Scenic Rim Farm Gate Trail 2022

Overview

UPDATE, MARCH 3, 2022: Due to weather conditions, the Scenic Rim Farm Gate Trail has been postponed from Sunday, March 6 to Sunday, March 13. This article has been updated to reflect that change.

When the Ekka was cancelled for the second year in a row in 2021, no one got to throw a ball in a clown's mouth. Hopping on rides, seeing fireworks and browsing for showbags were all scrapped, too. That's obviously no fun at all; however, for the farmers who were due to exhibit at Brisbane's annual show, the impact cut far deeper.

So, in response, an idea was born: the Scenic Rim Farm Gate Trail. It first appeared twice in 2021, encouraging Brisbanites to head south, hop between properties and enjoy local wares — and it's back again in 2022.

Fancy throwing a little love towards the Scenic Rim's primary producers? Keen on a day out of town? Farmers in the region will be rolling out the welcome mat from 9am–3pm on Sunday, March 13. Follow the itinerary, and you'll be hitting up the likes of Scenic Rim Mushrooms, Scenic Rim Brewery, Tommerup's Dairy Farm, Bee All Natural Honey, Witches Falls Winery, The Overflow Estate 1895 and Tamborine Mountain Distillery.

That's just a taste of the list of producers involved — and if you'd like to get up close to some camels and alpacas while you're in that part of southeast Queensland, that's on the cards, too.

The full a trail route covers 22 stops, firmly taking care of ideas on where to start, where to venture next and what to see.

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Top image: Sabine Bannard.