Daily edition · 14 August 2026
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Forty independent places, walked region by region — Perth to Byron Bay through 8 regions. A new edition every day.
MuseumJoondalup Library Local History CollectionA dedicated local history collection preserving the heritage and cultural development of the Joondalup region through diverse formats including photographs, maps, manuscripts, and newspapers. The collection serves researchers, historians, and community members seeking to explore family history and regional records in a climate-controlled, well-equipped research facility.Perth · WAPlantsLittle Leaf CoA former warehouse in North Fremantle, reached after the business's most recent move, operates as equal parts plant nursery, homewares shop and workshop space.Perth · WALeatherworkDave's Leather GoodsDave's Leather Goods is a one-man Perth workshop hand-stitching wallets, bags, belts and small goods in top-grain cowhide and full-grain Australian kangaroo. The range leans usefully toward the desk — leather mouse pads, desk mats, sunglasses cases and a crossbody camera strap sit alongside the bifolds and card wallets — and everything is made to order. He also sells his own patterns and cut leather to other makers, and will personalise pieces with initials.Perth · WA
From the JournalFor Desk and Departure LoungeOn Dave's Leather GoodsRead →Boutique HotelGuildford River RetreatA family-run boutique hotel set within a heritage-listed federation house in historical Guildford, alongside the Swan River. Rooms come with Nespresso machines, air conditioning, private guest entrances and off-street parking, while a breakfast room and library anchor the interior. Outside, extensive organic gardens, watered by a grey water system, grow fruit and vegetables and support insect habitats, with two terraces looking toward the river flood plains.Perth · WABreweryIndian Ocean Brewing CoIndependent micro-brewery at The Marina in Mindarie crafting award-winning beers since 2005, featuring seasonal small batch releases every eight to ten weeks alongside an extensive grill menu and pizza offerings, with marina and ocean views.Perth · WAWine BarBar RogueA moody European-style room on Beaufort Street in Highgate, from the team behind Le Rebelle.Perth · WAWood & FurnitureJEB WoodworkingFamily-run from Gosford since 2020, JEB Woodworking builds custom furniture and homewares from salvaged local timber — natural-edge slabs with live grain and visible history. Each commission comes with progress photos; each piece is designed to outlast the people who ordered it.Central Coast · NSWWildlife & ZooWalkabout Wildlife SanctuaryOn Darkinjung Road, north of Sydney, this working sanctuary sits on a heritage-listed Aboriginal cultural landscape with sites more than 4,000 years old.Central Coast · NSWGuesthousePretty Beach HouseFour pavilion suites perched on the escarpment above Pretty Beach, deep in Bouddi National Park.Central Coast · NSWBreweryBay Road BrewingA microbrewery and taproom in Gosford's CBD, Bay Road Brewing occupies an open, light-filled space. The range includes a crisp lager, hazy pales, IPAs and stouts, with beers available in 375ml cans. The venue also stocks branded merchandise including apparel and coasters.Central Coast · NSWRestaurantFour Hands Tapas & Pizza BarAn owner-run tapas and wood-fired pizza bar a short walk from Terrigal Beach, pairing share plates with a notably deep Australian beer list and cocktails from the bar.Central Coast · NSWMuseumNewcastle MuseumHoused in the former Honeysuckle railway workshops, this social history museum opened in 1988 as a Bicentennial project.Newcastle · NSWNurseryCherry Road NurseryTucked into a quiet residential street in Eleebana, away from the retail strip, Cherry Road Nursery has been part of the Newcastle gardening scene for more than three decades.Newcastle · NSWCeramics & ClayBRB Handmade CeramicsBRB Handmade Ceramics in Sydney creates pottery that celebrates the ancient dialogue between hand and clay.Newcastle · NSWBush WalkTomaree Head Summit walkAt the mouth of Port Stephens, the rocky knob of Tomaree Head rises 160 metres straight from the sea, and a short, steep path climbs to its summit for one of the great coastal views in New South Wales. From the top the eye takes in the islands offshore, the long arc of the bay's beaches, and, in season, migrating whales passing close to the headland. Remnants of World War II gun emplacements line the way up. The climb is sharp but brief, and the reward - especially at sunrise - is out of all proportion to the effort.Newcastle · NSWBreweryGrain Store NewcastleBuilt in 1885 for J.T. Toohey as a grain and keg depot, this corner warehouse on Scott and Telford Streets still has its original elevator shaft. Kristy and Corey Crooks have turned it into a craft beer restaurant with 21 taps — all Australian-owned, Australian-brewed — spanning pilsners to smoked porters, each matched to a menu built around buffalo wings, pizza, and share plates.Newcastle · NSWCafeMomo WholefoodVegetarian food made in-house from scratch, served across seven days from a former bank building on Hunter Street.Newcastle · NSWGalleryGlasshouse Port MacquariePort Macquarie's civic cultural anchor occupies a purpose-built centre with a 588-seat tiered auditorium — full flytower, orchestra pit — alongside a 116-seat black box studio and a regional gallery spanning 600 square metres across three levels.