Creative Tours is putting the Sunshine Coast on the map after recently taking home the Gold Medal for Excellence in Food Tourism at the Queensland Tourism Awards. This means they will also be flying the flag and competing against the best in the country at the upcoming Australia Tourism Awards in Sydney on the 17th March.
Creative Tours has been delivering a range of paddock to plate experiences that showcase the local produce and local stories of the region over the past 7 years. This includes their Farm to Fork experiences visiting local farmers and producers with lunch including produce from farms visited on the day.
“We are so proud of our recent achievements and awards, and honoured to be representing the Sunshine Coast against some of the country’s best food tourism operators” said owner Josh Donohoe
This year Creative Tours have big plans to deliver some truly unique and authentic local food and drink experiences designed specifically for foodies who want to learn more about where their food comes from, as well as the stories behind the local farmers and producers.
These experiences start with two collaboration tours in their restaurant series with Market Bistro and ALBA restaurants. Both tours will visit local producers and suppliers to the restaurants, with that produce then featured in the specifically curated menu. The Alba event also includes a hands on cooking class with Peter Kuruvita.
They have also designed a Mary Valley Food Trail experience to showcase local producers as part of the GourMay event held over the month of May. Tasting their way through the Mary Valley this tour visits Big Heart Bamboo, Kenilworth Dairies, Kandanga Farm, John Tidy Organics and the Wild Macadamia walk.
Also on the radar for Creative Tours is The Curated Plate being held over 2 weeks in July and August, as they plan to roll out a Trawler to Table seafood experience in Mooloolaba, as well as a Farm to Fork experience in the Hinterland.
Mr Donohoe said “We are incredibly lucky to have so many great farmers and producers in our region, and we are passionate about connecting those producers to locals and visitors on our tours. Guests get to taste fresh local produce, but also leave with a better understanding of where their food comes from and what is involved to produce it”
“This year we are focusing even more on showcasing our amazing local farmers, producers and restaurants who champion and support the local businesses in our region”
This was such a great experience. I’ve never done a wine tour before but I couldn’t picture it going anymore perfectly. My friends and I enjoyed the variety of drinks,... read more amazing food, stunning views, all the locations, and the kindness and knowledge from our guide. Thanks again for absolutely everything ☺️
Such a great day! Our bus driver Michael was awesome! We would definitely do another brewery tour!
Was absolutely fantastic didn’t have to lift a finger all day and found out heaps about wine, beer and spirits. loved the little niche areas through the beautiful hinterland that... read more the tour guides pointed out. Highly recommend!
A thorough enjoyable day with the team from Creative Tours. We were unsure what to expect, and it more than exceeded our expectations. The 4 venues on the Noosa Drinks... read more Tour were unique experiences - both the food and drink options were terrific, and the service second to none! This is truely an experience that I would have no hesitation in recommending and I can’t wait to do it all again! A special shout out to Matt, our driver for the day; a fabulous and attentive host who certainly made our private tour one to remember!
AMAZING
Love it Matt is the best your guide and driver
What a fantastic day! Plenty of laughs, fun and high vibes. Thankyou sooo much!
The Noosa Brewery tour was outstanding! Zoe was a wonderful guide, very knowledgable and flexible with pick-up and drop-off locations. Great selection of breweries, with Boiling Pot being a huge... read more standout. Highly recommend to anyone wanting to explore Australia's craft beer capital!
Our tour guide Dave is the best! We had so many great beers and the venue were beautiful!
The best winery tour I’ve ever been on. Zoe was so helpful and a lot of fun. Would definitely recommend going on this tour. Huge success.
Great day, lots of fun, would recommend
Is a great way to explore some of the breweries around Noosa and the included lunch was great.
Great day. Marek was as good as you could get. Friendly, funny and knew his job. Thanks for the day Marek.
Ok…I cannot say ENOUGH good things about creative tours in general. They have been amazing, 12/10 from the very beginning to the very end. Staff have been exceptional from Deb... read more helping me create a tailored tour that suited what I wanted and our budget (we had 17 people on our tour), to being prompt with responding to my questions, to the actual tour itself with our guide Jeremy who was amazing and the tour was fabulous and everyone who attended has raved about it. If you are on the fence about booking a personalised tour or joining one of their scheduled tours…don’t be - do it!!! You will not regret it at all. Creative tours are the best!!!!!!!
