Harvest Festival Central Coast

The Harvest Festival is returning to the Central Coast for the June long weekend! On the 9th and 10th June 2018, the Central Coast hinterlands will come alive with a celebration of food, wine, and local produce!

There’s plenty of fun with FOUR massive event trails for you to follow in different sections of the Hinterlands: 

In the Calga to Somersby Section, you can enjoy bush tucker tours, pick your own pecans and indulge in the region’s best food, wine and produce at Glenworth Valley! We might just have to go an fill up the car with petrol right now.

 

Meanwhile, in the Peats Ridge to Mangrove Mountain section, there’s almost too many events to fit in here – but we will definitely do our best! Across the weekend, you can head to the mountain growers market, pop into the The Springs for some enjoy delicious tapas from locally sourced ingredients, then head to the Mangrove Mountain Hall for a day of accoustic tunes from local artists. 

And, it doesn’t end there! You can pop into the Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club for a bite of their local menu and an entertaining round of ‘foot golf’, you can glide over the Hinterlands with the Central Coast Soaring Club, and take part in some of the food focused workshops on offer over the weekend!

Hold on, we’ve got to take a breath before we continue. On this event trail, you can also tour a working cattle farm, sway to the best blues, soul and rock ‘n’ rock, and tuck into home grown beef in a genuine paddock-to-plate experience at Silver Gully Home.

If you choose the Kulnura trail, get ready to feel like a farmer! On this Hinterlands adventure, you’ll be able to pick your own oranges at Wyuna Farm, tour the Grace Springs Farm, and finish up the day amongst the fruit trees at Eastcoast Beverages. After a morning of working hard – just like a true farmer would – you can pop into Noonweena for a long lunch!

UPDATE:  PICK YOUR OWN ORANGES – UNUSUAL WARM WEATHER MEANS ORANGES WON’T BE READY. PICK YOUR OWN ORANGES WILL BE POSTPONDED UNTIL JULY – AUGUST. MORE DETAILS TO COME IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

UPDATE: DAY ON THE FARM – DUE TO WARM WEATHER, DAY ON THE FARM TREES WON’T BE READY FOR HARVEST FESTIVAL REST ASSURED, THEY WILL STILL BE HOLDING FARM TOURS THROUGH THEIR ORCHARDS! 3 TOURS RUN EVERY HOUR AT 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM. 

Now, if you head up to the Northern section of the Hinterlands, and you’ll find the Yarramalong, Jilliby and Dooralong event trail! Here, you can take part in an edible flower workshop, tour the Valley End and Full Circle farms, sign up for an educational catchment crawl, pop into the produce swap, and swing your partner at the farm barn dance!  The time-honoured tradition of the Harvest Ball – a night filled with food and dancing – will also return!

 

TRANSPORT OPTIONS

Free Loop Shuttle Bus

We recommend you take advantage of our free shuttle bus service when travelling around the region, so you can spend more time enjoying the events and less time exploring car parks. This year, the shuttle service will be looped between Peats Ridge, Mangrove Mountain and Kulnura areas.
 

Harvest Festival Park & Ride

Harvest Festival park & ride offers spaces for event attendees to park their car before catching the Harvest Festival Loop Shuttle Bus to complete their journey around the region.
 

Park & Ride Locations

There will be 3 park & ride locations:

• Neill Park, Kulnura Reserve (next to Kulnura Hall), George Downes Dr, Kulnura
• Fred Pinkstone Oval, Peats Ridge Rd, Peats Ridge
• Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club, 18 Hallards Road, Central Mangrove

Some key roads around the park & ride locations will be affected over the weekend.
Stick to speed limits, follow the road rules and expect some delays with increased traffic around the area.
 

Shuttle Bus

2 free shuttle buses will be operating on a continuous loop starting from 8am until 4pm daily. The shuttle bus will be operating on a continuous loop, connecting event hubs in the region where patrons can enjoy a hop on / hop off experience. 

 

Timetable

Just look out for the Harvest Festival Loop Shuttle Bus and jump on board! The free Shuttle Bus runs every 30 minutes and takes approx. 1 hour to do a complete loop.

Anticlockwise service will display a BLUE sign in their window.

Clockwise service will display a RED sign in their window.

(Timings and frequency may change due to increased traffic around the area).

 

Bus Stops

• Mountain Growers Market, 1109 Peats Ridge Rd, Peats Ridge
• Tapas Taste of the Harvest, 1080 Peats Ridge Rd, Peats Ridge
• Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club, 18 Hallards Road, Central Mangrove
• Silver Gully Estate, 60 Niclins Rd, Mangrove Mountain
• Acoustic Harvest, Cnr Wiseman’s Ferry Rd and Warratah Rd, Mangrove Mountain

ONLY OPEN SATURDAY, DOES NOT STOP SUNDAY

• The Little White Church Café, 2154 Wisemans Ferry Rd, Mangrove Mountain
• Mountain Gliders, Bloodtree Rd, Mangrove Mountain
• Day on the Farm, 993 George Downes Dr, Kulnura

ONLY OPEN SUNDAY, DOES NOT STOP SATURDAY

• Harvest Long Lunch, 1442 George Downes Dr, Kulnura
• Kulnura Arts and Craft,  Cnr Greta Rd and George Downes Dr, Kulnura