Discover Ipswich Magazine 2022

COUNTRY

Start your day with coffee and a treat at Special Branch Collective in Marburg’s Queen Street. Browse the plants and gifts available at the shop before you sit outside to sip your coffee and taste your baked goodies. Walk next door to see the art and collectables available at The Black Museum and up to the corner to check out the antiques and rustic wares on offer at ScotlandYard Antiques . Wander around the corner to quench your thirst with an iced tea or lunch at The Soul Nook Collective . Book in for a styled picnic setting in one of their luxurious bell tents or pods under the tree. Once you've explored the grounds head into the shop inside the Old Church. They stock artisan wares, fashion and art. Look out for art and craft classes or weekly yoga and tarot sessions. After a bite and a browse you can walk across to the Rosewood Scrub Historical Society building and park. You won't be able to miss the quirky community library which is inside a brightly painted outhouse. Next stop, a drink at one of the oldest pubs in the Ipswich region, the family-owned Marburg Hotel across from the park. There’s a few ghost

tales about this traditional pub and you can learn a few while having a beer at the bar. Then drive over to Woodlands of Marburg , just across the highway to stay in their luxury suites. Book for dinner at The Sugarmill Restaurant inside the historic mansion, and if you’re up for it one of their Haunted Mansion tours after. Wake up on Sunday morning and take a dip in the pool, it was originally hand dug by priests that lived onsite back in the 1960s. Grab breakfast or brunch at the Tommy Smith Cafe , onsite at Woodlands of Marburg . After breakfast, head back home along the Warrego Highway and stop into Watercress Creek Olives and Limes , at Pine Mountain. The fourth generation farmers run a farm gate shop selling olives, olive oil, tapenades, jams and relishes. If you’ve got the time, pre-book for a picnic in the olive grove and explore the farm, you can order a picnic pack with olives, cheese, tapenade and more. If you’re able to stay for more than one night book a visit into the surrounding hobby farms which are conveniently located on the Warrego Highway. The Llama Farm offers tours on weekends. Their farm tour is in the morning

and you’ll get to feed the llamas, while in the afternoon you can take one for a walk. EWE Nique Hobby Farm in Haigslea is open most days of the week, and allow you to pet and feed the farm animals. They also have a cafe onsite for a delicious beverage, sweet baked treats and epic homemade scones. If you’re after a different accommodation option that’s a bit more rustic, you can book the charming Tallavalley B&B set on a farm only a few minutes from Marburg’s main street.

1 Tallavalley Farm B&B 2 The Girls' Coffee Bar 3 Marburg Hotel

Scotland Yard Antiques Special Branch Collective The Black Museum

The Soul Nook Collective Marburg Street Library Marburg Community Centre and First World War Memorial Rosewood Scrub Historical Society 4 Woodlands of Marburg Tommy Smith Cafe Sugarmill Restaurant 5 EWE Nique Hobby Farm 6 Watercress Creek Olives and Limes

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