The Flying Gourmet Getaway

Itinerary

• Day 1: Essendon, Melbourne - Flinders Ranges

  Board the Outback Jet and in just under 2 hours you’ll be in the Flinders Ranges. Today learn how to use local game such as kangaroo and goat as well as indigenous produce such as quandong, wattle seed and salt bush at the infamous Prairie Hotel. The Prairie Hotel has been voted as one of the 20 unmissable outback experiences and has carved out a solid reputation for its outback cuisine

  Accommodation: The Prairie Hotel, Parachilna

• Day 2: Flinders Ranges - Clare Valley

  Enjoy a scenic flight over Wilpena Pound as you depart for the Clare Valley. Then be guided through this picturesque region taking in the highlights of Jesuit Winemakers at Seven Hill and Knappstein. Enjoy lunch at Skillogalee’s vibrant restaurant where you can enjoy sampling some of Clare’s local produce. Then meet the winemakers themselves and see them in operation. This afternoon head to the Barossa and visit Maggie Beer’s Pheasant Farm for coffee and stock up on her fine selection of delectable produce.

  Then enjoy a meal prepared by Kingsford’s first class chef using the finest Barossa ingredients.

  Accommodation: Kingsford Homestead

• Day 3: Barossa Valley

  Today you will be guided through the Barossa from a behind the scenes walk through historical Seppeltsfield – including tasting their world record breaking lineage of port from your birth year – across to Hutton Vale Farm where you will enjoy a gourmet lunch where over 80% of the produce is from their farm. This afternoon you can choose to relax and enjoy the magnificent surrounds, the famous outdoor bath or perhaps go on an adventure to visit on of the Barons of the Barossa.

  Accommodation: Kingsford Homestead

• Day 4: Barossa Valley - Coonawarra

  Tantalise the tastebuds this morning with a beautiful breakfast for the scenic flight over the Adelaide Hills en route to landing directly at the Coonawarra airstrip. Visit Wynn’s Coonawarra to learn of their wine making and don a lab coat and try your hand at making your very own Wynn’s blend which you can take home with you. This afternoon enjoy a late, long luncheon at Australia’s premiere producer of full blood Wagyu Beef, Mayura Station. With a menu that showcases some of the finest beef in the world you’re sure to be impressed. Then depart for your short flight home to Melbourne.

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