The Orchard Table Cafe at Macadamias Australia
Highlights
- Stroll through the macadamia orchard, immersing yourself in the rich, red earth of Bundaberg's fertile landscape.
- Savour seasonal dishes crafted from local produce, featuring a unique macadamia twist in a picturesque setting.
- Explore interactive displays and recycled wood totems, gaining insight into the Steinhardt family's three-generation farming journey.
- Indulge in gourmet gelato and great coffee, all freshly prepared to enhance your café experience amidst nature.
Macadamias Australia’s Visitor Experience and The Orchard Table Café are the Bundaberg regions’ newest offering. Providing an up-close and down to earth experience on the Steinhardt’s three generation family farm.
The guest experience begins as they walk the path through the macadamia orchard and continues inside where they can learn firsthand about our history and beginnings. The rich fertile soil surrounded by the abundant red earth known in the Bundaberg Region has nurtured a variety of ventures for the Steinhardt family including small crops, peanuts, sugarcane and a successful plantation of tomatoes before the family turned their hand to Macadamias. In 2004 they began a journey to vertically integrate their properties which include over two hundred thousand trees, processing and value-add the Macadamias.
The Visitor Experience includes a self-guided journey through the recycled macadamia wood totems and interactive screens. The facility welcomes tour groups and provides an informative tasting and introduction to Australia’s native nut. The Orchard Table café provides fresh seasonal and local produce, freshly prepared in the kitchen with a macadamia twist, great coffee and gourmet gelato in a picturesque orchard setting. Macadamias Australia also has a farm gate shop with their single-origin nuts, and locally sourced produce and giftware items for guests to purchase.
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Accreditations
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HACCP Food Safety Certification
- QLD – Bundaberg North Burnett Tourism
Features
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.