Eat, Dig, Stay & Play with Exciting Sunshine Coast Events

Queensland Garden Expo

The Sunshine Coast is a premier destination for events and Sunshine Coast Destination has teamed with Noosa International Food and Wine Festival and the Queensland Garden Expo to offer visitors accommodation and ticket packages.

Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd (SCDL) Marketing and Brand Director Veronica Rainbird today announced the exciting packages and competition to encourage visitors to stay a little longer and enjoy their time on the Sunshine Coast while attending these key events.

"The Noosa International Food and Wine Festival and Queensland Garden Expo celebrate the true essence of our naturally refreshing Sunshine Coast lifestyle. We invite all foodies, green thumbs and visitors to book one of these great value packages through our website.

"We understand the value of events to the Sunshine Coast region and are pleased to partner with organisers and our industry and want to make it as easy as possible for visitors to attend events and stay beyond that day or weekend, to discover what else the Sunshine Coast has to offer. In addition, we have also offering some sensational prizes to incentivise booking an event package," added Veronica.

The Noosa International Food and Wine Festival will be held from Thursday 16 May through to Sunday 19 May. Celebrating its tenth year, the festival has truly earned its place as Australia's premier food, wine and lifestyle event, hosting over two-hundred of the world's most prominent chefs, winemakers, food personalities, media and foodies over a four day program.

All Noosa International Food and Wine Festival accommodation packages include general admission tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the festival as well as daily transfers. Package sales close April 30. Exclusive prizes can also be won as detailed below:

First 25 accommodation packages booked on visitsunshinecoast.com.au will receive...
• 2 general admission tickets to the festival
• Guaranteed invitation to exclusive cocktail event with headline chefs
• Signed copy of Adriano Zumbo cookbook (1 per booking)

Next 75 accommodation packages booked on visitsunshinecoast.com.au will receive...
• 2 General Admission tickets to the festival
• Signed copy of Adriano Zumbo cookbook (1per booking)

All accommodation package bookings will go into ULTIMATE PRIZE DRAW...
• 2 Gold Passes
• 2 tickets to exclusive cocktail party with headline chefs
• 2 tickets to Seafood Trail - Thursday 16 May 2013
• 2 tickets to the 10 Years Degustation Dinner
• 2 tickets to the seafood event on Noosa Main Beach
• Signed copy of Adriano Zumbo cookbook
Winners will be notified monthly with the ULTIMATE PRIZE DRAW to be drawn on May 3rd.

The annual Queensland Garden Expo attracts over 30,000 visitors and will be held Friday 5 to Sunday 7 July, 2013. The expo boasts over 350 exhibitors, 60 nurseries, gardening experts, free lectures, demonstrations, displays and the latest innovations in gardening and lifestyle products.

The first 15 package bookings made via visitsunshinecoast.com.au will receive:
• 2 x general admission tickets
• 2 x guaranteed invitations to an exclusive Afternoon Garden Party with some of Australia's leading gardening experts and personalities
 • A signed copy of Phil Dudman's  book "Down to Earth Garden Design (1 per booking)
(value $115)

Next 50 bookings via visitsunshinecoast.com.au will receive:
• 2 x general admission tickets
• A signed copy of Annette McFarlane's book "Organic Vegetable Growing" (1 per booking)
(value $65)

All accommodation package bookings will go into ULTIMATE PRIZE DRAW...
Ultimate Qld Garden Expo Package (Value $500)
• 2 x VIP Passes
• 2 x guaranteed invitation to exclusive Afternoon Garden Party with some of Australia's leading gardening experts and personalities
• 2 x tickets to the Gardeners and Gourmets Celebrity Dinner at Novotel Twin Waters Resort on Saturday 6th July.
• $200 Garden Expo cash to spend at the event (1 per booking)
• Signed copies of Phil Dudman's book "Down to Earth Garden Design" and Annette
McFarlane's book "Organic Vegetable Growing" (1 of each per booking).

Package sales close June 30. Winners will be notified monthly with the ULTIMATE PRIZE DRAW to be drawn June 30, 2013.

Whether you hang 10 at one of the world's biggest surfing events in Noosa, test your fitness at Tough Mudder or indulge in the freshest hinterland produce at the Real Food Festival, the Sunshine Coast has an event, for every walk of life. From the sheer magic of the hinterland to the beachside towns dotted along the coastline, the Sunshine Coast is
the perfect setting for an exciting line up of events.

Noosa Food Wine Festival

Events offer perfect entertainment all year round and are also a wonderful idea for a gift, so why not make your next holiday a special event?

To book an event package for the Noosa International Food and Wine Festival or Queensland Garden Expo go to: www.visitsunshinecoast.com.au/events