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Lying on the apex of the Great Dividing Range approximately 527 metres above sea level, resides the Australian Coffee Centre. This multi million-dollar centre sits on the outskirts of the Skybury Coffee Estate, which is one of the largest coffee plantations in Australia. The cool elevated plateau climate in the area makes it perfect for growing great tasting coffee, which is why 60% of Australia's coffee in this Estate.

Coffee Plantation

Coffee Plantation
This large family business is owned and run by Ian and Marion MacLaughlin and daughter Candy MacLaughlin. It is oldest coffee plantation in Australia and the most unique. It contains a luxurious restaurant, licensed bar, coffee laboratory, gift store, and Coffee Cinema. Visitors can enjoy a movie in the Coffee Cinema, which plays the region's first high definition movie, about coffee, on a large curved screen.

Visitors are also able to stroll through the coffee plantation, free to enjoy the bird life and local bush land. Skybury also boasts a soft release pen, where recovering native wildlife can be re-introduced to Bushland surroundings.

The Skybury Coffee Estate has one of the world's most refined processing facilities. Their unique "wet processing" system quickly and efficiently turns coffee from the field to dry and then to stabilise it in just one hour. A coffee tasting tour keeps guests buzzing, while they are shown around the estate and given a glimpse of the different stages of coffee production.

To learn more about Australia's oldest coffee plantation visit the Skybury Coffee Plantation.

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