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWCeramics & ClayPottery AustraliaPottery Australia brings the earth-to-hand tradition of ceramics to life on Everard Street in NSW. This welcoming studio celebrates the tactile art of clay work, where visitors encounter skilled potters shaping vessels and objects with patient precision. Whether you're drawn to functional ware, sculptural pieces, or the meditative process of the craft itself, Pottery Australia offers an authentic window into ceramic practice. The studio's open weekday and Saturday hours make it an accessible destination for anyone curious about handmade pottery or seeking distinctive pieces crafted with genuine care and expertise.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWRoasterPeak Coffee Australia# Peak Coffee Australia
Locally roasted in Port Macquarie since 2006, this roastery supplies freshly roasted beans and brewed coffee for home delivery and wholesale to cafes across Australia.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWDistilleryPort Macquarie DistillerySix founders — among them master distiller Ray Barth — run this gin-focused operation out of Port Macquarie, distilling locally with an eye on wider distribution.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWPick Your OwnRicardoes Tomatoes & StrawberriesTen minutes inland from Port Macquarie, past the point where the Hastings River bends toward the sea, Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries runs its picking rows under glass rather than open sky.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWHelicopter TourPort Macquarie HelicoptersScenic helicopter flights over the Hastings coastline and hinterland, departing from Port Macquarie. The signature Bago tour follows the Hastings River past Bago Bluff to land at Bago Estate for a maze walk, chocolate and wine tasting and a gourmet platter before the flight back. Shorter coastal joy-flights and custom private charters are also offered.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWGalleryInverell Art GalleryOn Evans Street, this gallery runs warmer than most — classes underway, volunteers on the floor, locals stopping in for a conversation as much as the art.New England North West · NSWGeneralOdgers and McClelland Exchange StoresTrading from an 1890s storefront in Nundle that once served as the district's gold and produce exchange, this restored general store was brought back to life in 1999 after two decades shuttered.New England North West · NSWMarketLittle BirdyThirty-five independently owned stalls trade under one roof here, inside a former aircraft hangar relocated from Brisbane to Uralla in the 1950s and reopened as a shopping collective in December 2018.New England North West · NSWBreweryGreat Hops BrewerySam Martin trained as a dentist, not a brewer — but the biochemistry degree from UNE came first, and it shows. His Armidale brewery at 33 Old Inverell Road runs on evidence-based methods and a particular fixation on yeast behaviour. The beers take classic styles and shift them slightly: approachable enough for sceptics, interesting enough for the regulars who keep coming back.New England North West · NSWNature ReserveDonnellys CastleA cluster of massive granite boulders near Pozieres, a short drive from Stanthorpe on the Granite Belt — no castle, despite the name, which honours early settler Ned Donnelly.Granite Belt · QLDCafeBean BetterA serving window opening onto Weeroona Park is the whole footprint here, no dining room, just a tightly run coffee hatch that has become Stanthorpe's default for a serious cup.Granite Belt · QLDVintage FurnitureTresor MaisonThe name means treasure house in French, and the stock lives up to it: French provincial and shabby-chic furniture, gilt mirrors, Tiffany-style lamps, soft furnishings and giftware arranged wall to wall. The setting does much of the work, a 1930s Grafton Street building left largely in its original state, so the wares and the room share the same patina. Handpicked rather than warehoused, the collection turns over regularly and skews decorative and domestic rather than heavy antique, with soaps and small gifts filling the gaps between larger pieces. Run by Shirley Molloy and open Wednesday to Saturday, it is the more curated end of Warwick's second-hand trade, a short walk from the Palmerin Street core and worth timing a visit around its mid-week hours.Granite Belt · QLDCottageGranite Belt RetreatOn thirty acres of bushland minutes from Stanthorpe, twenty cedar cabins are scattered across the Granite Belt, each warmed by a log fire.Granite Belt · QLDWineryRavenscroft VineyardTwelve kilometres west of Stanthorpe at 950 metres above sea level, Ravenscroft sits among the Granite Belt's highest