One of the many perks of living in Brisbane is that we’re not too far from charming country towns. If you drive around an hour and a half south — just below the border into New South Wales — you’ll find the stunning Tweed Coast region, where stretches of ocean meet lush farmland. If frolicking amongst sunflowers and paddock-to-plate dining sounds up your alley, be sure to visit Farm & Co.
Set on an organic family property in the heart of Cudgen, the Farm & Co Cafe and Farm & Co Restaurant both offer unique paddock-side experiences.
You can roam around the farm, where you can pick sunflowers, visit and feed rescue pigs, see free-range chickens running around, crack open and taste macadamias, and learn how Farm & Co grows their organic produce and sunflowers. You can also browse the farm store for fresh produce and grab a coffee from the café.
The on-site Farm & Co Restaurant, which is operated separately from the Farm & Co owners, serves up a rich paddock-to-plate dining experience with gorgeous farm views. The restaurant harvests ingredients daily from the farm, too, and utilises local organic produce for their signature dishes.
With their $69 per person signature banquet, you can indulge in wood-smoked lamb shoulder with seasonal sauces and side dishes, pizza fritta bread, fried bay lobster in brioche roll with smoked pepper sauce, karaage chicken with lime aioli, charred broccolini with sunflower hummus, and a 1kg Black Angus T-Bone with Café de Paris butter.
Farm & Co Restaurant also offers a weekend breakfast menu, featuring everything from house-baked croissants and pan-toasted sourdough French toast and egg crumpets to yogurt pots with farm honey, oat crumble, and local fruit.
If casual picnicking is more your style, you can always take something from the Café into the farm and lounge in the sun while you indulge!
Sure, a trip to Farm & Co and back can be comfortably completed in a day, as it’s only a little over an hour’s drive from Brisbane, but we recommend making a weekend out of it and staying at a cosy cabin in the area.
Practical information
Entry to Farm & Co’s farm is $7, and kids under 15 are free.
Sunflowers can be cut, and they have secateurs available at the shop. The cost is $4 per stem. Because sunflower availiabilty varies, we recommend staying up to date through their social media.
No BYO food or drinks allowed.
The Café is walk-ins only, and it’s open Thursday through Sunday, from 7:30am to 2pm.
The Restaurant is open Thursday through Sunday. Thursday and Friday from Thursday and Friday 12pm to 2:30 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 2:30pm. You can make a reservation here.
📍Farm & Co, 529 Cudgen Rd, Cudgen, NSW
