Get out of town (virtually) with this innovative approach to travel
Story sponsored by Orange 360.
With non-essential travel off the cards and your Netflix catalogue exhausted, the NSW regional town of Orange is launching the perfect antidote to scratch those itchy feet of yours.
VeryLocal launches this Friday, July 31, and is Australia's first regional video-on-demand platform.
For just $25, you can access a whole months' worth of locally produced content so you can simultaneously bunker down and get out of town from the comfort and safety of your couch.
VeryLocal highlights include:
A Hoosegg tasting with Philip Shaw, hosted by Peter Bourne
Who is HOO and what is EGG? After 61 years, one of Australia's great winemakers, Philip Shaw is finally making the wines he has always wanted to make.
Join wine critic Peter Bourne in conversation with Philip Shaw as they delve into the Hoosegg range. Buy the Hoosegg pack for your virtual tasting and follow along at home.
From paddock to pint: a tasting with Pioneer Brewing
Join Pioneer's head brewer Pete Gerber for a selection of his award-winning beers from the only brewery on Australia's eastern seaboard mainland to sow, grow and harvest their malting quality barley, rye and wheat, managing the entire process from grain to can. Buy the Pioneer Winter Fire six-pack for your virtual tasting and follow along at home.
Fire, Family and Friends
Ex-Rockpool chef Dom Aboud and PS40's Michael Chiem bring the Orange family together. Watch as Dom prepares lamb on the spit, chargrilled chicken and Lebanese flatbread, matched on theme with a chargrilled pineapple cocktail by guest bartender Michael Chiem (MC), owner Sydney's PS40, Time Out's Bar of the Year 2020.
Special Showcase: Condo SkyFest presents Wiradjuri Sky Stories and Dance
In collaboration with Condo SkyFest, VeryLocal showcases a special presentation of Wiradjuri Sky Stories and Dance, filmed at the Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation.
Art on screen: Prototype X VeryLocal
Groundbreaking video art platform Prototype joins forces with VeryLocal to present work from the boldest voices from the film and art worlds. Curated by celebrated art critic Lauren Carroll Harris.
Slow TV
Turning the Miso; Foraging In The Woods; In the Artists's Studio with Larissa Blake and Katrina Brennan; In the workshop with knife forger Isaac Power; and scenes from the farm: see the personalities of chickens emerge and coop politics play out. You'll be surprised by how well you relate!
The platform is led by creative directors Alexandra Burke, of Arcadia Films; co-founder of the FBi SMAC Award nominated arts platform Prototype (youaretheprototype.art); and Bec Janek of Brick Road Pictures (producer of Cannes official selection 2018 film Dots).
Subscribe now at www.verylocal.com.au
Story sponsored by Orange 360.
