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 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 25 km to the north, 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 spec copiers and printers that cope with dust and heavy use for weighbridge dockets and consignment paperwork, design networking and CCTV that reach across large sheds, coolrooms and open yards rather than a single room, and cover phone systems for the office out front. Through the winter harvest, when the sheds run flat out and the workforce doubles, all of it has to hold up at once.

Bowen sits about 67 km north west of Proserpine, so it is 3 to 5 days for a scheduled visit, and we bring what a job needs in one trip. The town sits on a peninsula ringed by sea and salt pans, which corrodes outdoor gear quickly, so cameras and their connections go in sealed, corrosion resistant housings rated for cyclonic Region C. Business internet is available on the Aussie Broadband network with 4G/5G backup for sheds on the edge of town.