Very fun day out for my birthday. Friendly, informative and fun guide. Great locations and plenty of grog! Everyone on the tour got into the ‘spirit’ and we all had... read more a great laugh. Thoroughly recommend! ?
My wife and I had our 2nd year anniversary with creative tours and loved every minute. Great company and lots of knowledge shared, beautiful scenery and would highly recommend for... read more any wine/beer/cheese fans to book now ☺️
A very enjoyable day. Lovely to be driven around to some great breweries and distilleries and seeing some places on the Sunny Coast that I wouldn’t otherwise have gone to
Great tour, customised to suit our Team. We had a private group of 30 for our company social club - everyone raved about what a great day out it was.... read more Thank you.
Josh led our tour of the Sunshine Coast and he was a great guide with lots of local knowledge and good fun along the way. Each place we visited we... read more learnt so much. A highlight was walking around The Falls Farm and hearing from Christina about their processes for cultivating sustainable and ethical crops which are supplied to some of the best chefs and restaurants in QLD. We then got to taste some of this produce at lunch which was definitely one of the best meals I've ever had (pictured). Transport to and from each place was seamless and overall a great day, highly recommend Creative Tours!
We booked the tour for 9 of us on a girls/Mum break weekend and it did not disappoint. It was all really easy to book & on the day Zoe... read more our driver was lovely, really friendly, helpful & knowledgeable. We did a winery, a brewery and then Sunshine & sons distillery which for all of us was the absolute stand out of the day. Thank you for making things so easy, having everything planned for us meant we just got to relax and laugh all day!
We organised a private tour recently for 4 of us as part of a team meeting. We had a great afternoon/evening and would recommend it.
We had a blast. Our guide Mat was awesome and knew so much about the area, beers and the wines.
We had the absolute best time on our private hinterland tour, Josh is a fabulous and knowledgeable guide who went out his way to make sure we had a great... read more time. Each stop was uniquely delicious and I cannot fault a single thing about the day. A must do Sunshine Coast experience for locals and visitors.
Amazing experience from the creative tours gang! Great crew on board and awesome behind the scenes tour.
Had such a great day with Creative Tours. Was such a fun to day exploring the Sunshine Coast and Deb was amazing! Would highly recommend
What a great business. I've had the pleasure of going on a number of tours with Josh over the past few months, and each one has been extremely well... read more planned and thoroughly enjoyed. Each trip was tailored specifically for those attending - you could tell the special consideration that Josh gave to the type of people on the tour. Feedback received from both clients and staff has been overwhelmingly positive. Highly recommended for a great day out. Thanks again Josh.
Highly recommend Creative Tours. Had an amazing day exploring local brewery's around the Sunshine Coast that I didn't know existed. Josh was great fun and so well organised. Highly recommend.
Deb from Creative Tours was such a wonderful host for our Christmas Party. We absolutely loved the combination of being able to experience The Farm (and the cute pups), learning... read more all about how the local produce is grown and supplied to local restaurants by the amazing Amy. Followed by an incredible lunch at Mapleton Public House where we were able to experience eating the fresh produce from the farm. Followed by a gin tasting experience at Sunshine and Sons Distillery which was so interesting (and yummy). Deb was really relaxed and easy going and even took behind the scenes pics for us all day! Highly recommend Creative Tours!
Had a great day with Dave (our driver) collecting us from Noosa then starting up at Cooroy's Twenty 20 distillery, Brian was fantastic explaining his award winning process of Gin... read more making. Buy a GEORGE while your there, a memorable Gin indeed ?? We all had a great day cruising around the hinterland. Creative Tours really looked after us making sure everyone was having a good time. Dave was very knowledgeable throughout our day he, went out of his way to get us all home safely too. Great time was had by all Creative Tours, thank you ??
Thanks for such an enjoyable experience! Wet weather didn’t dampen the day as you’re picked up and ferried between venues on the tour. Deb, our tour guide was so accommodating... read more and we loved that the tours are small making the experience more personal. Being new to Sunny coast, it was the perfect way to visit the breathtaking scenery of Maleny and Montville as well as experience 3 amazing venues, all the while meeting new people. We also met Matt who was in training on the day and he also was a pleasure to deal with. I would recommend this tour with this company for all the reasons above. They go above and beyond to make sure you have a great experience!!