IT’S EARLY SUMMER when I take a road trip to explore the gourmet offerings of Victoria’s South Gippsland region and my adventure quickly proves fruitful. I’m seduced by signs urging me towards a rest area just minutes after I’ve turned onto the South Gippsland Highway. There, I find a farmer selling cherries, boxes of almost-ripe mangoes, plump stone fruit and sweet strawberries. I load up my basket with snacks for the road and head for Inverloch.
HIDDEN GEM IS A PEARLER
We have dinner reservations at Pearl, a modern Malaysian restaurant tucked away in a residential part of town. Worth hunting out for the slow-cooked beef rendang alone – made with Gippsland beef, of course – this restaurant is a surprising introduction
