Discover Karridale: Farm Cuisine, Art and Circus Arts

Karridale brings together farm-focused food experiences, art, an industrial heritage site and circus arts. Highlights range from a five-course farm-to-plate experience and spirits made with estate-grown or locally sourced ingredients to a recurring circus arts festival. There are also the remains of a furnace in a setting of regrowth forest, and works by a Welsh artist.

Farm Cuisine, Wine and Tastings

Glenarty Road is a small farm-to-table restaurant and winery in Karridale. The paddock-to-plate experience includes a farm visit and a five-course menu. A progressive tasting on foot takes you through the vineyard, garden and farm. Each format has a different focus: one combines a farm visit and a meal, while the other makes the route through several areas part of the tasting. If you’re planning your trip around food, this distinction can help you choose: you can focus on a multi-course meal with a farm visit or opt for a tasting whose route takes you through the farm landscape.

Distillery and Bistro

Wild Lot Distillery is a small, farm-focused distillery in Karridale. It produces small-batch spirits from estate-grown or locally sourced fruits and botanicals. Here, the focus is on making spirits from regional or estate-grown ingredients; at Glenarty Road, the restaurant, winery and food experiences go hand in hand. Karridale Tavern adds a bar and bistro to the mix. It serves local craft beers, premium wines and pub dishes with a Middle Eastern touch. The food venues described here differ both in the type of offering and in the food and drinks on offer.

Industrial History and Art

Davies Park & Foundry Chimney includes the remains of a furnace chimney, a furnace and a steam engine. The site is set amid regrowth forest. Here, the history has a tangible connection to past technology, with the focus on these surviving structures and machinery. Oriel Karridale Gallery, the gallery and working studio of Welsh artist Heather G Lowe-Sims, offers a different cultural perspective. Her work spans textiles, painting and mixed media. The two sites therefore present different themes: the remnants of a furnace and a range of artistic media.

Karnidale: Circus Arts in 2027

The Karnidale Festival is a recurring circus arts festival and returns to Karridale in 2027 for its 19th year. The program features acrobatics and aerial performances. The day program also includes circus shows, workshops, the Circus Olympics, live bands and regional food. The festival combines circus with other offerings such as music and food. If you’re planning your trip around the festival, check the dates for 2027 in advance.

Staying in Karridale

Karridale Cottages & Hop Farm offers cottage accommodation in a natural bushland setting. It also has a venue for wedding ceremonies and receptions on a 25-hectare working hop farm. The accommodation and venue are separate aspects of what’s on offer.

Discover More Destinations

Toodyay, Swanbourne, Halls Creek, Woodanilling, Cuballing, Port Kennedy, Thornlie, Meadow Springs

For the broader travel overview: Western Australia.