This story introduces new and existing boilermaker apprentices in the Welcome Creek workshop and shows how fabrication work supports harvest and orchard operations.
It’s a good example of how experience across different parts of the business can lead into skilled trades and long-term roles at MFM.
Read the full story here:
https://macadamiafarmmanagement.au/welcoming-our-new-boilermaker-apprentices/
This video was filmed at the Project Paradise restoration area, on the southern side of the orchard, where planting has begun for the 2025 stage of a 100-hectare restoration project. Despite hot and humid conditions, the team has made strong progress establishing the next section of the site, which is being restored to reconnect two…
We’ve expanded the internal 360 Orchard Tour platform so MFM staff can see what’s happening across orchards — not just the farm you work on day to day. This platform brings together visual updates, seasonal context and on-ground detail from across the business. What’s on the platform Using the farm dropdown menu, you can access:…
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) is currently running a statewide rural plant safety campaign. As part of this work, inspectors are visiting farms across Queensland to look at how rural businesses manage moving plant and vehicles. These visits are active and underway. They may look like inspections or audits, but WHSQ has been clear…
In this short video, Ringo talks through a box of collected macadamia nuts and leaves, pointing out differences between varieties. Ringo first worked in sorting and has built a good eye for variety differences over time. As the season approaches, she’s back supporting sorting and preparation work, sharing some of the small details she notices…
Shawn Steed (Maryborough) shared this short clip while setting up irrigation on one of the farms, and it’s a great example of what the MFM staff hub is all about. The edit walks through a few familiar stages — pipes in, sprinklers set, water on — but seeing it stitched together makes the progress really…
Each summer, marine turtles return to Mon Repos on the Bundaberg coast — one of Australia’s most significant turtle rookeries. Rangers monitor sand temperatures closely, as incubation conditions directly influence hatchling survival. Behind the dunes, a landscape restoration project is quietly restoring the natural wetland system that once filtered water through the sand before it…