vineyards.Granite Belt · QLDCafeThe Garden PlateLunch in Lismore's centre runs on this long-standing vegetarian kitchen, where the draw is a leafy courtyard and a cabinet of scratch-made salads, savoury bakes and cakes that shifts with what the region's growers bring in. The menu is wholly meat-free and generous with vegan options, poured alongside Blackstar fairtrade coffee and cold-pressed juices. It keeps weekday hours and fills reliably with regulars, office workers, market-goers and the steady plant-based community that has long anchored the Northern Rivers hinterland. Portions are honest and made from scratch, the sort of unfussy, vegetable-forward cooking that has kept the room busy through a hard few years for the town's flood-prone centre.Northern Rivers · NSWBottle ShopSalty GrapesA wine shop that trades in bottles you won't find lined up at the big chains: organic, biodynamic and low-intervention wines from Australia and further afield, chosen, by the shop's own account, for authenticity and a sense of discovery rather than label recognition.Northern Rivers · NSWNational ParkBorder Ranges National ParkGondwana-era rainforest survives along the crater escarpment northeast of Kyogle in this World Heritage-listed park on the NSW-Queensland border, protecting plants and animals connected to the ancient supercontinent. The Tweed Range Scenic Drive threads through the park, linking lookouts with views of Wollumbin-Mount Warning and the surrounding rainforest. Short tracks branch off the drive: the Palm Forest walking track passes through subtropical rainforest, the Pinnacle walk leads to its namesake lookout, and the Booyong walking track explores more of the forest.Northern Rivers · NSWDistilleryHusk Farm DistilleryRum made from freshly crushed cane juice — not molasses — harvested seasonally between July and November from sugarcane grown along the north-east Australian coastal plain.Northern Rivers · NSWBottle ShopLuna Wine StoreOn Jonson Street in the middle of Byron Bay, this is a shop built around the idea that wine should be drunk well, and drunk naturally.Byron Bay · NSWTextile & FibreLamour ArtisansAn online seller of vintage Mayan textiles sourced direct from the Chichicastenango and Panajachel markets in Guatemala. The range runs to hand-embroidered huipiles, cortes and tzutes, alongside embroidered and woven pillows made from them. The founders have lived and worked at Lake Atitlan, pay textile partners their full asking price, and ship worldwide.Byron Bay · NSWSelf ContainedThe Crest ApartmentsFour hundred metres back from Byron Bay's Main Beach, on Shirley Street among palms and tropical gardens, these one- and two-bedroom apartments and split-level villas are self-catering but tended like a small hotel. There is a heated saltwater pool open year round, fully equipped kitchens, private courtyards in the villas, and secure underground parking. An on-site office handles arrivals and hires out bikes, high chairs and cots for families settling in for a while.Byron Bay · NSWBreweryLittle Dragon Ginger BeerNatural ginger, 4% alcohol, a can designed around Australian wildlife support — Little Dragon makes alcoholic ginger beer that doesn't overcomplicate itself.Byron Bay · NSW
From the JournalFor Desk and Departure LoungeOn Dave's Leather GoodsRead →Boutique HotelGuildford River RetreatA family-run boutique hotel set within a heritage-listed federation house in historical Guildford, alongside the Swan River. Rooms come with Nespresso machines, air conditioning, private guest entrances and off-street parking, while a breakfast room and library anchor the interior. Outside, extensive organic gardens, watered by a grey water system, grow fruit and vegetables and support insect habitats, with two terraces looking toward the river flood plains.Perth · WABreweryIndian Ocean Brewing CoIndependent micro-brewery at The Marina in Mindarie crafting award-winning beers since 2005, featuring seasonal small batch releases every eight to ten weeks alongside an extensive grill menu and pizza offerings, with marina and ocean views.Perth · WAWine BarBar RogueA moody European-style room on Beaufort Street in Highgate, from the team behind Le Rebelle.Perth · WAWood & FurnitureJEB WoodworkingFamily-run from Gosford since 2020, JEB Woodworking builds custom furniture and homewares from salvaged local timber — natural-edge slabs with live grain and visible history. Each commission comes with progress photos; each piece is designed to outlast the people who ordered it.Central Coast · NSWWildlife & ZooWalkabout Wildlife SanctuaryOn Darkinjung Road, north of Sydney, this working sanctuary sits on a heritage-listed Aboriginal cultural landscape with sites more than 4,000 years old.Central Coast · NSWGuesthousePretty Beach HouseFour pavilion suites perched on the escarpment above Pretty Beach, deep in Bouddi National Park.Central Coast · NSWBreweryBay Road BrewingA microbrewery and taproom in Gosford's CBD, Bay Road Brewing occupies an open, light-filled space. The range includes a crisp lager, hazy pales, IPAs and stouts, with beers available in 375ml cans. The