Become a pear grower for a day at Paracombe

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Join the family at Paracombe Premium Perry and Chamberlain orchards for a day in the life of a pear grower.

You will gain daily insights into our commercial orchard and learn different processes such as pruning, thinning, picking pear trees, grading fruit, blending cider, or a combination of the above!

Every day is different, but the educational experience of joining our family will never change. You will be their special assistant for the day and finish off with a house-cooked meal by the Shed Door team, with any dietary requirements catered for. It may be their house-made sourdough pizza cooked in a wood oven, starring the pears that you helped look after, or maybe a house-smoked extravaganza accompanied by world-class drinks from the region.

It is Aussie farming and hospitality at its best and an agricultural tourism experience not to miss!

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Other tours by Paracombe Premium Perry Experiences

Tour and tasting at the family orchard and Shed Door

Join Paracombe Premium Perry for a personal educational tour and tasting at their shed door, located on the family orchard Est 1932. They will take you through a comprehensive tree-to-bottle experience of how pears are grown, how they graft trees to change the variety, how they store fruit all year round, how they grade fruit for the fresh market and also then loo k at the entire process from fruit to bottle on production of their Cider, Perry and fruit juices. This tour will leave no questions unanswered, amaze you with the science behind every action and the work required to produce world class produce. It will fundamentally change how you view fresh food going forward!

$77 per person

Blend your own experience at Paracombe

Join founder and cider maker Damian McArdle for a fun filled “Blend your own” experience. Damian will take you on the journey of blending a base cider to your taste, explaining every step along the way. Use a range of different products to adjust mouthfeel, flavour, sweetness and learn tricks for use at home on your cider journey! Finish with judging analysis of your product to better understand different aspects of your finished product. This experience is fun, engaging and absolutely no experience is required!

$125 per person

Pick Your Own Organic Pears

During select months of the year the great "Pear Hunt" provides a fantastic experience for the whole family. Experience a true commercial organic orchard at your own pace. Take a walk at your leisure through their commercial pear orchard and pick some pears to take home and enjoy. Go on a fruitful treasure hunt where you find many different varieties of pears ready for the picking, and see first-hand how fruit is grown locally. Why not make a day of it and enjoy lunch at their Shed Door afterwards?

Price range

$250 per person