A Spring-Summer Welcome to the Fleurieu Peninsula

2011 OLIVE AWARD
WINNERS & PHOTOS

Fiesta! 2011
Press Release
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Fleurieu Food has created the ultimate foodie day trip to the famed Fleurieu Peninsula.

Get to know the Fleurieu food scene up close and personal. Experience a guided tour of Willunga Farmers Market, view the Diana olive oil press in action and enhance your tasting ability in a hands on sensory analysis workshop where you will meet and mingle with some of the Fleurieu’s finest producers of cheeses, wine and olive oils. Discover numerous seasonal delights and tantalise your senses.

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Spring / Summer

Follow the locals and head for the coast for seaside dining or go fishing for the fruits of the sea – salmon, snapper and squid. Pick your own blueberries and strawberries or visit the local markets as they come alive with the new season's produce.

Indulge yourself at the Willunga or Victor Harbor Farmers Markets with delicious Summer offerings figs, mulberries, tomatoes, zucchini flowers, cucumbers, melons, lemons, limes, beans, goat cheeses, herbs, free range eggs, venison, freshly baked bread and more.

October was a month of celebration of food on the Fleurieu Peninsula, starting with the Fiesta! Fleurieu Peninsula Picnic on the October long weekend. For the entire month of October, there were a host of events to tempt the taste buds& and to immerse in the food culture of the Fleurieu. Click here for the 2011 OLIVE AWARD WINNERS (details and photos).

Full List of 2011 Olive Award WINNERS (PDF 427 KB)                       WINNERS Media Release (PDF 21 KB)

Anna Clappis, Zannie Flanagan and Rachel McMillan present the prizes to Brian Swanson for Best Olive of Show.