venue also stocks branded merchandise including apparel and coasters.Central Coast · NSWRestaurantFour Hands Tapas & Pizza BarAn owner-run tapas and wood-fired pizza bar a short walk from Terrigal Beach, pairing share plates with a notably deep Australian beer list and cocktails from the bar.Central Coast · NSWMuseumNewcastle MuseumHoused in the former Honeysuckle railway workshops, this social history museum opened in 1988 as a Bicentennial project.Newcastle · NSWNurseryCherry Road NurseryTucked into a quiet residential street in Eleebana, away from the retail strip, Cherry Road Nursery has been part of the Newcastle gardening scene for more than three decades.Newcastle · NSWCeramics & ClayBRB Handmade CeramicsBRB Handmade Ceramics in Sydney creates pottery that celebrates the ancient dialogue between hand and clay.Newcastle · NSWBush WalkTomaree Head Summit walkAt the mouth of Port Stephens, the rocky knob of Tomaree Head rises 160 metres straight from the sea, and a short, steep path climbs to its summit for one of the great coastal views in New South Wales. From the top the eye takes in the islands offshore, the long arc of the bay's beaches, and, in season, migrating whales passing close to the headland. Remnants of World War II gun emplacements line the way up. The climb is sharp but brief, and the reward - especially at sunrise - is out of all proportion to the effort.Newcastle · NSWBreweryGrain Store NewcastleBuilt in 1885 for J.T. Toohey as a grain and keg depot, this corner warehouse on Scott and Telford Streets still has its original elevator shaft. Kristy and Corey Crooks have turned it into a craft beer restaurant with 21 taps — all Australian-owned, Australian-brewed — spanning pilsners to smoked porters, each matched to a menu built around buffalo wings, pizza, and share plates.Newcastle · NSWCafeMomo WholefoodVegetarian food made in-house from scratch, served across seven days from a former bank building on Hunter Street.Newcastle · NSWGalleryGlasshouse Port MacquariePort Macquarie's civic cultural anchor occupies a purpose-built centre with a 588-seat tiered auditorium — full flytower, orchestra pit — alongside a 116-seat black box studio and a regional gallery spanning 600 square metres across three levels.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWCeramics & ClayPottery AustraliaPottery Australia brings the earth-to-hand tradition of ceramics to life on Everard Street in NSW. This welcoming studio celebrates the tactile art of clay work, where visitors encounter skilled potters shaping vessels and objects with patient precision. Whether you're drawn to functional ware, sculptural pieces, or the meditative process of the craft itself, Pottery Australia offers an authentic window into ceramic practice. The studio's open weekday and Saturday hours make it an accessible destination for anyone curious about handmade pottery or seeking distinctive pieces crafted with genuine care and expertise.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWRoasterPeak Coffee Australia# Peak Coffee Australia
Locally roasted in Port Macquarie since 2006, this roastery supplies freshly roasted beans and brewed coffee for home delivery and wholesale to cafes across Australia.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWDistilleryPort Macquarie DistillerySix founders — among them master distiller Ray Barth — run this gin-focused operation out of Port Macquarie, distilling locally with an eye on wider distribution.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWPick Your OwnRicardoes Tomatoes & StrawberriesTen minutes inland from Port Macquarie, past the point where the Hastings River bends toward the sea, Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries runs its picking rows under glass rather than open sky.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWHelicopter TourPort Macquarie HelicoptersScenic helicopter flights over the Hastings coastline and hinterland, departing from Port Macquarie. The signature Bago tour follows the Hastings River past Bago Bluff to land at Bago Estate for a maze walk, chocolate and wine tasting and a gourmet platter before the flight back. Shorter coastal joy-flights and custom private charters are also offered.Port Macquarie & Hastings · NSWGalleryInverell Art GalleryOn Evans Street, this gallery runs warmer than most — classes underway, volunteers on the floor, locals stopping in for a conversation as much as the art.New England North West · NSWGeneralOdgers and McClelland Exchange StoresTrading from an 1890s storefront in Nundle that once served as the district's gold and produce exchange, this restored general store was brought back to life in 1999 after two decades shuttered.New England North West · NSWMarketLittle BirdyThirty-five independently owned stalls trade under one roof here, inside a former aircraft hangar relocated from Brisbane to Uralla in the 1950s and reopened as a shopping collective in December 2018.New England North West · NSWBreweryGreat Hops BrewerySam Martin trained as a dentist, not a brewer — but the biochemistry degree from UNE came