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----- Take your budget further and get 5% off when you use the code WELWIKI5 on your booking through the link on WikiCamps. Enjoy your experience! ----- Explore the best of the Sunshine Coast hinterland on this Scenic Food & Wine Tour that includes tastings at some of the region's best artisan producers, plus a delicious lunch. Your day starts with collection from your coastal accommodation. Then the first stop is Mary Cairncross in Maleny, on the aptly named Mountain View Road. It looks east off the Blackall Range towards the coast where you will enjoy the gorgeous views of the National Heritage-Listed Glass House Mountains. The next stop is Maleny a picture-postcard dairy country town. Located 436 m above sea level on the southern edge of the Blackall Range Maleny attracts painters, craftspeople and potters. Enjoy a true cheese experience at Maleny Food Co while you sample the finest Australian and international cheeses made by artisan cheesemakers. You will be provided with a cheese tasting board which would include a selection of cheese plus condiments to include quince jam, baby pickles figs, muscatels on the vine, dried fruit and crusty sourdough. Afterwards, there's free time to explore the town at your leisure. Wine goes well with cheese, which is why the next stop is The Barrel at Clouds Vineyard. Here you'll smell and taste local wines whilst identifying the different aromas while learning the different grapes grown in the region. Let everything digest at the next stop Gerrard's Lookout. It's one of two scenic stops on the itinerary. High on the hill, this lookout offers coastline views to Coolum, Maroochydore, Caloundra and Bribie Island.