“Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue,” begins the favourite children’s song I Can Sing a Rainbow – which just about perfectly describes the experience of driving down the Great Alpine Road towards Bright in the state’s north-east. The changing foliage at this time of year is so rich and colourful you’ll feel like someone’s slapped an Instagram filter across your eyeballs.
Bright will lure you in with its beauty, but you’ll fall in love with the passion of the people. Add the quality of what’s on offer and you may never want to leave.
The region is hosting the High Country Harvest festival this month, with an array of activities to fill your belly and warm your heart. From wining and dining to the great outdoors, there’s something to appeal to everyone and make the 3½-hour drive from the city worth your while. High Country Harvest, May 16-25
Indulge
Bright Chocolate
8/3 Riverside Avenue, Bright. 5750 1235
From bean to bar – that’s the promise of Bright Chocolate. Opened by husband-and-wife team Simeon and Shannon Crawley late last year, the charming chocolate factory has survived its first Easter and is progressing in leaps and bounds.
Head in for chocolate tastings, hot chocolates, and learn the process from chocolate maker Simeon, including sort, roast, crack, winnow, refine, conche, temper and mould – all on-site.
