THE DUCKS IS A GREAT STORY OF FOOD, BORN IN THE SURF, AND THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE WRITTEN AT AUSTRALIA’S FIRST SURF PARK.
The team of passionate chefs and avid surfers behind the Three Blue Ducks will open their fifth restaurant at URBNSURF Melbourne this Summer. Their ethos of simple, real food, prepared with love, perfect complements URBNSURF– to inspire the progression of modern surfing in a way that is authentically Australian, respectful of surfing’s origins, and protective of the environment.
Since launching their first venue in the Sydney beachside suburb of Bronte nine years ago, Three Blue Ducks have taken their passion for sustainable and ethically farmed produce to three venues in Byron Bay, Rosebery and Brisbane. Between 2012 and 2014, the Ducks also had a cafe and restaurant in Falls Creek, where they spent three winters in Victoria snowboarding and serving up fresh seasonal fare.
THE THREE BLUE DUCKS’ FIRST MELBOURNE VENUE WILL BE OPEN FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER, YEAR ROUND.
Led by co-owners and chefs, Darren Robertson, Andy Allen and Mark LaBrooy, the restaurant will include indoor and alfresco dining areas, with impressive views of our surfing lagoon, and will be open to the public free of charge.
Expect plenty of smoky flavours and fresh, locally-sourced produce from the kitchen, which will include a pizza oven, rotisserie and charcoal pit.
THERE’LL BE A STRONG FOCUS ON ETHICAL SOURCING, SUSTAINABILITY AND SUPPORTING LOCAL PRODUCERS.
In true Ducks-style, the venue will have a kitchen garden, growing herbs and Australian natives such as lemon myrtle and salt bush. There’ll also be a focus on minimising waste with on-site composting.
The drinks menu will feature an extensive list of wines, beers and spirits, locally sourced from across Victoria, and served on tap to help keep bottle waste down.
WHAT’S ON THE MENU?
The Ducks are busily crafting the menu for URBNSURF Melbourne, and want to know what you’d like to see on it!
Send your suggestions via the form below, and click the link to learn more about the Three Blue Ducks MENU
URBNSURF FAQs
- URBNSURF Melbourne is Australia’s first surf park, featuring the world’s first full-sized Wavegarden Cove surfing lagoon.
- URBNSURF Melbourne is located directly adjacent to the Essendon Football Club on Airport Drive (corner of Watson and Melrose Drive), just minutes from Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport.
- The surf park’s next-generation surfing lagoon is approximately two-hectares in area (around the same size as the MCG), and is capable of generating up to 1,000 authentic, ocean-like surfing waves (between 0.5m and 2.0m in height) per hour for surfers of all abilities.
- URBNSURF Melbourne will host up to 84 surfers per hour across 4 separate surfing zones, with all forms of surf craft catered for – including shortboards, longboards, bodyboards and kneeboards.
- The costs of sessions, lessons and memberships will vary depending upon the zone surfed in the lagoon and time of use, or tier of membership. Final pricing will be released in Spring 2019.
- The public will be able to watch the surfing action and enjoy quality food and beverages from the Three Blue Ducks’ licensed cafe and restaurant, while a fee will apply for General Admission to the surf park for non-surfing guests.
