Taste of the Tropics Tour Sarina Sugar Shed: A Journey Through Queensland's Sweet History
4.8
214 Ratings
Sarina
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: 1 day learn more
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 our mill and distillery area, where your guide will take you through the process of extracting juice from fresh sugar cane.

The tour finishes with tastings of our rum and fruit liqueur products, our chutneys, relishes and sauces, our non-alcoholic ginger beer, and our freshly-spun fairy floss.

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, chutney and relishes. Tastings also include our freshly-spun fairy floss and our own brewed non alcoholic ginger beer.

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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(214 Ratings)
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52carat
Apr 12, 2024
The Best Experience!! - My husband and I attending a tour of the sugar shed and the rum distillery. We had the BEST time with Carla and Des our tour guides. They were incredible and made our experience fun and so memorable. Thank you Carla for teaching us so much about the sugar cane and making it a really fun experience. Thank you Des for everything you showed us and pouring our drinks. Thank you to all the staff that helped us pick out goodies from the shop, we appreciate how special you made our experience. We will never forget you all and can't wait to come back!
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R2d2oz
Apr 8, 2024
Sarina Sugar shed tour...Sarina, Queensland - Very interesting and engaging tour which lasted just over an hour. Guide kept us all involved ( approx 18 ) including some younger kids. Tasting session was fun and my wife and I ordered a sharing lunch platter which was really tasty and presented beautifully. The staff were all very pleasant , some nice products on sale in the shop. Would highly recommend. Ps..worth a stop off at Grasstree beach just outside Sarina for the views.
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Margaretha
Mar 10, 2024
A bit dear, but informative - My sister and I visited the Sugar Shed after passing so many cane fields during our North Queensland road trip. It was difficult to find, only because we relied on Google Maps in the car. If we had paid attention to the brown signs in Sarina in the first place, it would have been straight forward. It was a very informative session, although a little bit too fast when it came to technicalities as to the workings of some machines. We got to taste the raw cane juice and even better, the molasses. After, we went to the tasting shed and had as much as we liked of the various chutneys, fairy floss and different rum varieties in a cocktail. The shop sold a good selection of the chutneys and other items. We paid $28 and $24 (senior card), but thought that was pretty steep for what you got : a run down on the sugar cane industry and some tastings. Still, a good experience on the whole.
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Annbo1590rq
Mar 4, 2024
Interesting tour, well presented - Excellent tour including a short stroll around the old cane harvesting machinery, followed by a demonstration of how the sugar mill works with tastings along the way. More tasting of the finished products, including pickles, chutneys and drinks. The Sugar Shed is well signposted and easy to find. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable. We had the platter afterwards, which was very tasty.
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H0neym00ners90
Jan 19, 2024
Sweet little tour - We loved the kids tour, interactive and yummy! My 5 year old son has been talking all about the cane grass and the process of making sugar! Obviously his highlight was the fairy floss at the end but I know he also learnt so much!
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Dec 30, 2023
Good for adults and kids - how sugar is made. - Small group and short event that walks you through making of sugar from sugarcane. Interesting part is tasting sugarcane juice and interim products and liqueur tasting at the end. Offered candy floss for the kids. Overall good event to spend an hour.
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K6204rshelenn
Dec 30, 2023
Fantastic Vslue For Families - We lovex the tour and the tastings - very informative. Fantastic food a.d affordable prices. Loved the Nachos & Ginger Beer. Bought some sauces and gifts from the gift shop. Amazing Customer Service lovely friendly staff. A must do in Sarina Mackay region
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Staceyby6957bk
Dec 9, 2023
Fun and informative - Very informative and fun. Came out with a sugar high! We would recommend this tour to anyone and would do it again ourselves. Thanks for a good time!
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Juliesn2138at
Nov 27, 2023
well worth the visit. - great, very informative, love you recycle everything, fun, interesting and the tasting was great ..Staff and lunch was lovely to.
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Dean
Feb 9, 2024
The Sugar is Sweeter in Sarina .. 😀 - A we as a recommendation from locals we were house sitting for … 30 mins sth of Mackay .. abit tucked away in a car park but we found it .. Nice ladies run this place, very knowledgeable and we learnt alot we never knew about sugar harvesting.. very interesting taking us through the whole process and then tastings afterwards.. would highly recommend to anyone going to the area…
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