• Gurra Downs Medjool Dates are grown in the Riverland, approximately 250km north / northeast from the coast and the city of Adelaide. The Riverland is renowned for its exportation of fresh fruit and produce worldwide.
  • The Riverland region has a semi-arid / Mediterranean climate with dry, hot summers and mild to cool winters. Although well known for its year-round sunshine, winter, spring and autumn months have cool nights and chilly mornings. Summer is hot with plenty of sun and temperatures often in the high 30’s and sometimes low 40’s Celsius degrees. Average rainfall is 265mm per annum, mostly falling in winter and spring. The evaporation rate is 1800mm per year. Being in the southern hemisphere, flowering of date palms occurs around the first week of September (spring), and harvest is expected to be from mid-March to mid-June.
  • Gurra Downs are one of only a few Australian Farms producing Medjool Dates and the only Australian producer offering online sales through QPI Marketplace