Outback Date Farms

Outback Date Farms Outback Date Farms is an Australian, family run enterprise based in Charleville, Queensland.
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We grow delicious eating dates and run entertaining tours complete with tastings, free morning tea and product sales.

Dear friends of Outback Date Farms.Looks like we will be harvesting the yellow Buy Dates, the crisp, crunchy, very sweet...
10/02/2026

Dear friends of Outback Date Farms.
Looks like we will be harvesting the yellow Buy Dates, the crisp, crunchy, very sweet, delicious DATES that many people have not tried, (but lots of you have),this coming Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
As many of you know, we took email addresses and wanted to contact you prior to harvest. This work is still in progress but we are getting there. In the meantime anybody who wants some dates posted by express mail through Australia Post, the yellow Barhee crunchy sweet ones only at this stage
, Please contact us by Facebook. More information to follow. Selling in 2 1/2 & 5 kg boxes.
Kindest regards and thank you for your interest in our enterprise.
Things are a little delayed here due to funerals and other matters.
Hope you are all well

The plantation is shaping up nicely. Here’s a shot from the air.
07/02/2026

The plantation is shaping up nicely. Here’s a shot from the air.

Dear Friends,It’s been a while since I posted. There has been a lot on. Looks like our first pick of the new date season...
07/02/2026

Dear Friends,
It’s been a while since I posted. There has been a lot on.
Looks like our first pick of the new date season will be on 16-18 Feb. There is some chance of rain before then but God willing, it will be minimal.
Our 7xdate processing machines have been made and are to be shipped in the next few days. Takes 35 days to get to Port of Brisbane so might not make it for this harvest as they have yet to be installed.
Our big shed and cold rooms are under construction, but also will not be usable for this harvest, and we have no power yet. The solar array is yet to be constructed too.
So you see, we are well underway, but not there yet.
Another big thing that has happened is that my wife Veronica’s father, Alan Klante, died recently and is to be buried on 20 Feb, so there will be a quick trip to Tottenham, NSW for that. Alan gave us a great deal of support in this date project we are undertaking.
So there is a bit of news for you. It won’t be a big harvest this year, but we hope to make good use of what the Lord gives us.

Kind regards to all
Mark

Guess what? According to Trip Advisor….we are highly rated - world wide! Top 10%. Amazing. Very thankful to all our wo...
29/10/2025

Guess what? According to Trip Advisor….we are highly rated - world wide! Top 10%. Amazing. Very thankful to all our wonderful visitors, and the Good Lord above for such a lovely honour.

29/10/2025

Here is a lovely drone shot of our farm taken by a kind visitor a few months ago

Lots of coaches coming through this year. New companies too. Very grateful.
25/07/2025

Lots of coaches coming through this year. New companies too. Very grateful.

Just a photo of the palms taken this week. Not watering now as palms mostly dormant in winter cold.
06/07/2025

Just a photo of the palms taken this week. Not watering now as palms mostly dormant in winter cold.

Hello everyone,Just wanted to share a picture of my new hustler mower that got burned up last week!😢. A friend was drivi...
03/07/2025

Hello everyone,
Just wanted to share a picture of my new hustler mower that got burned up last week!😢. A friend was driving it, and got into a ditch, must’ve had some dry grass up by the exhaust or something, fire broke out, probably melted the fuel tank and exploded. Nothing left. Pretty bad situation. Feel sorry for the friend. Oh, the ups and downs of farming.🙃

Hello friends of Outback Date Farm. Welcome to beautiful camping in the outback! A back drop of elegant palm trees, a be...
17/06/2025

Hello friends of Outback Date Farm. Welcome to beautiful camping in the outback! A back drop of elegant palm trees, a beautiful sunset stretching out before your view in a quiet non-light polluted environment What a place to stay! We don’t have power of course so you’ll have to be self-sufficient.

Have just had good friends Cor & Ingeborg staying overnight on their way back from blaze aid volunteering out west. Flood repair. They have helped us a lot on the farm also as Volunteers. Anyone is welcome to Camp for free, just do a little work (2 hours), around the place to help out - or more if you want.😃

27/04/2025

We’re open for business. Tours have restarted for 2025 after the heavy rains. We have now dried out sufficiently on the farm to get around. Just thought I’d let you know.

Hello everyone. By now we should be well on the way with the tourist season! However the high floodwaters around the bus...
06/04/2025

Hello everyone. By now we should be well on the way with the tourist season! However the high floodwaters around the bush out west here have slowed down the tourist traffic. It’s made things very soggy on the farm as well. So we will be delaying our opening for the Date farm tours till 19 April when our first tour will be run. Hope you’re all well. Looking forward to the new season. A good chance to get lots of maintenance done on the farm. Kindest regards, Mark.

24/02/2025

Last Saturday’s load. Hope to get another load away this Saturday too- God willing. So good to have so many of our wonderful friends here helping us. Thank you.

Address

Date Palm Road
Charleville, QLD
4470

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61746568359

Website

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