Glasshouse Country Farm Tour
Glasshouse Country Farm Tour
One of our favourites, this tour will delight your senses.
Visit the farms, many with views of the Glass House Mountains. Meet the growers, taste the food, buy some to take home, and find out where you can buy the products in the future.
After this tour you will be more convinced than ever to buy local.
Among the crops grown here are macadamia nuts, pineapples, finger limes, citrus, custard apples, honey, figs, lychees, strawberries, avocados, mangoes, passion fruit, native plants, water plants and vegetables of all kinds.
This tour takes you to meet local Glasshouse Country farmers, fitting in with their work schedule and seasonal growth. You will see how the food is grown, taste it, and learn where it is sold so you can always buy local food from a farmer you know.
Of course, the tour takes guests all around the beautiful Glass House Mountains, so it is like two tours in one. You will admire the view from the farmer’s “office” in this magnificent rural setting.
Guests will be able to buy produce, and visit the local fruit markets which stock a full range of local produce. It will encourage you to detour to Steve Irwin Way on a regular basis to source this great range of food.
Itinerary
Meet at pick up point in Glasshouse Country region.
Sign Covid Safe documents and settle in to the comfortable van.
The tour commences and travels to local farms in Glasshouse Country. This tour will be different every time, as it will work with the seasons and the farmers in the region. We stop regularly to chat, photograph and see the products growing before tasting some if it is cropping.
There will be a stop for morning tea along the way, and plenty of time for toilet stops and for taking photos. If you have some cash handy, you may like to buy fresh local produce from one of the road side stalls using the “honesty box” system.
Guests will visit a local food market to see where the local products are sold. This will be an opportunity to buy from the farmers we were not able to meet on the day, so no one will miss out.
Return to your pick up point. Cafes and historic hotels are available in the area for lunch, and other recommendations can be made for activities to fill in the afternoon in the beautiful Glasshouse Country.
