Ballantyne’s Strawberry Farm, 36 Brodies Road

Our experience of a family of 7 was disgusting and disappointing. On first arrival we paid $85 for 5 containers and entry, which is quite expensive. Once we came in the gate we were greeted by a gentleman who was the only good part of our experience at the farm. He was polite and very informative and told us to take our time and enjoy ourself. We were slowly making our way through the rows when we were approached by the Lady with brown curly hair, who was extremely rude to my son to whom is Autistic, he wasn't doing anything wrong but walking the rows and enjoying seeing all the strawberries and the sunflowers. He had his lid to his container still open but it could be closed as advised at the beginning. She continually told my son to close his lid on his container each time being more aggressive and vocal towards him. Then we were told we have to get out of the garden as our containers were full. When yes our older children's containers were full. But we were still helping picking for our smaller child who hadnt filled his yet. She ruined our whole experience made our Autistic child feel extremely upset and unsettled. We left in 20mins of being there $85 out of pocket to try and support a local business. We will never return and will definitely not recommend them to anyone who asks.

Absolutely fabulous. The staff were excellent. The strawberries were great. The food was magnificent. Come on Mackay support our local industries

This place looked closed today. No clear signage to indicate where to go, but we did see one sign saying that Strawberry picking was not on today. We thought there might still be a shop or something but couldn’t see anything

Fantastic set up there , love how you can pick your own strawberries awesome . Well worth the visit .

A lot of fun for the whole family. Lots of strawberries to pick & beautiful sunflowers to enjoy. Tasty ice cream and brownies!

Paid $5 for entrance fee each person and paid $10 for one small plastic punnet before we can pick. Strictly no eating while picking. The picking area is small. Strawberries are not sweet. The big ones are hollow. Supermarket ones are nicer. Maybe worth it for the experience if the staff weren’t so rude and nasty. Yep wasted our time to drive all the way here

Was a beautifully day out my granddaughter enjoyed so much picking up delicious strawberries and the ice cream the best we ever had for long long time.

Travelled 1 hour drive to pick strawberry for fun,specially it was for kids..paid 10 dollar per punnet ,which we have to pick and fill ..and the worst thing i feel was ..we were not allowed to eat while picking(rules) ..kids will want to eat 1 or 2 ..its a farm we are in farm..Finished the picking within 5 minutes..I dindt feel it was worth long driving to buy Strawberry..we missed the fun...Still i liked the environment/nature and location...

The best strawberries I have ever had! Would 100% recommend taking a trip out to pick some strawberries. Very inviting the first punnet was $10 and every other one after that was $8. There is a cute little cafe offering lots of seating under some shade. They incorporate the strawberries in their sweet cabinet foods which I really appreciated. Child friendly, we were allowed to eat strawberries while we picked (which is a massive help with little ones). Thoroughly enjoyed it here and will be returning!