Stanthorpe South Culture Self Drive Tour
After pre-booking your Stanthorpe accommodation, on arrival we suggest you check in. Depending on where you are staying, you may wish to first pop into the Visitor Information Centre at 28 Leslie Parade on the creek in Stanthorpe, where the helpful volunteers will assist with your plans.
Browse locally handmade products just across the road at Weerona Arts & Craft, offering a great selection of gift ideas and quality works of art with warm local hospitality.
Take a walk down memory lane and explore a unique range of collectables, reproductions and second hand furniture at Vintage Memories, just around the corner in Rogers Street.
If you are lucky enough to be here on Saturdays 10am to 1pm , visit the Stanthorpe Pottery Club to witness local potters, sculptors and clay artists at work. You can choose from the wide range of gifts at the. Located on Wallangarra Road, towards the southern edge of town.
Take he highway to Severnlea and then west (right) onto Reid Road, and Donges Road to see the collection of resident artist Louise Samuel at Lucas Estate Wine & Art. Enjoy join the atmosphere created at Queensland’s only all-female winery.
While at Severnlea visit the Bush Rock Gallery on Hoey Lane, featuring the work of resident artist Graeme Schreiber. His painting style is both contemporary and realistic.
South at Glen Aplin on the corner of Townsend Road and the highway is The Jam Works. Adjoining this is Beacon Forge, where history is recycled into great works of art using metal, sculptures, gates, railings, furniture and fittings.
As you leave Jamworks driveway, turn left (east) then head up the driveway of Harrington Glen Wines. Their spectacular avenue of poplars leads to a central fountain in front of the winery building housing the works of a variety of artists on the top floor. If you are here in autumn the golden colonnade of these poplars is a photographer’s dream.
In your travels, look out for the large boulders, a feature of the Granite Belt which began its formation between 200 and 400 million years ago. When the continent collided with an oceanic plate, it caused molten magma to ooze through the earth’s crust. Slowly cooling, it solidified into granite boulders and outcrops that continue to fascinate visitors to the area.
Then settle into your accommodation house where some operators provide platters, or choose to have dinner in one of our many restaurants. Be sure to pre-book restaurants during the peak winter season, on public holidays and festival weekends.
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