Tag: Fleurieu Peninsula
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5 ways to discover McLaren Vale this summer
The Summer Vines festival program, running from January 17 – 27, is designed to show off the best of the seaside region’s contemporary wineries and farm-to-table food culture. Less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, here are CityMag’s picks of the program to explore the Mediterranean-inspired food culture in our own backyard. A Donkey-Led Wine…
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New gin distillery hits the Fleurieu
When Shane Magor entered his first batch of Fleurieu Gin into a competition, he won a silver medal. “My wife thinks I fluked it,” Shane tells CityMag. “You did fluke it!” his wife, Kylie interjects. Taking some feedback on board from the first competition, Shane tweaked his ratios and entered the same gin in the…
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CityMag Stays: Divine Domes
As this CityMag reporter drives her trusty Suzuki Swift up a narrow dirt track in McLaren Vale, stopping only for a pair of kangaroos to hop by, she feels the brain fog of a busy city week clear. Arriving at the property overlooking the sprawling Olivers Taranga vineyards, she’s greeted by co-owner Annamieke Wilds. Annamieke and her…
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Friday Fleurieu fun at the Twilight Food Affair
Tatachilla Lutheran College’s Twilight Food Affair is one of the biggest community events on the Fleurieu Peninsula – and for good reason. Twilight Food Affair 4:30—9:30pm Friday, 22 March Tatachilla Lutheran College 211 Tatachilla Road, McLaren Vale 5171 Gold coin entry More info This feelgood celebration is perfect for a night out with besties or…
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Everyone’s invited to the fair
There’s a symmetry between the 1989 movie Field of Dreams and Tatachilla Lutheran College’s Twilight Food Affair. Because –while Kevin Costner walked through corn fields, not Fleurieu vineyards or almond orchards – the notion of ‘if you build it, they will come’ rings true. Twilight Food Affair 4:30—9:30pm Friday, 22 March Tatachilla Lutheran College 211…
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BioR bringing biodiversity back to Mount Lofty Ranges
Frahns Farm is an initiative of BioR, a South Australian conservation group restoring biodiversity to the state, reconstructing wild habitats and safeguarding local flora and fauna. The initiative is re-establishing biodiversity in the Mount Lofty Ranges, the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. Bradley Bianco, a flora ecologist with BioR, said the Ranges are one of…
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SeaLink ferry captain farewells high seas
Eatts, who was a commercial fisherman at the time, joined SeaLink in 1999 after striking up a conversation with a vessel captain on a night out at a Penneshaw footy club. “With the fishing industry, you don’t really know where your next dollar comes from as it depends on what you catch,” Eatts said. “I…
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Keep Friday free for the fair
This will be Noel Mifsud’s first Twilight Food Affair since he took up the position of principal at Tatachilla Lutheran College in mid-2020. He is just one of thousands looking forward to the annual event’s reappearance. “We haven’t had the Food Affair for three years, but it’s been on our mind for three years,” Noel…
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Make time to explore Aldinga Scrub
Adelaide’s recent elevation to National Park City status has helped to highlight the many wonderfully green gems there are to visit in this region. Encompassing Adelaide’s 17 metropolitan councils and about a third of Gulf St Vincent, Green Adelaide has been focusing on building on the good work done by previous generations in helping create…
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Erik Thomson: No more Mr Nice Guy
We’re not used to seeing Erik Thomson angry and argumentative. Audiences know him as the middle of the road Mr Nice Guy, television’s affable dad from Packed to the Rafters and 800 Words. But the likeable actor’s latest role is less Dave Rafter and more Gordon Ramsay. Erik plays volatile celebrity chef Easton West in…