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australasia knowledge
Seven wonders
The best venues in Australia, New Zealand and the South
Pacific to combine a meal or a drink with a breathtaking view
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To give your clients a red-hot view to savour, book APT’s Aussie Barbecue. This half-day sunset tour to Uluru takes place daily. Guests
watch the sun sink into the desert plain, while they munch on beef, kangaroo and sausages. The view of Uluru changes with the setting
of the sun – the rock’s colour can turn from a blazing, fiery red to a brownish hue as the light starts to fade. Toast the million twinkling
Southern stars with a mug of the outback’s best billy tea or a local beer. Prices from £46 per person, which includes transfers to and from
Ayers Rock Resort. AAT Kings has a similar sunset tour, with a glass of wine but no meal, from £24. ■ aptouring.co.uk, aatkings.com
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Auckland’s Sky Tower is the tallest
man-made structure in New Zealand, at 4
Diners gaze at camel trains meandering
along the sand while eating at Broome 6
Catch one of the last sunsets of the day
at Cape Mulinuu on Savaii island in
328 metres high. For head-spinning food, institution, the Sunset Bar & Grill. Start Samoa. This is where Samoans like to think
take the lift to Orbit. Every hour the restau- your evening at this relaxed Cable Beach the world’s day ends, at the globe’s most
rant revolves 360 degrees, giving diners a Club venue with a mango daiquiri, then westerly point. Gazing out at the horizon,
complete view of Auckland. While your eyes tuck into the Grill Menu, at $48 for adults there’s nothing but ocean. If slumming it on
feast on the view, treat yourself to pumpkin and $23.50 for children. Round off your the beach with a bottle of wine isn’t your
and ricotta tart followed by roast fillet of meal with a caramel brownie slice, while the client’s style, then book them into Le Lagoto
Angus pure beef and mint creme brulee. Indian Ocean sky slowly transforms from Resort where the restaurant/bar area looks
■ skycityauckland.co.nz/attractions/skytower crimson to silver. out on to Cape Mulinuu.
■ cablebeachclub.com ■ lelagoto.ws
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You can also eat in the clouds at
Melbourne’s Eureka Tower. This is the
Southern Hemisphere’s tallest residential 5
Icebergs Dining Room & Bar has a
panoramic view of Sydney’s Bondi 7
Prime restaurant in Queenstown over-
looks Lake Wakatipu and surrounding
building and its Eureka 89 restaurant is 300 Beach. A favourite with celebrities, the real snow-clad mountains. The menu offers
metres high. The six-course degustation star is the uninterrupted view of the swelling steak, game and seafood dishes, inspired
menu has dishes such as quail escabeche surf and the beach. Complementing the by traditional New Zealand cuisine. If the
with walnut soil and pickled organic view is a sophisticated menu – try stingray weather drives you indoors towards the
beetroot to tickle your taste buds. Cocktails for a main, and for dessert, saffron meringue, central fireplace, there are leather armchairs
include El Diablo – mixing tequila, creme lemon curd, sheep’s yoghurt, chianti to curl up in while you drool over chocolate
de cassis, sugar and ginger ale. poached strawberries and gelato. molten lava pudding with hot fudge sauce.
■ eureka89.com.au ■ irdb.com ■ primerestaurant.co.nz
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