"A winter fiesta in the small fishing village of Bridport celebrating the opening of the scallop season with fine local seafood, beverages and maritime heritage on Tasmania's north-east coast."

Bridport Scallop Fiesta

"The Adelaide Hills' biggest winter wine weekend gathers the region's cool-climate red wine producers across crackling-fire cellar doors for long lunches, DJs, live bands and fireside feasts set against misty green hills."

Winter Reds Festival

"Held as the almond trees burst into midwinter blossom at the foot of the Fleurieu Hills, this family festival blends almond cookery and cracking competitions, produce markets, show rides, fireworks and live music in the historic slate-built village of Willunga."

Willunga Almond Blossom Festival

"Every August the small riverside town of Latrobe transforms into a chocolate lover's playground, with tastings, workshops, chocolatier showcases and creative events celebrating all things cocoa through the Tasmanian winter."

Latrobe Chocolate Winterfest

"A full month of long lunches, hands-on feasts and producer-led experiences across the Fleurieu Peninsula weaves together the region's coast and countryside, from olive groves and red wine by the fire to sourdough masterclasses and fresh seafood straight off the boats."

Fleurieu Food Festival

"A one-day winter fiesta on Tasmania's north-east coast that marks the opening of the scallop season with fresh seafood, maritime heritage celebrations, and local beverages in the fishing village of Bridport."

Tassie Scallop Fiesta

"Regarded as Australia's largest regional food festival, this 16-day celebration roams from Carnarvon's mango plantations to remote outback stations and Dirk Hartog Island, pairing long-table dinners, fireside storytelling and prawn-led food trails with the spectacular landscapes of the Gascoyne."

Gascoyne Food Festival

"A week-long winter celebration of Griffith's Italian migrant heritage, featuring traditional cooking, a salami-making competition and the festive Festa delle Salsicce community banquet."

A Taste of Italy

"Over three crisp winter-to-spring days, forty-plus Barossa wineries each partner a local chef or producer to create a signature food-and-wine pairing served in an intimate, capped-number cellar-door setting."

Barossa Gourmet Weekend

"A three-day Hunter Valley barrel-tasting celebration set among the vineyards that made Australian wine famous, mixing winemaker banquets and barbecues with axe throwing, carriage tours and live music."

D'Vine Food and Wine Festival

"A three-week celebration of McLaren Vale's signature sea-air Grenache, with cellar doors and local kitchens across the Fleurieu Peninsula offering masterclasses, long lunches, and pairing dinners that showcase the variety on its home turf."

McLaren Vale Grenache and Gourmet

"A one-day showcase of Mudgee's acclaimed wine and produce region, where local growers, winemakers and chefs celebrate the Central West harvest in the historic colonial town."

Flavours of Mudgee

"A month-long October festival across four themed weekends honours Coonawarra's iconic Cabernet Sauvignon on the famous terra rossa strip, with winemaker masterclasses, back-vintage flights, long lunches and a beloved Golf Day set among the red-soiled vineyards."

Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations

"A ticketed Southern Highlands food and wine celebration held over the October long weekend, where entry includes wine, distillery and cheese tastings, live music and a take-home festival glass amid the crisp tablelands air."

Horizontal Festival

"On the remote Eyre Peninsula coast, this beloved weekend festival celebrates Ceduna's famous wild oysters fresh from the waters of Murat Bay, drawing seafood lovers to the edge of the Nullarbor for shucking, tastings, live music and local market stalls."

OysterFest Ceduna

"Australia's only dedicated camp oven festival gathers bush cooks, billy boilers and damper throwers in the small Darling Downs town of Millmerran to celebrate iron-pot cooking traditions with competitions, bush poetry and working machinery demonstrations."

Australian Camp Oven Festival

"Held at the Heathcote Showgrounds in the heart of Cambrian-soil Shiraz country, this two-day festival gathers more than 40 local wine producers alongside regional food, live music and lawn games, with buses running from Melbourne and Bendigo."

Heathcote Wine & Food Festival

"The historic sandstone Midlands village of Ross hosts this spicy and cheesy celebration of Tasmanian regional food culture, with chilli challenges, local produce stalls and live entertainment in one of the island's most beautiful villages."

Tasmanian Chilli and Cheese Festival

"The Portarlington Mussel Festival celebrates the Bellarine Peninsula's world-class mussel aquaculture with a waterfront street party of fresh seafood, local wine, live music and family activities."

Portarlington Mussel Festival

"Port Lincoln's iconic Tunarama Festival, held since 1962 over the Australia Day long weekend, celebrates the Seafood Capital of Australia with the legendary World Tuna Toss, a vibrant street parade, fresh seafood, live music and a foreshore fireworks display."

Tunarama Festival

"The self-styled watermelon capital of Australia floods its streets with 20,000 visitors every second February for four days of melon skiing, pip-spitting championships, a rodeo, farm tours and a colourful street parade that consumes around 20 tonnes of watermelons."

Chinchilla Melon Festival

"A Labour Day long-weekend crawl across 17 historic cellar doors in Rutherglen's fortified wine heartland, pairing vintage harvest activities, chef-matched menus and live music with one of Australia's most distinctive wine styles."

Tastes of Rutherglen

"Australia's longest-running wine festival, held every two years since 1947, brings five days of long lunches, parades, masterclasses and open-air concerts across the Barossa's cellar doors, halls and backyards at vintage time."

Barossa Vintage Festival

"Set against the sandstone ranges of Gariwerd National Park, this long-running festival pours more than 350 wines, beers and spirits from Western Victoria's iconic producers, with live music, grape stomping, a winemakers barrique auction and family-friendly activities across three days."

Grampians Grape Escape

"Australia's only festival dedicated entirely to the pumpkin, held since 1997 in a small South Burnett village, centres on the Great Australian Pumpkin Roll down Policeman's Hill and packs in a street parade, twilight markets, fireworks and enough pumpkin-themed food to last a season."

Goomeri Pumpkin Festival

"One hundred exhibitors take over Sawtell's main street on the first Saturday of July for a chilli-infused street fair where competitive eaters battle for a place in the World Chilli Championship."

Sawtell Chillifest