Office tech in Bowen

Bowen is a horticulture and fishing town on the northern edge of our coverage. The Bowen and Gumlu district is the largest winter vegetable region in Queensland, worth around $650 million a year at the farm gate, according to the Bowen Gumlu Growers Association, and supplying up to 90% of Australia's tomatoes and capsicums through September and October. Add the home of the Kensington Pride mango, the Abbot Point coal terminal about 25 km to the northwest, the Cheetham salt works and the fishing fleet at Port Denison, and you have packing sheds, farm offices and main street businesses that all need dependable office tech.

Packing sheds and grower offices are a different job to a town centre suite. We specify copiers and printers that cope with dust and heavy use for weighbridge dockets and consignment paperwork and cover phone systems for the office out front. Through the winter harvest, when the sheds are at full capacity and the workforce doubles, all of it has to hold up at once.

Bowen sits about 67 km north west of Proserpine. Visits are scheduled, and we bring what a job needs in one trip. Business internet is available on the Aussie Broadband network with 4G/5G backup for sheds on the edge of town.

Sources: Bowen Research Facility, Queensland Government; Bowen Gumlu growers, Hortidaily; Bowen, Britannica.