Food
Sample the state's best oysters, ice cream and beer at these upcoming food festivals — all just a short drive from Melbourne.
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival
Three days of oysters, prawns, wine and sustainability talks on the Great Ocean Road.
Ice Cream Festival 2019
12 days. 144 flavours. Many a brain freeze.
Great Australian Beer Festival 2019
Head down to Geelong to taste over 200 beers in the sun.
Meeniyan Garlic Festival
You'll find garlic beer and garlic ice cream (and definitely no vampires) at this huge out-of-town festival.
The Peninsula Picnic 2019
Feast on the Mornington Peninsula's best produce at one hell of a picnic.
Yarra Valley's Italian-Style Pig Party
Venture out to this Yarra Valley winery for a long lunch with lots of limoncello and porchetta.
The Food Truck Festival 2019
Melba Park will be filled with food trucks for five nights.
Peninsula Piers and Pinot 2019
Spend an afternoon tasting the Mornington Peninsula's best pinot noir.
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