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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374beverleyf
Aug 16, 2025
Excellent - Vey informative. Pleased to know that there are no by-products of sugar productio that are just discarded/sent to landfill. Tasty. Lots of fun!
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Sonia
Aug 15, 2025
Informative tour - It was very informative, and now we understand the sugarcane to plate process. I recommend this to everyone and families.
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423micks
Aug 13, 2025
Highly Recommended. - Very interesting and informative and well organised. Jess did an excellent job. Highly recommended. I was not aware of the number of processes that are required to end up with sugar.
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Kerry
Aug 8, 2025
Fun & informative tour - We did both the tours. Our tour guide Jess, was fabulous. Interaction & information from Jess was really informative & interesting. Jess took the time to answer any questions in detail. We had to return for the tasting as our tours slightly overlapped, but Jess took us through the tasting which was fun & informative. Thanks for a great tour & tasting Jess
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N216bqmattt
Aug 7, 2025
Bloody awesome - Fantastic tour, very well ran Super friendly staff and great products Awesome tastings at the end highly recommend the visit to the sugar shed
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880gracyd
Aug 7, 2025
It's very good and interesting - Very interesting and full of facts and things l didn't know. All way's wondered how suger was made., and how suger Cain was harvested
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Campert2017
Aug 4, 2025
Put this on your to do list - Thank you Des for such an insightful tour. Your enthusiasm and passion was contagious. We thoroughly enjoyed our distillery and sugar shed tour. We loved it so much that we purchased lots of product to travel with us. We loved it all, highly recommend.
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Cosmopolitan325310
Aug 4, 2025
Don’t drive past, this is worth a visit - We did the sugar shed and rum distillery tour. We were lucky to have Des as our guide. The time went very quickly as Des was very knowledgeable and her enthusiasm and personality definitely added to the experience. Highly recommend the tour. The rum, the relishes, the jams and the schnapps are all very tasty.
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Aussiecatwoman
Aug 1, 2025
Sarina Sugar Shed Surprises - Thanks Betty! You are an expert in your field and great at getting your message across. Reading about sugar production was put into perspective with your comprehensive and amusing tour. I loved the tastings.
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Kylie_mort_aroundaus
Aug 1, 2025
So many good things about this tour! - This was a fantastic tour and Beckie was amazing! Such a great personable and fun character she really made it come to life. It was educational and interactive and we got to taste SO many different yummy things! As much as you like! Would recommend it 100% Thanks Beckie!
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From $19
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).