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Noosa Food & Wine is nearly here!

Apr 16, 2019 | News

Spread over five mouth-watering days from 16-20 May 2019, Noosa Food & Wine Festival is an annual love affair of great food, wine, live music and entertainment in one of Australia’s favourite foodie destinations, Noosa.

Whether you are looking for beachfront brunches, dinners with celebrity chefs, live cooking demonstrations or a party under the stars, there’s something for everyone in our 2019 program.

Highlights of the 2019 Festival include;
– The acclaimed Hastings Street Long Lunch, where the street is closed to traffic. Dine at your favourite Noosa restaurant with matched wines from Cape Mentelle.
– Noir Noosa – the Festival’s new signature event hosted by Moet & Chandon, under the stars and glistening fairy lights of Hastings Street. The gala dinner will be a night to remember as Hastings Street is transformed into a glamorous and theatrical celebration.
– The Festival Village is where everyone congregates and is the heart of the Festival. New to 2019 includes The River Lounge where the likes of Sum Yung Guys, North Bondi Fish and Balinese rock stars Bikini take over.
– The Drinks Lab bringing together some of our nation’s best mixologists, wine connoisseurs and spirit gurus to create a series of alcohol inspired masterclasses.
– Live cooking demonstrations from celebrity chefs including: Matt Moran, Paul Carmichael, Alessandro Pavoni, Giovanni Pilu, Alastair McLeod, Kirsten Tibballs, Anna Polyviou, Matt Golinksi and from Masterchef fame, Matt Sinclair and Matt Preston will return!
– Slip off your shoes and get your toes in the sand at one of the signature events under the Tipis on Noosa’s Main Beach.

Give back – the event is a Plastic Free Noosa event and supports the Trees for Tourism project. Every ticket returns $1 to protect Noosa’s natural assets.

For the full program visit www.noosafoodandwine.com.au, proudly sponsored by event partners including Tourism and Events Queensland, Tourism Australia, Audi, Moet & Chandon and Qantas.

Welcome to the NEW Daydream Island

Apr 16, 2019 | News

Daydream Island Resort has now re-opened following an extensive 18-month AUD$100 million refurbishment.

The 1km by 400-metre island resort offers 277 guest rooms and suites, giving guests the feel of a private island without the price tag. At the centre of the 4.5* resort is The Living Reef, a free form coral lagoon wrapping 200m around the resort and holding over 1.5 million litres of water. The Living Reef will be home to over 100 species of marine fish, coral and invertebrates such as starfish, sea cumbers and crabs all looked after by the Resort’s resident Marine Biologists.

The eco-friendly and educational living reef will offer interactive experiences to guests such as Guided Fish Feeding, Guided Snorkelling in the lagoon and the opportunity to be a Reef Ranger for the day. The Reef will also have a brand-new Underwater Observatory with regular educational talks where guests can learn all about the animals’ behaviour and how they can help protect the residents of the Reef. The island will boast three restaurants and three bars including a new Asian Fusion Restaurant and modern Australian dining. The revitalised pool landscape will allow guests to swim with unparalleled views across the Whitsundays, complemented by a new ‘Barefoot Bar’ serving poolside drinks, snacks and delicious gourmet burgers throughout the day.

Take a look at the new Daydream Island here and access the image library here download some of the most recent images here.

For more information on the new resort or to arrange training please contact Abbie on abbie@slcrepresentation.co.uk

Eco-tourism at Thala Beach Nature Reserve

Apr 16, 2019 | News

Thala Beach Nature Reserve is a 145-acre deluxe family-owned eco and wildlife retreat nestled in tropical rainforest with a secluded 2km private-access beach.

The property is just 15 minutes south from Port Douglas and 45 minutes North of Cairns offering breath-taking views out to the Coral Sea and Cape Tribulation, making it an ideal base for exploring 2 UNESCO world-heritage sites: The Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest.

Being a member of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World (one of only 2 properties in Australia), Thala is known for maximising informative and meaningful experiences whilst enhancing the local environment in Tropical North Queensland, with the Port Douglas & Daintree areas recently being names in the global top 100 list of the world’s most environmentally sound places to visit. Having been awarded the highest ecotourism accreditation there is, the Thala Experience adheres to several global principles of Ecotourism and has been an eco leader in North Queensland for 21 years. In fact, over a period of 30 years, the conservation and re-establishment of the land surrounding Thala has lead to the return of the forests and wildlife populations which is home to approximately 50 agile wallabies, 120 butterfly species, almost 200 bird species inhabiting at Thala, this is compared to 40 species of bird in an audit only 20 years ago.

To find out more about ecotourism at Thala, sell-points for the property and media links download here

Sydney Opera House opens the Yallamundi Rooms

Apr 16, 2019 | News

On 10th April the Sydney Opera House opened the doors to the Yallamundi Rooms, the first new venue created inside the Opera House since the refurbishment of the Utzon Room in 2004.

The name Yallamundi means ‘storyteller’ in the local Sydney Indigenous language and honours the long history of storytelling by the original custodians of Bennelong Point, the Gadigal.
Read more about the history of the space at the Opera House since it opened in 1973 here.

One-way car rentals to Ningaloo Reef

Apr 16, 2019 | News

To make exploring Western Australia’s incredible Coral Coast easier, we have created a great new fly/drive option together with Avis.

Follow the Coral Coast Highway north of Perth and you’ll find yourself in one the world’s most beautiful coastlines. Here your clients can meet the famous dolphins of Monkey Mia, encounter the world’s largest population of dugongs and find year-round world-class snorkelling. It’s also one of the few places on Earth where you can swim with the largest fish in the ocean – the gentle whale shark.

During the main Coral Coast holiday, your clients can experience this amazing road trip on a one-way rental with a much more attractive fee structure. The current relocation fee to pick-up a vehicle is Exmouth and return it in Perth, or vice versa, currently costs $1,000. For a trial period from 1st April to 31st October in 2019 and 2020, customers will only pay a $250.00 relocation fee if hiring a car to drive from Perth to Exmouth, and $150.00 if hiring from Exmouth and dropping the vehicle back in Perth.

The fly-drive combination provides all the same extraordinary attractions and experiences of Australia’s Coral Coast, while saving your clients the return drive of 780 miles as well as fuel costs.

SLC Representation announces new investment and growth plans

Mar 29, 2019 | News