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Theres a plantation at Mt Tamborine in Qld, im going to visit in a couple of weeks.
There are a few up in Cairns too... but unless you are doing this plantation tour as part of an Aussie tour then these two are a little too far apart. ;D
i dont have any place in mind actually, but im located in singapore. The exchange rate between the aussie currency n sgd is especially high nowadays so Im thinking there might be cheaper places 2 visit
yeah good idea Andy. If you do come all the way to Australia though, your best bet will probably be to land in Cairns, and travel 1-2 hours west to Mareeba, theres heaps of plantations in that area .. basically all over the Atherton Tablelands.
Youve got.. Skybury; Mareeba Coffee; North Queensland Gold; Jaques; and most definately more than that!
I was going to go on a tour of the Nth Qld Gold, because I saw that they actually take you through the plantation etc, where as others just sort of have a bit of information and a tasting. However, I emailed them and they got back to me really late (too late), so Id suggest phone if youre going that way.
Cheers
Rolley
I reckon a hiking tour through PNG highlands would make for a fantastic plantation tour - if you were fit Areas like Okapa and Kimel have world class beans - high altitudes, grown under rainforest canopies, & some worthy Fairtrade programs happening.
cool but people have been telling me its more dangerous to trek in indonesia than in thailand. maybe Ill just get my arse up a bus or something. any idea where i can find more info on addresses and such? googling visits to indonesia doesnt come up with anything too useful
Just digging up an old post. I just got back from Far North Queensland where I drove up to Mareeba from Port Douglas (where I was staying) to check out a few coffee plantations. Unfortunately, time only permitted me to visit Skybury, a tour of the plantation and have a personal chat with owner of Skybury, Ian.
I really really wanted to visit Jaques, but will have to go next time.
Great experience...and fully recommended to go if any Coffeesnobs are planning a vacation to Cairns/Port Douglas/Cape Trib etc.
Here are some photos from Skybury: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20512472@N00/tags/skybury/
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