first, and it shows. His Armidale brewery at 33 Old Inverell Road runs on evidence-based methods and a particular fixation on yeast behaviour. The beers take classic styles and shift them slightly: approachable enough for sceptics, interesting enough for the regulars who keep coming back.New England North West · NSWNature ReserveDonnellys CastleA cluster of massive granite boulders near Pozieres, a short drive from Stanthorpe on the Granite Belt — no castle, despite the name, which honours early settler Ned Donnelly.Granite Belt · QLDCafeBean BetterA serving window opening onto Weeroona Park is the whole footprint here, no dining room, just a tightly run coffee hatch that has become Stanthorpe's default for a serious cup.Granite Belt · QLDVintage FurnitureTresor MaisonThe name means treasure house in French, and the stock lives up to it: French provincial and shabby-chic furniture, gilt mirrors, Tiffany-style lamps, soft furnishings and giftware arranged wall to wall. The setting does much of the work, a 1930s Grafton Street building left largely in its original state, so the wares and the room share the same patina. Handpicked rather than warehoused, the collection turns over regularly and skews decorative and domestic rather than heavy antique, with soaps and small gifts filling the gaps between larger pieces. Run by Shirley Molloy and open Wednesday to Saturday, it is the more curated end of Warwick's second-hand trade, a short walk from the Palmerin Street core and worth timing a visit around its mid-week hours.Granite Belt · QLDCottageGranite Belt RetreatOn thirty acres of bushland minutes from Stanthorpe, twenty cedar cabins are scattered across the Granite Belt, each warmed by a log fire.Granite Belt · QLDWineryRavenscroft VineyardTwelve kilometres west of Stanthorpe at 950 metres above sea level, Ravenscroft sits among the Granite Belt's highest vineyards.Granite Belt · QLDCafeThe Garden PlateLunch in Lismore's centre runs on this long-standing vegetarian kitchen, where the draw is a leafy courtyard and a cabinet of scratch-made salads, savoury bakes and cakes that shifts with what the region's growers bring in. The menu is wholly meat-free and generous with vegan options, poured alongside Blackstar fairtrade coffee and cold-pressed juices. It keeps weekday hours and fills reliably with regulars, office workers, market-goers and the steady plant-based community that has long anchored the Northern Rivers hinterland. Portions are honest and made from scratch, the sort of unfussy, vegetable-forward cooking that has kept the room busy through a hard few years for the town's flood-prone centre.Northern Rivers · NSWBottle ShopSalty GrapesA wine shop that trades in bottles you won't find lined up at the big chains: organic, biodynamic and low-intervention wines from Australia and further afield, chosen, by the shop's own account, for authenticity and a sense of discovery rather than label recognition.Northern Rivers · NSWNational ParkBorder Ranges National ParkGondwana-era rainforest survives along the crater escarpment northeast of Kyogle in this World Heritage-listed park on the NSW-Queensland border, protecting plants and animals connected to the ancient supercontinent. The Tweed Range Scenic Drive threads through the park, linking lookouts with views of Wollumbin-Mount Warning and the surrounding rainforest. Short tracks branch off the drive: the Palm Forest walking track passes through subtropical rainforest, the Pinnacle walk leads to its namesake lookout, and the Booyong walking track explores more of the forest.Northern Rivers · NSWDistilleryHusk Farm DistilleryRum made from freshly crushed cane juice — not molasses — harvested seasonally between July and November from sugarcane grown along the north-east Australian coastal plain.Northern Rivers · NSWBottle ShopLuna Wine StoreOn Jonson Street in the middle of Byron Bay, this is a shop built around the idea that wine should be drunk well, and drunk naturally.Byron Bay · NSWTextile & FibreLamour ArtisansAn online seller of vintage Mayan textiles sourced direct from the Chichicastenango and Panajachel markets in Guatemala. The range runs to hand-embroidered huipiles, cortes and tzutes, alongside embroidered and woven pillows made from them. The founders have lived and worked at Lake Atitlan, pay textile partners their full asking price, and ship worldwide.Byron Bay · NSWSelf ContainedThe Crest ApartmentsFour hundred metres back from Byron Bay's Main Beach, on Shirley Street among palms and tropical gardens, these one- and two-bedroom apartments and split-level villas are self-catering but tended like a small hotel. There is a heated saltwater pool open year round, fully equipped kitchens, private courtyards in the villas, and secure underground parking. An on-site office handles arrivals and hires out bikes, high chairs and cots for families settling in for a while.Byron Bay · NSWBreweryLittle Dragon Ginger BeerNatural ginger, 4% alcohol, a can designed around Australian wildlife support — Little Dragon makes alcoholic ginger beer that doesn't overcomplicate itself.Byron Bay · NSW