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30 minutes
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Sarina Sugar Shed
Sarina Sugar Shed
4.5
Distillery ToursHistorical & Heritage ToursSightseeing ToursFood ToursFactory Tours
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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About
Sarina Sugar Shed is a true paddock-to-plate food tourism experience that celebrates the rich history of sugar cane farming in the Mackay region. Visitors can enjoy a one-hour guided tour and learn how sugar cane is grown, farmed and processed. The tour takes you through the early harvesters, shows you how sugar cane is crushed on our replica sugar mill (during crushing season approx. June - Dec), and demonstrates how sugar cane juice is extracted. The tour includes tasting of sugar cane juice, plus tastings of our award-winning liqueurs (from our onsite boutique distillery), chutneys and sauces made in our onsite kitchen, homemade non-alcoholic ginger beer, and freshly-spun fairy floss. We also have a retail store loaded with our products and other gift ideas, and a café for light meals and beverages. Open Monday to Sunday from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm, with scheduled tours at 9.30am, 11.00am, 12.30pm and 2.00pm. Note: we are closed Good Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Sarina, Queensland, Australia
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julie s
4 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Family
great, very informative, love you recycle everything, fun, interesting and the tasting was great ..Staff and lunch was lovely to.
Written 27 November 2023
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HI Julie, thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback, we are so glad you enjoyed your tour and learnt something along the way. Also glad you had lunch at our onsite café!
Written 27 November 2023
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ScaraMi
Basel, Switzerland125 contributions
Such an interesting tour. An hour of learning about the extraction of sugar in a fun way. With tasting of things that are made from sugar. Including schnapps and candyfloss. Highly recommended.
Written 26 November 2023
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HI Scara, thank you so much for taking the time to share you feedback with us, so glad you enjoyed you tour with us and the tastings are always a highlight, no matter what your age - freshly spun fairy floss is always a winner!
Written 26 November 2023
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Escape55584287524
8 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Solo
Really interesting tour and first class fully operational mini factory to show exactly the processes involved in making sugar!!
Highly recommend
Highly recommend
Written 1 November 2023
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Hi Escape! thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback, the team will be stoked to hear we are first class! Thank you for your recommendation.
Written 2 November 2023
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Bopsian
Watford, UK47 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
Amazing find! Great stop off when travelling. Really informative and helped us understand the area and all the sugar came we saw being grown. Friendly staff, nice cafe.
Well worth a visit!
Well worth a visit!
Written 27 October 2023
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Hi Bopsian, thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback, I am glad you enjoyed your time with us and got to learn a bit out where sugar comes from and enjoyed some of our local hospitality with our team and café offerings!
Written 30 October 2023
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Julie E
28 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
We learnt so much in this one hour tour about the sugar industry particularly the processing that takes place at the Sarina mill. The information was very well presented backed up videos, “meeting” the different machines involved in the processing opportunities to see or taste the product at various stages in the processing.
Written 15 October 2023
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Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback and recommendation.
Our friendly, informative guides help to deliver a truly unique experience with the aid of our miniature mill and machinery.
We happy to hear you enjoyed your tour and glad you could stop by!
Written 20 October 2023
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Michelle F
1 contribution
Oct. 2023 • Family
Absolutely loved the informative tour combining old with new and the live demonstration. The tastings at the end was a great bonus. Fairy floss took as back many many years. Thanks
Written 11 October 2023
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Thank you so much for taking the time to review your time with us.
We are so glad you enjoyed the experience and were able to reminisce with some delicious freshly made Fairy Floss - after all it's not just for the kids!
Written 20 October 2023
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Emma M
Toowoomba, Australia8 contributions
Sep. 2023 • Family
Fantastic! We loved it so much. Answered all our questions regarding the cane fields and sugar industry. Even our 2yr old loved it. They gave us umbrellas for the sun as some of it is outside. Bonus the mill is right next door so got some great photos of that also. The tasting was great. Lovely sized group too. Was very interesting learning all about how sugar is made. The drive to Sarina was worth it for this tour and a photo with the Giant Toad in the centre of town. Thankyou staff
Written 1 October 2023
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Thank you so much for the review Emma, we are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us!
Our guides are definitely passionate about sharing their knowledge of the industry and I am glad all your questions were answered.
Our tour allows our guests taste and feel the different steps involved with the sugar process, we try to make our tours an interactive and fun experience! Our backdrop with Plane creek mill is one of the reasons we are here, and its great we can replicate the process the mill does in our onsite working miniature mill.
And the tastings is a highlight - thanks again and we are so glad you enjoyed your visit to Sarina.
Written 4 October 2023
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Kate M
Brisbane, Australia1 contribution
Sep. 2023 • Family
Our family loved it! A terrific tour guide who informed and entertained and there was so much to taste test! Also a great spot for a coffee and delicious scone before or after your tour and lots of their treats to purchase in store. The staff were lovely. We had a wonderful morning, thank you!
Written 29 September 2023
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Thank you so much for the review Kate, we are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us. Love the tastings, some say it's the best bit of the tour!
Our cafe is open from 10am -2pm daily and have a large offering of food available. We even include our very own sauces, jams relishes and chutneys as part of our menu items - they are just that good!
Written 4 October 2023
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Sherron m
6 contributions
Aug. 2023 • Couples
This tour is very good value for money. It's very informative and finishes off in the tasting room for a generous amount of tastings. The tastings include spreads and relishes, liqueurs and home made ginger beer, plus made to order fairy floss. We opted to pay the extra for a platter of cheeses, meats, relishes and fruit which we shared for lunch after the tour. This was also very good value. Overall a great couple of hours.
Written 17 September 2023
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Dear Sherron, thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. I am glad you were able to stay a bit longer and enjoy the lunch option, and pre-ordering a tasting platter is a great way to go! Love the tastings, some say the best bit of the tour!
Written 19 September 2023
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Josette N
2 contributions
Sep. 2023 • Couples
The tour was very well run. It was very interesting and informative. The tour guide showed a lot of passion. Great that you could taste the products too.
Written 13 September 2023
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HI Josette, thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback, our guides are definitely passionate about sharing their knowledge of the industry. And the tastings is a highlight - so glad you enjoyed.
Written 14 September 2023
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Cherieann P
Castlegar, Canada3 contributions
do you have to book tour and cost
Sarina Sugar Shed
Sarina, Australia
We recommend booking as we our tours often sell . The price start $27.20 for an adult, there are children, family and concessions prices available also.
PerthGrub
Perth75 contributions
How long is the tour
Sarina Sugar Shed
Sarina, Australia
Our Daily tours are typically 60 mins.