Gascoyne Food Festival continues to delight with sellout events across the region

Despite heavy rains across the region, the month-long Gascoyne Food Festival has once again proven itself a hit with foodies with events across the program at capacity.

At Mantarays Ningaloo Beach Resort’s Under the Full Moon dinner, guests dined under the evening sky — the moon over the ocean as their backdrop — to enjoy a menu showcasing the best of the region’s produce. Mantarays general manager Tristan Jahme confirmed the resort would be part of the festival again next year.

While over at Whalebone Brewing Company in Exmouth, more than 370 guests gathered, with owner Paul Minniear declaring it the “best hoedown event ever”. Serving up an electric atmosphere, with music, dancing and exceptional food and drink, Whalebone has also committed to returning in 2026, cementing its place as one of the festival’s most popular venues.

Beer lovers were treated at Exmouth’s Froth Craft Brewery Beergustation, a guided tasting paired the locally brewed ales with seasonal Gascoyne ingredients, striking the perfect balance of education and indulgence.

This weekend just gone featured a trio of events — Stargazing, Sounds and Supper at Mt Augustus Tourist Park, Gascoyne Stars and Savour at the Pavilion and an Outback Station Tour and Tea at Doorawarrah Station — but with heavy rains across the region some events were relocated indoors.

While the major events are fully subscribed, locals and visitors can still indulge in the Taste of the Gascoyne Food Trail that runs throughout the festival, with selected eateries across the region serving their signature dishes.

Vietnamese crab spring roll — making the most of the Carnarvon’s blue swimmer crabs — can be tested at Kestral Cafe while Wooramel River Retreat is serving up something different with tasty goat burgers and corn ribs off the grill.

Featuring locally sourced ingredients, diners can win prizes by voting for their favourite foodie experience.

The finale to the Gascoyne Food Festival — the largest regional event of its kind in the country — is Australia’s Last Sunset on Dirk Hartog Island, which will wrap up the month-long food festival this Sunday.

For more information visit gascoynefoodfestival.com.