Sarah charles (Thewhereto)

If you’re in South Australia, be sure to head out to the German influenced town of Hahndorf. Whilst in Hahndorf, we recommend visiting the Farm Barn with the family. It is a children’s farmyard and wildlife park but also a great place to play in the park and have a picnic.

Whilst in the park, you can hold, touch and feed most of the animals. In the first space are baby animals such as chicks, and lambs and you can go in their pens and hold them.

In the outdoor spaces, there’s animals to feed and oat such as cows, goats, deer, alpacas, ponies and more.

You can look in reptile cases and also see plenty of birds.

They also run a pretty corny led milking show and guests can have a go of milking the cow.

In addition, there’s plenty more for the kids to do such as ride a tractor, mini electric diggers in the sand pit (all at extra cost) and play in the park.

There’s lots to do and see, so you’ll probably find yourselves there are while so take food and settle in the bbq and picnic areas. It even caters to groups and birthday parties.

Staff were friendly and helpful. We did find it a bit pricy, especially when you pay extra for all the activities too. But it’s perfect for a fun day out for the kiddies.

Eastlake Golf Club

Eastlake Golf Club in Eastlakes (go figure?)⛳️ has reopened with their new 1.7 million dollar renovations to the Clubhouse.

Have a well earned beef after completing your 18 holes or head in simply for a meal at the bistro. New emerald green banquette loungers partitioned to the bar with greenery, it’s comfortable and casual and plenty for both the drinkers and diners alike. Brand new high chairs, though we recommended a toy corner might be a nice addition to keep the kiddies occupied.

The clubhouse has a new bistro with all of your bistro favourites; a bunch of appetisers such as wings and garlic breads, mains including burgers, schnitzels and steaks, as well as a kids menu now (wasn’t there when we visited)

We had a steak and barrarmundi - both cooked well, compliments to the chef.

Be sure to visit with the family and enjoy the new vibes

The Dolphin hotel has long been in Surry Hills and a popular venue for those that love a good meal and a drink or two. It is open 7 days a week for all day dining from midday til late. You can book or generally be pretty lucky with walk-ins. We often sit out the front on their long tables but there’s also an indoor dining room, and outdoor space on the terrace upstairs as well as private spaces for functions.

We’ve recently been twice as we enjoyed it so much and have thus sampled lots of their food. The food ranges from quite upmarket dishes to pizzas and burgers and you can eat any of the food in any dining space. The indoors is more of an upmarket setting and a little more casual outside.

We began with a few small plates to share; San Danielle Proscuitto (aged 18 months), served with melon, as well as the whipped ricotta dip with Vincotto, roasted grapes lemon and olive oil. This pairs nicely with the fluffy foccacia and a glass of one of their natural wines or cocktails. Their margarita is excellent, a gin and tonic or even a negroni.
Moving on, light dish that can also be eaten as a starter, and one we quite liked is the grilled octopus with salsa verde, marinated nicely with green olives, white beans and herbs, and the octopus was nice and soft and had been prepared well.
The king prawn linguine was another great dish, beautifully cooked, flavoured with the Crustacean XO Butter and lemon, the linguine was superb and not too heavy which is good whilst you’re out having a few drinks.

We had a really nice brined and roasted free range chicken; this method of cooking ensured it stayed super moist inside with a flavourful skin, served with polenta, tarragon and greens. A decent sized dish too.

The 450g T-Bone was a great option to share, the meet perfectly cook to our ordering requirements and served sliced with the bone. Just seasoned with olive oil, lemon and watercress, this is a really good meat.

Whilst you’re there, it’s highly recommended you get a pizza, and our choice was the Pepperoni Du Bufala - double pepperoni, tomato, fresh buffalo mozzarella and woodfired.

We ordered sides of broccolini with chilli and garlic as well as shoestring fries.

We finished off with their Delfina Tiramisu, a huge slice of coffee soaked Savoiardi, Tasmanian Mascarpone, Vanilla Bean, Marsala and Coffee Liqueur provides for a creamy and delicious dessert.

It really is a good space for a meal and catch up with friends.

Deli Republic has taken up space in the Rosebery Cannery. It is a store that sells breads, bagels, small goods, cheeses, meats, olives and other gourmet pantry items as well as brunch meals.

We dined in and ordered the “spicy mort” which is a sandwich with mortadella and provolone and a house made chilli sauce on a ciabatta! So delicious - crispy bread and generous filing. Looking forward to a Reuben next time.

We also got their sauté mushrooms, creamy scrambled eggs and avo. The food was delicious and service was so friendly.

We’ve been wanting to try South Dowling Sandwiches for a while now but because it’s only open Monday- Friday, that’s been a challenge when we don’t work nearby. We took the opportunity on a day off to visit.

Knowing it’s popularity, we ordered online which was awesome because it meant they were ready on arrival.

Now you can get a sandwich pretty much anywhere these days, but these are more than just your regular sandwich. They are massive gourmet sandwiches, on the softest, freshest bread ever! You can get some of their listed options or alter them on the order if there’s something you can’t eat.

We ordered the “Jimmy Sandwich” on brown bread (you can opt brown or white) with Chilli chicken, lettuce, avocado, caramelised carrot, cucamber, spanish onion, rocket & red pesto. We added some pickles. A delicious and huge sandwich that kept us full for hours.

Some other examples include sandwiches with Veggies, chicken schnitzel, ham, poached chicken, smoked salmon and even special add ons of caramelised carrot or potato salad.

There’s also salads served in little takeaway boxes if you prefer. Salads are dressed with a light balsamic vinegar and olive oil.

We went to the Alexandria store and there’s a few stools to sit outside and eat.

We’re super keen to return when we get a day off!