Location

Clonal Solutions Australia is located in North Queensland, Australia, at the locality of Walkamin on the Atherton Tablelands, approximately 1 hour’s drive from Cairns.

The company is well situated for supply of seedlings to the emerging tropical forestry industry and for distrubution to plantations throughout Australia.

The location is an excellent site for a production nursery, having the following important advantages:

  • unlimited space – the nursery is situated on a 32 hectare rural block;
  • unlimited water supply;
  • climate – the perfect climate for plant production;
    • warmth all year round, with short and very mild winters;
    • growth and plant production all year round;
    • relatively dry air with minimal fungal diseases;
    • outside the cyclone belt;
    • no frost or hail;
    • clonal production cycles of 8-10 weeks compared with 20 weeks in southern Australia;
    • clonal production all year round compared to November to March only in southern Australia.
  • position on the main highway gives easy access for customers and freight companies;
  • close to the major regional centres of Atherton and Mareeba, for staffing and supply of goods and services;
  • only 1 hour from Cairns International Airport.