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Local Narooma lobster at Merivale’s Queen Chow inside The Whale Inn.

From local lobster to long lunches: The Good Food guide to Merimbula and Narooma

From meat pies to steamed lobster and oysters straight off the lease, we’ve compiled the best places to eat and drink in the Sapphire Coast’s tastiest food towns.

  • Callan Boys and Peter Munro
Totti’s puffy bread with a selection of sides.

From the best fish and chips to nostalgia hits: The Good Food guide to Lorne

The first in our series on where to eat and drink in the summer hotspots of Victoria, here’s everything you need to know about the star of the Surf Coast.

  • Ellen Fraser and Good Food Guide reviewers
The beer-battered fish sandwich from Beach Byron Bay’s kiosk.

The Good Food guide to … Byron Bay

From breakfast rolls to blow-out dinners, we’ve compiled all your eating and drinking essentials for NSW’s hottest food town this summer.

  • Callan Boys and Good Food Guide reviewers
Trophy Room’s kingfish crudo with grapefruit and green chilli (left) and cacio e pepe cruller with mortadella.

Four places to add to your Tassie must-dine list

A forthcoming pasta bar from a much-loved Italian restaurant and a cuisine switch at Mona’s Faro are among the latest ways to taste Hobart.

  • Nola James
Beppe owners Samantha Mackley and Liam Thornycroft.

‘We need people to come back’: Grieving Daylesford tries to move on

Locals in the central Victorian tourist destination have been shaken by a recent tragedy but are keen for visitors to return.

  • Richard Cornish
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Khanh Ong on his friends-only hot pot spot, lobster jaffles and the joy of a service station bain-marie

The former MasterChef contestant reveals his favourite restaurants in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

  • Jane Rocca
Two Noble’s snacks include a Chinese take on oysters kilpatrick and scallops with charred corn custard.

All aboard the G-train: Three new restaurants to try in Geelong

Need further proof Geelong dining is on the up? Here are three fresh places to add to your must-visit list.

  • Gail Thomas
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Ben Groundwater

Pies, pizza, snags and ‘snot blocks’: The dishes the Good Food team would drive hours for (and where to find them)

Whether you’re seeking day trip inspiration or want to make an overnighter of it, these are the dishes the Good Food team would drive hours for. Because weekends are all about eating, right?

  • Good Food team
Three Blue Ducks Bellingen head chef Julien Vasseur and co-founder Darren Robertson.

How Bellingen became a ‘foodie mecca’ in regional NSW

Fast-growing restaurant group Three Blue Ducks joins a new wave of restaurants, cafes and food businesses putting the coastal town on the dining map.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Chef Zach Tinsley with produce for his pop-up lunch at Avani Winery, Red Hill South.

Get out of town: Six easy (and delicious) daytrips to enjoy this long weekend

In town for the long weekend? You don’t need to be. Here are six areas to visit all within a one and half hour radius.

  • Dani Valent