Berry harvest
Fruit that bruises if you look at it, picked straight into the punnet it will sell in.
December–May
- Turners Beach Berry PatchTurners Beach
- Westerway Raspberry FarmWesterway
- Currawong LakesConfirmed
- Hillwood BerriesHillwood
The Atlas Almanac
May
What is in season across Australia this month — produce, wildlife, landscape and the working year. Every window below is a recurring annual one, taken from the body that manages or measures it, and reviewed before it appeared here.
Produce
Apple harvest
The long pick: bin after bin, variety after variety, running for months rather than weeks.
February–May
- Currawong LakesConfirmed
- Red Brick Road CiderworksDeloraine
- Bradys Lookout CiderRosevears
- Lees OrchardDilston
- Mad Apple CafeLaunceston
Wildlife
Humpback whale migration
North to calve and south again with the calves alongside, close enough to the coast to watch from the headland.
April–November
- Byron BayNSW
- Blue Bay Whale WatchingBrunswick Heads
- Byron Bay Whale WatchingByron Bay
- Coffs CoastNSW
- Whale Watch ExperienceCoffs Harbour
- Freycinet ResortColes BayConfirmed
- Fraser CoastQLD
- Hervey Bay Whale WatchHervey Bay
- Provisions Deli & GroceryBraidwoodConfirmed
- Epic Ocean AdventuresNoosa HeadsConfirmed
Also in season in Gold Coast, Great Ocean Road, Margaret River and Port Macquarie & Hastings. No Atlas listing there answers this one yet.
Whale sharks
The largest fish in the ocean, in to feed, and near enough to swim beside.
March–July
- Sols Place Boutique Pool VillasKalbarriConfirmed
- Exmouth Dive & Whalesharks NingalooExmouth
- Ningaloo Reef Dive & Whale SharksExmouth
- Three Islands Whale Shark DiveExmouth
Landscape
The Dry
Tracks reopen, the air loses its weight, and everything that was cut off becomes reachable again.
April–October
In season in Alice Springs & Red Centre, Broome & Kimberley, Darwin & Top End and Katherine & Surrounds. No Atlas listing there answers this one yet.
Working year
Vintage
Cellar doors run right through the crush — presses going, the yard full of bins, and the people who made it too busy to talk for long.
February–May
- Freycinet ResortColes BayConfirmed
- Boomer Creek Vineyard & Cellar DoorLittle Swanport
- Freycinet VineyardApslawn
- Priory Ridge EstateSt Helens
- Every Man & His Dog VineyardRichmond
- Wobbly Boot VineyardCampania
- Parallax Organic VineyardPenna
- Heriots Point Vineyard and Boutique AccommodationCastle Forbes Bay
- Mewstone WinesFlowerpot
- Currawong LakesConfirmed
- Josef Chromy WinesRelbia
- Delamere VineyardPipers Brook
- Grey Sands VineyardGlengarry
- Sen VineyardWhite Hills
Seasons move. A window here is the ordinary year for a region, not a forecast, and a cold spring or a wet autumn will shift it by weeks. Check with the place before you drive. Place counts are the Atlas listings whose location resolves to that region.