It was off to the rum distillery first thing in the morning, where we got a guided tour and saw where all those cane trains were going since Rum is made from sugar. It’s definitely worth a visit, especially if you like rum, and you get to try two of their products at the end of the tour. I volunteered to drive since I don’t particularly like rum.

Bundaberg distillery

Next was a stop at the Ginger Beer brewery. When we entered, we were the only patrons and we asked for 2 tickets and the woman asked us, “You do know this isn’t the rum distillery?” We nodded that we knew that and she said, “Oh, good you don’t know how many people come here looking for the rum tour.” I guess we did fit into the demographic of the rum tour because the ginger beer brewery was unfortunately not a guided tour through the factory but a children’s learning center on how to make ginger beer. I learned over and over again that ginger beer is made from fresh ginger, sugar, yeast, and lemon juice, and that I can make it myself.

I really enjoyed the tasting aspect of the factory since they make a few flavors all from natural ingredients including peach, apple, lemon lime bitter, lemon, and sarsaparilla and they let you try all of them. The one that’s not natural is Burgundy (cherry), and I didn’t like it as much. That’s why I like the ginger beer so much more than ginger ale, because that’s made from flavoring. Though they claim to export to the US, I haven’t seen it there before. I bought myself Bundaberg brewery flip flops since they were on sale and mine would have to retire after the trip because of all the trekking they had to do around campsites to get to the facilities.

Then we drove the rest of the day down to Hervey Bay from where we planned to visit the “must do” Fraser Island.