My dear friend Lise is exploring Australia for the next six months, working on farms and vineyards, and for amazing floral design houses. She's living the dream life of a food adventurer, visiting with farmers and gardeners, indulging in great wine and some of the freshest produce and seafood imagineable.
Lise knows my passion for amazing food finds, and knows my remote love for all things Australian, especially Donna Hay, their own version of Martha Stewart. She's offered to share photos of her food and farm journey!
In exchange, I'm creating her Australia To Do List, a list of the things she absolutely must sip or taste while living there these next six months. The great luck she has is she will be working on various farms so good fresh produce won't be far away. I recommend focusing on all that great fresh local stuff and never opening a can or bag while there.
If I were in Australia for six months, I'd taste my way around the glorious wine regions that offer up tart and crisp Sauvignon Blanc and spicy red Shiraz. I'd also hit every single wine bar possible, munching on briney olives and fresh seafood in between each glass.
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