Ten atlases. One guide to independent Australia.

A curated guide to the makers, producers, restaurants, galleries, shops, stays, and natural places worth knowing about.

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Worth finding this week

A few of the independent places we think you should know about.

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Wilsons Promontory

The southernmost tip of mainland Australia, on Yiruk Wamoon — known to the Gunaikurnai as Yiruk and the Boonwurrung as Wamoon, with continuing connection held by the Boonwurrung, Bunurong and Gunaikurnai across six and a half thousand years.

Craft

1000 Degrees Glass Studios

Bethany Wheeler founded this 230sqm Moorabbin-fringe studio in 2013, and it shows its working: kilns, sandblasting bay, cold-working bench, wax and mould room.

Culture

ACMI

Australia's national museum of screen culture, set inside Fed Square.

Table

Cutler

A refined and hospitable dining destination housed in a former metal works factory, Cutler offers an evolved approach to contemporary cuisine that reflects its Fitzroy neighbourhood.

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Small Batch · Tasmania, Whisky

The Hebrides in the Antipodes

On a windswept Tasmanian island, Furneaux Distillery is building Australia's most distinctly maritime whisky — one peat bog at a time.

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When the Valley Held

In 1987, as the South Australian Government began paying growers to rip out their vines, Christie Schulz drove in the opposite direction. The vines she was determined to save had been planted in 1847 by a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo. They had survived drought, depression and two world wars. They were not going to survive the Chardonnay craze...not without a fight.

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Discover a cluster

Regions where makers, stays, culture, and food overlap. One place, many reasons to go.

Barossa Valley→

12 listings across 3 atlases

Small BatchSaltram WinesRestKaiser Ridge Eco StayTableBarossa Farmers Market

Mornington Peninsula→

12 listings across 5 atlases

RestJackalope HotelSmall BatchTar Barrel Brewery & DistilleryCraftThat Creative SpaceTableButterken Bakery

Hobart & Southern Tasmania→

12 listings across 5 atlases

Small BatchLARK Distillery, PontvilleRestHundred Acre HideawayTableTasmanian Produce MarketCraftPRINTSHOP4ME

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Barossa Valley

SA

157 listings

Mornington Peninsula

VIC

158 listings

Yarra Valley

VIC

189 listings

Byron Bay

NSW

Blue Mountains

NSW

101 listings

Adelaide Hills

SA

472 listings
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