When exploring Sunshine Coast’s lush hinterland, be sure to take a detour off the Bruce Highway and visit Homegrown Café for a sumptuous meal and in-house roasted coffee in Palmwoods. Welcoming all who enter with a charming, country cottage style, Homegrown Café is warmly fit out with white-washed floorboards, furnishings crafted from recycled materials and shelves stocked full of artisan items and bags of beans for purchase. Driven by the harvests of surrounding farmlands, colourful dishes change with the seasons to ensure a fresh, vibrant taste. Perhaps find brioche French toast served with poached pears and figs for breakfast, or spinach and ricotta ravioli for lunch with sage butter and parmesan cheese, just be sure to nab yourself a housemade treat from the counter on the way out.