Top Insta opportunities for your Supercars weekend

If you thought the thrills and spills of racing would be the only thing lighting up your feed during the weekend at Supercars, then you thought wrong!
12 Jul 2019
Discover Ipswich, Staff Writer

Did you know: The Ipswich region has a plethora of Instagrammable moments just waiting to be captured and shared with your followers?!

To help you get around without missing a thing, we’ve compiled a checklist of destinations for you to strike your best pose at, while taking in all the wonders of our great region.

Here’s some top ideas to fill up your feed during your weekend at the SuperSprint.

Exclusive meet and greet

Supercars

Attend the exclusive meet and greet opportunities at the Century Batteries SuperSprint.

How often do you have the chance to meet your hero? This is your chance to get up close and personal with your favourite supercar driver IRL! There’s Autograph sessions in the Paddock on the Saturday and Sunday of the event, pit lane walks and merchandise alley. 

A community day which will give you the chance to hang out with the drivers, get an autograph and a photo is being held on Saturday July 20 from 9am-12pm at Main St, Orion Springfield Central.

Hike White Rock – Spring Mountain Conservation Estate

White Rock - Spring Mountain Conservation Estate

If #fitspo is your middle name, then this is the activity for you! Located just 20 minutes from the Ipswich Central Business District, White Rock – Spring Mountain Conservation Estate features the distinctive, sculptured, rocky outcrops of White Rock and Spring Mountain and offers views aplenty for the ultimate nature shot.

Rafter and Rose

Rafter-and-Rose

Stop by Rafter & Rose for coffee and cake amongst the botanicals.

If cakes adorned with edible flowers and choc coffee curd brioche doughnuts float your boat, look no further than Rafter & Rose. This local favourite is filled with all the pretty things you Instagram feed could ask for and for a BONUS – it all tastes phenomenal.

Plan a picnic

The Soul Nook Collective

Plan a picnic under the tents of Soul Nook Collective.  End your weekend at Willowbank with a picnic under these epic Bell Tents that are sure to get your friends double tapping!

As well as living your best boho life under the tent, you can also enjoy a Soul Nook Collective picnic at an additional cost, leaving you available to share your experience freely on stories and snap alllll the mems!

Get trackside

Supercars

There are SO many opportunities to capture the action of the SuperSprint while you are at Willowbank for the event, but the best of the best would have to be at the mound at turn one.

Snap yourself with an exclusive

Ungermann Brothers Ice Cream Parlour | Ipswich

Looking for the perfect fusion of Supercars and the Ipswich region? Then go no further than ice cream connoisseurs, Ungermann Brothers.  Over the weekend of July 26 – 28 the creative geniuses behind this stellar brand will be creating a bespoke SuperSprint ice cream, available for three days only!

The above list is just us getting started. For more things to do and see while you are in the Ipswich region, you can find more bucket list items in Inside Stories.

Discover Ipswich Staff Writer
Rocky the Rock Wallaby is a Sagittarius who lives at the Ipswich Nature Centre and often contributes to Discover Ipswich in his spare time. When he's not busy showing tourists around, blogging or hanging out with his cute and fluffy mates at the Nature Centre, he likes to hit the gym for a leg session, graze on quinoa salad and ponder the possibilities of the universe.

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