Taste of the Tropics Tour

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Taste of the Tropics Tour

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 US$18.27  per guest
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
1 hour
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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Accessibility
Stroller Accessible
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Language
English
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Wheelchair Accessible, Family-friendly, Pet-friendly
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Explore the Sarina Sugar Shed through a guided tour. Discover the history of Queensland's sugar industry, taste premium liqueurs, gourmet delights, and enjoy our fresh ginger beer.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

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.

What You Get

Local guide
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Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

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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.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Sarina Sugar Shed, Railway Square, Mackay Regional Queensland, Australia, AU, 4737

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.

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4.8
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Must see Sugar Shed
July 13, 2026

The guide was informative funny and very very interesting. Lots of samples. All taste great. A must stop and see

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Recommended.
July 12, 2026

Our guide for the tour Leanne was great. Knowledgeable, humorous and kept the tour going at a great pace. Well done. I would recommend this tour as a great introduction to the sugar cane industry a...read more

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A must do tour
July 09, 2026

The Sugar Shed had been recommended to us by friends, and we were very glad that we visited. Our guide Leanne was very interesting, engaging and knowledgeable, and we thoroughly enjoyed the tour an...read more

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Lesson on Sugar Cane
July 08, 2026

This was something we did to break up a long drive and we enjoyed it. It was great to learn about the process of how sugar cane is grown and processed, as well as the history of its introduction to...read more

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Informative tour
June 28, 2026

Tour was informative and interesting for adults and kids, it was great to learn the process and also sample sugar cane and the products made.

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