Sweet and delicious. Each season brings its own delights to the Great Ocean Road region, particularly when it comes to fresh produce.
On most weekends you’ll find quality markets in the towns and villages, where local producers bring their home-grown fruit and vegetables. Get there early though, as produce sells quickly!
Local cafes and restaurants take advantage of the seasonal offerings, incorporating the different types of produce into their evolving menus.
But, in summer and autumn, the public can go berry picking and experience first hand the luscious offerings of a rich and fertile land in and around the Otways.
You can pick boysenberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. There’s a family picnic area and tea rooms, too.
These guys grow raspberries, brambleberries, currants, jostaberries, gooseberries and strawberries. They also serve award-winning cider and berry gin. Make a weekend of it and stay at the on-site accommodation, which is dog friendly.
These pick-your-own berry gardens (and some vegetables, too!) is open in spring, but the licensed farmhouse cafe/restaurant and produce shop are open all year. Just 20 minutes from Lorne, it’s a great day trip for the family.
During the season opening hours are 9am to 5pm daily, 7 days a week (yes they are open public holidays too!).
Please remember to bring your containers when berry picking and help reduce plastic waste.
Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Great Ocean Road region the Wadawurrung, Eastern Maar & Gunditjmara. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We recognise and respect their unique cultural heritage and the connection to their traditional lands. We commit to building genuine and lasting partnerships that recognise, embrace and support the spirit of reconciliation, working towards self-determination, equity of outcomes and an equal voice for Australia’s first people.