Beaumont is a family company and has been involved with the growing of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Mt Dangar and Mt Aberdeen districts of Bowen since 1969. They have been involved in the processing of frozen products since 1983.

BEAUMONT ORGANIC MANGO PLANTATION and PROCESSING is not just an agricultural farm but a working successful commercial business

Location:

Beaumont is situated 33 klms west of Bowen part of the growing Whitsundays region with its famous tourist destinations, thriving agriculture and irrigation areas, not to mention the major port of Abbotts Point and its associated planned industrial park. Townsville being only 233 km north.

RPD: Lot 29 on HR 1186 and Lot 51 on HR 1573 – Parish of Aberdeen

Lot 49 and 50 on HR 1056 (all Freehold Tenure).

Area: 149.5 hectares

Zoning: Rural Grazing – Whitsunday Shire Council

Rates: $1,827.27 per half year ]

Plantation:

6000 Organic Kensington Price (KP) mango trees, these are mature and in full production; in addition there are 2000 young KP trees. There is also approximately 40 hectares of small crop horticultural land complete with irrigation, plus open native areas.

Organic Cert: Australian Certified Organic Producer/Processor

No. 10046A (Mangoes – Producer)

No. 10250P (Mangoes – Processing of organic product)

this certification applies to the full 149.5 hectares and is not restricted to only the mango orchards. The farm and packaging are covered by HACCP based certified program.

Irrigation:

10 equipped bores, 4 dams and 3 open irrigation pumping areas.

6000 trees are irrigated with under tree sprinklers having an application rate of 65-100 litres per hour, per tree. 2000 trees are on drip emitters.

The property is located outside of any metered irrigation areas.

Soils:

Beaumont soils are mainly sandy loam with red loam ridges.

Structural Improvements:

Large lowset open plan residence

4 bedrooms, three bathrooms

Fully functional administration officeand laboratory building

3 x staff residences

16 site caravan park

Additional powered/water supplied camping facilities

Large fresh fruit packing and food processing buildings

Workshop and storage buildings

4 x cold rooms

3 x freezer rooms

Plant and Equipment:

Sufficient to run the complete farming and processing operation (list available on request). Includes 3 drying units that have an approximate output of 155 kgs of dried product every 18 hours.