{"id":141228,"date":"2016-04-08T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=141228"},"modified":"2020-10-19T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T03:07:05","slug":"mackay-visitors-say-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/04\/08\/mackay-visitors-say-hi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackay Visitors Say Hi!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_141230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141230\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-141230\" title=\"20160405 Mackay visitors\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hello South Burnett! The Mackay visitors with Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington in Kingaroy (Photo: Nanango Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 7, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A group of 36 primary producers from the Mackay region dropped into Kingaroy during this week as part of a tour of the South Burnett and Toowoomba.<\/p>\n<p>The group were taken on a guided tour of the Peanut Company of Australia&#8217;s complex and the Endeavour Foundation&#8217;s Kingaroy Kitchens.<\/p>\n<p>They also visited a dubiosia farm, Taabinga Homestead, Glenrock Hay, Nanango Energy Centre, the Bunya Red Caper Farm and the Wondai Timber Museum during their South Burnett visit.<\/p>\n<p>Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington welcomed the group in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n<p>She caught up with them just before they were taken on their tour of PCA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mackay Rural Production Society conduct an annual tour of farming regions and this year they chose the South Burnett and Toowoomba,\u201d Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year I met the Group\u2019s Secretary, Kim Roles, along with members Roddy and Patty Watt, when I was in Calen, near Mackay, and since then we\u2019ve been helping them with ideas for their itinerary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so pleased that I could welcome this progressive group to our area and let them know all about our wonderful region and the food we produce. This is a great economic injection for the South Burnett and an excellent opportunity to showcase our local primary producers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to thank the Mackay Rural Production Society for choosing the South Burnett for their 2016 tour and congratulate them on their keen interest in agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141229\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-141229\" title=\"20160405 Mackay visitors\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160405mackay2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PCA General Manager Operations Steve Magnussen speaks to the Mackay visitors before they head off into the plant (Photo: Nanango Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 36 primary producers from the Mackay region dropped into Kingaroy during this week as part of a tour of the South Burnett and Toowoomba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":141230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mackay Visitors Say Hi! 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