Central Highlands

We will be delivering to the Central Highlands on the weekend of the 9th November. If you live in the region or know someone who does, please pass this information on. We would love to be able to make it a regular delivery in 2014, so we need the support of people in Emerald, Moranbah and Middlemount and all towns in between Rocky and there!

We have just come back from Brisbane - thankyou to all our customers down that way!

A reminder to order whenever you think of it and we will fit it in with the next available delivery.

Christmas Hams

 

We would like to start taking orders for hams for Christmas. At this stage I will just keep a list of who wants what but closer to Christmas we will be putting together other packs for delivery just before Christmas. We aren’t sure yet whether we will close down the markets for a couple of weeks from Christmas through to the end of January.

Hams will be $18/kg

Either a half or whole ham

Bone in or bone out

Conventional or Nitrate Free

 

A whole ham would weigh somewhere between 5 and 6 kg’s.

Please email and just say whether you want a whole or a half and whether you would like it bone in or bone out and Nitrate Free or Conventional.

If you have any suggestions for some packs we could offer at Christmas time please let me know.

Delivery will be – Local, Yeppoon and Rocky areas – 14^th/15^th December

Gladstone and Brisbane/Sunshine Coast will be the weekend of the 21^st December. If you are in Gladstone and would like it sooner, let me know and we can probably organise a different delivery option.

Hams will be based on a first in first served basis, so please give me an expression of interest as soon as possible.

Christmas is getting closer and closer each day!!!

Markets this weekend

We can be found at the Yeppoon community markets at the show grounds Saturday the 6th and then kern arcade markets on Sunday morning. We have plenty of great tasting pork, ham and bacon, as well as Scott's chickens. So if you come along that would be great.

Capricorn Food and Wine Festival

The Capricorn Food and Wine Festival is on this weekend coming - 21st and 22nd of September. Dawson Valley Free Range is going to be there!!! We are getting very excited about it all. There will be samples for people to try our pork and we will be selling pork as well. So PLEASE bring along your esky if you plan on buying some pork to take home. We will have some ice bricks and eskies available as well.

Matt Golinski is going to be cooking some of our pork on the main stage.

Hansen's Catering are cooking our pork on a spit for selling in gourmet pork rolls.

So come along and support the inaugural Capricorn Food and Wine Festival. Support is needed this year, so that it's bigger and better for next year! It's really exciting to see Local Food being showcased in our region!

Mercure Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd September 2013

Southern Qld Deliveries

We are going to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast on the weekend of the 12th and 13th October. I do have a different order form than the one on this site which is to cater for those customers that don’t have a lot of fridge space - please email me for it. You can also order extra cuts and they will be priced according to a price list that I can also email you. The form on the blog has bigger packs, but will also attract a freight charge of $5/pack for delivery, which is not listed. . Please just let me know in your email or on the comments section on the online order form if you require extra cuts. Please email me if you have any questions or other requests – eg whole pigs. I’m not sure exactly what day delivery will be, but most likely Saturday morning on the Sunshine Coast and Saturday afternoon in Brisbane. Delivery spots to be arranged yet, but for the Brisbane people, the train station worked well. If someone would like to suggest one on the south side and one on the north side, that would be great. Please keep in mind that I’m not the best traffic driver! Sunshine Coast will be either Peters place or Annes Place. Please get your orders in by Friday 27th September. Tell all your friends and family about our pork - the more people we can deliver to, the more often we can come down. We are also hoping to deliver to these two areas just before Christmas, as we are going to Buderim for Christmas this year. Stay tuned for details regarding Christmas Ham orders.

Almost Spring

Well, it's almost Spring - a time of new beginnings, and I'm about to start one myself. For the last four years I've been working full time off farm. That will all change at the end of this week. Read more about life after full time work here. During this time I have often been time challenged, which has meant that I have not been as efficient as I would have liked in running this business of ours. I am hoping to spend more time working on the business to make sure that it runs a bit smoother. The ordering and invoicing process has been less than ideal and so I am grateful for your patience and understanding.

I will be doing invoices this week for orders for Theodore, Baralaba, Woorabinda, Rocky and Gladstone. If you don't receive one by Wednesday and you've ordered, please let me know. I still haven't fixed the online order form so please confirm via email if you used it.

I want to say a huge thankyou to all our market customers. You are making my life a joy and giving me hope for the future of our business. We are ultimately a paddock to plate business and this would be nothing without you. If at any time you are dissatisfied, please contact me and tell me about it so that we can work it out together.

Check out our market tab to see where will be and look for the trailer.......

August

I know we are nearly half way through August, but thought I'd better let people know our plans for the month!
Saturday 17^th August – Yeppoon Showground Markets
Sunday 18^th August – Emu Park Markets or Kern Arcade - not confirmed.
Thursday 22nd August - Deliver to Theodore
Sunday 25^th August – Calliope Markets –  Deliver Gladstone orders
Monday 26th August - Deliver to Baralaba and Woorabinda
Saturday 31^st August – Yeppoon Showground Markets - Deliver Rocky Orders

The markets have been very successful, so thank you to all our new customers. I've been really enjoying the days - and so have Chloe and Rita when they've been helping me. For those that don't know, Chloe is our daughter and she is an integral part of our business - always ready to help no matter what we are doing! Rita is my sister and is also a great support. I stay with Rita when I'm in Rocky overnight and she is always around to bounce off ideas!

We are still not sure if we are able to go back to the Kern Arcade Markets or not. I will let people know via email, blog and facebook when we do work it out. Apparently there isn't much room and they could only fit us in last time because some people weren't there due to the Rocky Swap. So this weekend coming will either be Emu Park OR Kern Arcade.

It's still not too late to put in an order for the Gladstone run, however, please let me know as soon as possible! Rocky orders will close this weekend.