Friday 11th to Sunday 13th September 2026

**New date**

• Location: Whitehall Guesthouse, Queenscliff, Victoria.
• Cost: $1,250
• We will collect a $250 deposit on registration via Humantix. Once registered, you will be sent an invoice for the remaining balance.
• Includes 2 nights’ accommodation in a room of your own (share bathroom)
• Delicious plant-based meals from Friday evening to Sunday lunch (special dietary needs will be catered for)
• Cooking demonstrations and workshops with experts in plant-based nutrition
• Plant-based nutrition education sessions with a nutritionist and a lifestyle medicine doctor
• Optional brief medical appointment with GP and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner Dr Malcolm Mackay (follow-up telehealth available)

The weekend includes practical cooking demonstrations and workshops led by Anita Rickey, former owner of plant-based cafe Diggers Vegie Kitchen. The food is all whole food plant-based (no oil, minimal salt and minimal simple sugars).

For the educational aspect of the weekend, Dr Malcolm Mackay and Jenny Cameron will provide a comprehensive overview for those new to a plant-based diet, which will also benefit those already plant-based who want to make further adjustments to optimise their health.

Program

Friday 11th September 2026

• 3pm Check-in
• 5:15pm Meet and greet and pre-dinner snacks
• 6pm Dinner
• 7-8:30pm Introduction to Nourish and Flourish weekend; Overview of plant-based nutrition

Saturday 12th September

• 7am Morning activity: Sunrise walk
• 8:15am Breakfast
• 9-9:30am Cooking workshop: Making muffins for morning tea.
• 9:45-12noon Morning talks/discussion: What is the healthiest diet? Evidence for preventing and treating diseases with nutrition & lifestyle
• 12:00 Cooking workshop
• 1:00 Lunch
• 2:30-4:00pm Afternoon talks/discussion: A calorie density approach to managing your weight – and escaping the dietary pleasure trap
• 5:30 Cooking workshop: Making curries
• 6:30 Dinner
• 7:15 Movement/meditation dance session & fireside chat.

Sunday 13th September

• 7am Morning Activity (tbc)
• 8:15am Breakfast
• 9:15-11:30am Morning talks/discussion: Making healthy changes: challenges, obstacles, tips for transitioning
• 11:30am Cooking demonstration: Mexican
• 12:30pm Lunch
• 1-2:30pm Farewell chat, Q&A and wrap up
• 3pm Checkout

NB Program is subject to change

Come and join us!