HEATHCOTE on Show will once again bring wine tasting, gourmet food and music to more than twenty-five venues across the region during the upcoming King\u2019s Birthday long weekend.<\/p>\n
There will also be the chance to pick your own olives and have them processed into oil, as well as the opportunity to sample locally distilled gin, brandy, and vodka.<\/p>\n
Heathcote Tourism and Development president Peter Young said there\u2019s plenty on offer for both locals and visitors to the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s lots to do in the town itself,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are lots of venues that will be open and there will be pop-up wineries in the RSL Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Young said the shuttle bus had been upgraded for 2023 and it would run across four separate routes, as well as an express service to and from Bendigo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there’s now a big focus on making it easy for people to get around without having to drive and negotiate parking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can now get more people onto the shuttle bus and we\u2019re reducing some of the travel times between locations. It’s going to be like before, but better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Young said organisers wanted to improve the visitor experience across the board.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a completely new website,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople can take either the whole program, or sections of the program, and print it and take it with them in hard copy.\u201d<\/p>\n