McMartin's Farm

McMartin's Farm is commercial family owned and operated farm in Bli Bli, in the heart of the Sunshine Coast, nestled beside the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary and the Maroochy River. This 56-acre, piece of paradise has been in the family since 1945.

It started off as a sugar cane farm then later became a dairy farm. At that stage there was no road access across the river and the road to Nambour was just a rough dirt track. Supplies of groceries, bread, meat and mail used to come by river on the mail boat. Cream from the dairy went by mail boat to Yandina then by unrefrigerated train to the butter factory at Caboolture.

In the early 50's they started growing small crops which has continued to the present day. While beans and tomatoes used to be the crop of choice, strawberries have been the predominate crop for 40 years, but they stopped growing commercially 8 years ago and now grow only enough for the farm shop.

​They have expanded their Lychee and custard apple orchards to meet the increased demand for these fruits.​

They currently grow 25,000 strawberry plants fruiting between May to September, 1000 custard apple trees fruiting between February to June and 1000 Lychee trees fruiting in January. You can also pick your own mandarins.

You can choose to either buy from the fridge or pick your own (PYO) strawberries.

The PYO price is market indicative and kept as low as possible to enable families to afford this little luxury. It's a fantastic experience for children and adults alike to pick the fruit straight from the field.

And remember, don't eat the fruit before you pay!