIC REAL FOOD BAR at 46 Main St is the brainchild of famed Queensland foodie Brenda Fawdon and the home of impossibly delicious sausage rolls (🤤). A cool fact is they have a closed-loop sustainability system that turns the kitchen waste into compost to minimise garbage and nourish the soil. PS. Wear stretchy pants.

TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN COFFEE PLANTATION at 64 Alpine Terrace is an all-local coffee experience: their coffee is grown, roasted and blended on the mountain, and their restaurant is 👍🏽

FRANQUETTE is an exquisite new French Bakery at 155 Long Road. 


ST BERNARDS HOTEL is Tamborine’s oldest pub, on Alpine Terrace and off the beaten track with sweeping views of Tamborine Valley.

SAINT MARTHE BRASSERIE at 13 Main Street is JUST opened and features French-inspired dishes under Chef is Marcus McKay .

TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN GLADES is the home of glamping, luxe stays and gorgeous self-contained lodges, and it’s pet friendly! Cedar Creek runs crystal clear and cold, and is the perfect walk, or just sit and listen, before dining at the Rainforest Restaurant which has shared produce platters and great cocktails! PH: there’s a Japanese-inspired day spa opening this year!

FARM STALLS 🧑🏽‍🌾There’s always farm gate stalls open, with great hyper local produce for a just a few bucks, or an honesty system; all part of the mountain community.

Love Views?

Grab a hamper from Picnic or any of the cafes or restaurants, and head to Robert Sowter Park Lookout on Main Western Rd for magnificent views and sunsets, plus amazing hang-glider action.

Want to work up an appetite?

Do the Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk at 333 Geissmann Dr, it’s an eco-adventure MUST DO Skywalk Tamborine OR go chasing waterfalls (🎶 😉) - for a guaranteed waterfall, follow the 1.1km track Curtis Falls, or pack a picnic and follow the trail to Cedar Creek Falls to peer up at the 15-20m waterfall. There’s the 3.1km Witches Falls Circuit, which has incredible views. The walk to Cameron Falls takes about half an hour each way! *Always check if walks are open.