Get hyped, the Ballarat Beer Festival returns

It’s almost impossible to pass up a beer festival at the best of times, but when we’ve copped a whole…

GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers countdown is on and Blackman’s Juicy Banger needs your vote

Think there’s just one iconic Hottest 100 this month? Well, think again. The GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers list…

Happy 2022, Sweet Cheeks Cocktail Bar and Dessert Lounge has reopened

One of the newer additions to the Geelong nightlife in recent times, Sweet Cheeks was the go-to place for late-night…

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria team up with Geelong distillery for unique plant-infused gin

Attracting over 1,900,000 visitors annually, Melbourne Botanic Gardens is a treasured part of cultural life and a valuable asset to…

Geelong’s Great Australian Beer Festival has postponed this weekend’s event

Sad news beer lovers of Geelong – the Great Australian Beer Festival has been postponed because of a surge of…

It’s berry season, here are some places to pick your own around Geelong

It’s no lie that in the Forte office we eat a lot of berries. And we’re sure we’re not alone….

The Geelong region’s best bar and brewery openings of 2021

In recent years, we’ve become quite fortunate here in Geelong to have everything from a 1920s Prohibition-style cocktail lounge and…

The Geelong region’s best café and restaurant openings of 2021

If you love food and live in the Geelong region, it’s likely your ‘must-try’ list of new restaurants, cafés and…

New bao bun and cocktail bar Shortmemory has opened in Belmont

If we had to make a list of the best things to come to Geelong in 2021, Chubby Bao would…

Local launch the Enoteca summer series, serving up amazing local food and booze

After a successful pop-up event over four nights in July, Local is bringing back Enoteca; this time as a summer…

All aboard, Geelong’s highly-anticipated cheese train has announced an opening date 

Since announcing its plans for opening back in February this year, we (and we assume the lot of you) have…

Something good is always brewing at Farm Dog Brewing

There’s always a smile on the faces of the people at McGlashan winery on a Friday evening, thanks to this…

Melbourne burger joint Huxtaburger brings new bar and dine concept to Geelong

After taking the Melbourne burger scene by storm, Huxtaburger is heading to Geelong, marking its first store opening in regional…

Outdoor Mexican pop-up bar El Barquero has returned to the Bellarine for summer

While we can’t take that much-needed trip to Mexico just yet (hopefully really soon though), Queenscliff has you sorted with…

Here are the local venues that cleaned up the Golden Plate Awards, celebrating the best of regional Victoria’s hospitality industry

For the past 19 years, the Golden Plate Awards judge the best hospitality in regional Victoria for their excellence –…

A new tasting bar has opened in Victoria, dedicated entirely to award-winning Grappa

Located on the Yarra River and surrounded by the remnant natural bushland of Warrandyte State Park, Warrandyte has long been…

Local favourite Sober Ramen opens second location in the Geelong region

One of the most intimate dining experiences in town, Sober Ramen is one of our favourite spots to go for a…

Drive-thru banh mi has landed in Geelong 

Ah, the drive-thru, how we love thee. Once a service reserved for Maccas, KFC and necessary road trip pit stops,…

Garden of Eden is Geelong’s newest cocktail bar, hidden over the bay  

Tucked away on the picturesque Geelong Waterfront, Garden of Eden is the newest and most decadent cocktail bar to grace…

Wine and Cheese fest is back and life has never been so Gouda

Artisans Bend presents The Wine and Cheese Festival for 2022 with an un-brie-lievable line up. For the ninth time The…

Iconic ice cream parlour Sweet Susie’s returns to Geelong’s CBD 

Sweet happy days, an old Geelong favourite has returned in Sweet Susie’s. Most recently known as ‘Lic ice cream parlour’…

This Geelong CBD cafe is giving away free coffees tomorrow for the entire day

There’s not much that can beat a toastie. The mother of all foods (tell me I’m wrong!?), it’s got the…

Ali Barter, Féfé & Cookin’ on 3 Burners, Mick Harvey announced for Werribee Mansion garden party So Frenchy So Chic

There are those unspoken countries and icons you must visit when travelling, and inoubliable France is one of them. Known…

Anther Gin and 1915 are teaming up to bring you the ultimate “gin dinner” experience

Promising to be one of Geelong’s most unique drinking and dining experience, the culinary experts and gin-drinking pioneers of North…

 

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