Taste of the Tropics Tour Sarina Sugar Shed: A Journey Through Queensland's Sweet History

Experience the sweet history of Queensland’s sugar cane industry on a guided tour of Sarina Sugar Shed. Taste award-winning liqueurs, sauces, and more!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sarina Sugar Shed - This is a one-hour fully guided tour. The tour starts with a welcome and introduction, followed by a short walk outdoors, past our sugar cane patch and historic machinery.
    Your guide will take you on a brief historic journey into the pioneering days of the sugar cane farmers in the Mackay region. Then it is back indoors, into…
What's Included
  • Local guide
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Sarina Sugar Shed showcases the rich heritage of the sugar cane industry in the Mackay region. Your fully guided one-hour tour will take you on an interactive, educational and tasty journey of the Queensland sugar industry from paddock to plate. Taste award-winning liqueurs made in our on-site boutique distillery, as well as our gourmet range of sauces,…

Location
Sarina Sugar Shed
Railway Square
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Debbie
Mar 7, 2025
Perfect place for a delicious lunch or rest stop 👍 - We were driving from Airlie beach to Rockhampton and was looking for something pretty much on the way. I found this on Google maps, checked out the website and decided to book the next tour. We arrived early and were warmly greeted by staff. The experience was interesting, informative and interactive with lots of things to taste. Had a delicious chicken, cheese and mango chutney toastie for lunch after the tour. After sampling the sauces, chutneys and liquors we left with some souvenirs for family at home and some beautiful onion chutney for us to eat during the rest of our road trip! Shout out to Jess for a great experience :)
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R842eitaniac
Jan 30, 2025
Fan-bloody-tastic - This was a great tour, our tour guide was fantastic and knowledgeable. Highly recommend to visit. Took my daughters there who were visiting from NZ, they found it very interesting .
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Y1332qumatthewc
Jan 7, 2025
Rum tour and sugar cane tour - Did a spur of the moment booking to break up a long drive, thoroughly enjoyed both tours, very informative and well presented by Julie the tour guide. Would highly recommend.
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Aloc11cola
Dec 28, 2024
Highlight of my time in the region - A very informative tour about the sugar industry and farming/milling process. It was very professionally run and quite well rehearsed & organised. All the staff were very friendly and helpful. The food at the cafe was simple but very nice, and it was nice to be able to taste test the products as part of the tour so you knew what you wanted to buy in the store.
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Dmmg1007
Dec 5, 2024
Informative experience! - Very informative with a great guide, Des. Interesting fact is the Sugar Shed is owned and run by the local council. At the end of the tour you can taste the products that are made there from local fresh produce. There is also a cafe for morning tea or a light lunch as well as tasting platters.
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Daisybucket
Nov 26, 2024
Great Informative Tour - Loved this place. Staff very welcoming and enjoyed the very informative tour about the old method and machinery used when harvesting sugar cane. Tasting at the end was a great end to the tour. We then did the rum distillery tour again very informative and enjoyed the rum tasting. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours well presented by friendly staff and of course we had to buy some goodies to take back to the UK.
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Tamarak1485
Nov 7, 2024
Do it! It’s worth it!!! - Highly recommended!! Great tour and ALL the staff are absolutely amazing and very caring! My whole family thoroughly enjoyed both tours and it is well worth the drive and visit. Huge thank you to the beautiful staff for knowledge and care!
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Natashaemily
Oct 19, 2024
Highly Recommend! - Jess was amazing! Such an informative and fun tour guide. Thoroughly enjoyed our experience at the Sarina Sugar Shed :)
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Camper32045192204
Oct 7, 2024
Taste of the Tropics Tour Experience - A really fun experience, our tour guide was super friendly and engaging and the tour itself was very informative. I found it fascinating to learn about the details of how sugar is processed in an understandable way, and the taste-testing made it all the more interesting and memorable. Very accommodating as well, there's a section of the tour that's in the sun, but the Sugar Shack provides umbrellas and water to help. Nice selection of snacks in the shop from locals and brands around QLD. It would be cool to have more of a variety of physical souvenir options, but that doesn't take away from the overall experience. All in all I highly recommend the tour and would definitely go again!
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Sammyho
Nov 6, 2024
Excellent insight in to Sugar Cane processing and products - Very interesting tour and guides were excellent. Good knowledge and delivered in a relaxed and entertaining manner. Provided great insight to the Sugar Cane industry and process to convert to sugar and other products. Drinks tasting both soft and alcoholic were very good and the additional 30min rum tasting was great fun. Only slight issue is that the tour no longer goes in to the actual factory area but they do effectively use a cut down version to explain the process.
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