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Our History

1949

  • Sugar Cane Farming starts

1984

  • Rocky Point Darling Downs Farm starts

1980s

  • Sugar Cane Farm grows, new technology introduced…

1990s

  • Green Cane harvesting starts

2003

  • Rocky Point Mulching established
  • Rocky point launches bagged products for end consumer

2000s

  • A total of 600 Hectares of Sugar Cane and 3100 Hectares of grain / cattle farmed

2007

  • Fully automatized bagging lines introduced

2010

  • NGIA State Supplier award

2011

  • NGIA State & National supplier award
  • Green Finger Potting Mix acquired
  • Rocky Point starts supplying professional industry with bulk products

2012

  • NGIA - National Supplier Award

2013

  • NGIA – State supplier Award

2014

  • Gold Coast Excellence Business Award
  • NGIA – National best growing media supplier

2015

  • Rocky Point’s Renewables and Revegetation divisions established
  • NGIA – Hall of fame award

2016

  • Nutrient uptake research (Organic Health soil) with Southern Cross University
  • The Keith Family awarded the Farmer of the year
  • Gold Coast Excellence Business Award
  • NGIA – Hall of fame award

2017

  • NGIA – Hall of fame award

2018

  • Rocky Point processes 100T of food waste for Commonwealth Games
  • Closing the loop on food waste, with Gold Coast City Council & Griffith University
  • