If you love the freedom and fresh air of the Great Outdoors, but don’t particularly want to be in it all the time, this all-inclusive luxury glamping escape in the verdant hinterland of the Sapphire Coast is for you. Sign up to our free newsletter here for more travel inspiration. You also get your own … Read more
With the gentle waters of the inlet to Merimbula Lake at its doorstep, Tidal Restaurant and Wine Bar on the Sapphire Coast is the perfect spot to enjoy some of the finest seafood in the country. Sign up to our free newsletter here for more travel inspiration. You also get your own copy of our … Read more
The concept of the humble motel was once a last resort where tired travellers stopped in for the night when they couldn’t or didn’t want to drive any further. A convenience at best, a necessary peril at worst. Now, these beautifully renovated retro hotels are a destination in themselves. Sign up to our free newsletter … Read more
We’ve always said we travel for food! Driving seven hours south, almost to the border of NSW and Victoria, we’re off to the beautiful Sapphire Coast. About the halfway mark between Sydney and Melbourne, this region is home to some of the best oysters in the world! But it’s not just the oysters we’re making … Read more
Stretching over 100km north from the Victorian border, the Sapphire Coast of NSW has so much to see and do. Here are just seven to give you a taste of this wonderful region. From its famous Oyster Trail and superb range of restaurants to a truly stunning coastline, the Sapphire Coast—so named for the glorious … Read more
With its relaxed atmosphere, great food and even better beer, Longstocking Brewery and Oyster Bar is the obvious choice for a schooner of hand-crafted ale when in Pambula NSW. But that’s not the only thing you’ll find here. There’s that wonderful moment when you’re travelling when you find yourself somewhere that really makes you feel … Read more
Set back from the road out of Pambula heading towards the sparkling waters of Merimbula Beach, Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar is a seafood paradise on the Sapphire Coast in far south NSW. With its trio of pitched roofs peeping through the gumtrees that line Arthur Kaine Drive, Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar … Read more
With its elevated view out over the jetty to the sparkling ocean, The Wharf Restaurant in Merimbula, NSW is the obvious choice for seafood lovers. But does its adjoining aquarium create a conflict of interest? How would you feel about eating seafood in a restaurant that’s also an aquarium? Is it the perfect storm of … Read more
Serving Sydney rock oysters, freshly plucked and shucked from the lapping waters of Merimbula Lake less than a stone’s throw from its floor-to-ceiling windows, Valentina Restaurant embodies the Sapphire Coast Oyster Trail with a degustation to showcase the region’s five estuaries. You’d expect a restaurant with views over one of the figureheads of the Australian … Read more
Surely there’s nowhere better to learn how to shuck oysters than on the shores of one of the world’s finest oyster regions. We travel to the Sapphire Coast and Broadwater Oyster Farm on Pambula Lake in southern NSW to get our shuck on. Not far from the southern border of New South Wales, the extraordinary … Read more