While Byron Bay has long attracted attention for its growing dining scene, its neighbour the Tweed Shire is just as worthy of your time if you’re into your food. It’s here, in quaint Pottsville, that coastal fine diner Pipit lies, a restaurant acclaimed for its experimental dishes and firmly sustainable focus. Dive in to Chef and Owner Ben Devlin’s seven course set menu for lunch or dinner which highlights native produce and wild edibles.

Immerse yourself in the proudly producer-focused Daylesford, among the rolling hills of country Victoria. It’s here you’ll find Dairy Flat Farm, a 40 acre farm dedicated to regenerative agricultural practices with some seriously luxe accommodation. Stay in the Lodge with up to three friends, a suave country escape nudging the famed Lake House Restaurant. Your stay will include a daily country-style breakfast, and access to the lodge’s ample amenities, from a reading room to a bake house, fire pit, farm and gardens.

Spend a week (or so) reconnecting with nature and learning how to grow your own food with Shambhala Farm’s 6-day program. The 12-acre regenerative family farm – run by owners Chrissy and Craig – and yoga shala is nestled within the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, showing small groups how to grow organic produce from cultivation and planting, to watering and irrigation systems, and organic pest management (among more). The hands-on experience includes three yoga classes and a nourishing daily vegan lunch.

A taste of Japan lies somewhat unexpectedly among the beautiful Adelaide Hills. It’s here that Sticky Rice Cooking School resides, which will lead you through Japanese cuisine, as you learn to cook a three-course Japanese menu, and learn about the provenance and significance of each dish along the way. The resulting meal is partnered with matching wines, with the experience treating you to a night’s stay at the adjoining Yoko Villa post-feast.

Mingle eco-awareness with your love for a decent drop of wine in regional South Australia. At Gemtree Wine’s aptly named Wine and Wander tour you’ll learn about the vineyard’s organic and biodynamic philosophies while you enjoy a private wine tasting. Then meander the Gemtree Ecotrail, a creek line nudging a biodiverse 10-hectare conservation area before you reach your destination – a secluded dining table surrounded by bushland where you’ll tuck into a dinner prepared by chefs from the Salopian Inn.

Try a true farm-to-table experience at the bio-dynamic, organic focused Penobscot Farm, where you’ll gather your own produce for dinner from among its orchards, veggie patches, and vineyards. Aside from plucking ingredients from the ground, you’ll learn about the farm and its regenerative practices, hear about traditional land management from the Ngadjuri people, and more. Then it’s on to the nearby historic Watervale Hotel for a 6-course meal at the Chef’s Table.

Spend two hours at the Maalinup Aboriginal Art Gallery in the Swan Valley with Wardandi Bibbulmun woman Dale Tilbrook, to learn about accessible bush food plants, their properties, and uses. The cultural experience takes a deep dive into Aboriginal agricultural practice, and specifically Nyungar Six Seasons, introducing you to native food and medicine plants, plus bush tucker fruits, nuts, seeds, herbs, leaves, letting you taste them for yourself, and learning how to cook with them.