News for November 2009
It’s Official!!!
Paul Burt and Steve Snow with some of our fresh local produce!
Its now official, the Seafood Discovery Trail has begun!
Here are some photo’s from the launch event held at Tweed Marina.
Fishing, boating and surf reporter for Nine’s Gold Coast News, Paul Burt, MC’d the proceedings and was joined by Chef Steve Snow, owner of Finns Restaurant and Bar to talk about the regions traditions of preparing and presenting seafood!
“The Seafood Discovery trail offers an exciting new way to experience the traditional pasttimes of the area which has always been a favourite haunt for anglers,” said Jim Wilson, general manager of Connecting Southern Gold Coast. “It’s also renowned as the best place to buy fresh seafood, with our fish markets stocked every day with locally caught prawns, tuna, snapper, mahi mahi, spanner crabs and muddies, as well as our locally grown and harvested Tweed River oysters.”
The 35km Seafood Discovery Trail is unique to Qld and NSW with a huge offering of restaurants, cafes, co-ops and tours, including tips on the best places to catch your own seafood, featuring over 55 seafood operators in the region!! You’ll even find receipe’s from our guest Chef Steve Snow featured in the 32 page guide which you can download for free right here on our website!
So if you love your fishing, seafood or just being around the most magnificent coastline in Australia, the Seafood Discovery Trail provides you all you need to design your own itenary. Find your accommodation, all the fabulous events in the region and more by checking our links menu on your left, and visit Tweed Tourism or Southern Gold Coast websites to scout out plenty of additional activities and info about the region!
Phil Villiers from Tweed Tourism
- Phil Villiers of Tweed Tourism and Jim Wilson of CSGC proudly present the Seafood Discovery Trail!
Edited: November 2nd, 2009