Serving up the soul of regional Italy through food + storytelling.

Paolo & Kelly Picarazzi opened the Antica Australis cultural dining experience in the historic village of Carcoar in regional New South Wales, Australia in March 2020 in response to the global pandemic closing their food and wine tour company, Silver Compass Tours.

Since then, Antica Australis has won several awards for tourism and hospitality, including a Bronze in the tourism restaurants category of the 2022 NSW Tourism Awards and was named ‘One of the ten best regional restaurants in Australia worth travelling for’ by Travel + Luxury magazine in June 2023.

In February 2023 the Antica Australis Experience took a step onto the world stage with an invitation to participate as part of the festival program for the 2023 Ras al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival and is returning for the 2024 edition to present Antica Australis in a dedicated villa compound with purpose-built kitchen in the 16th century Emirati pearling village of Al Jazeera Al Hamra.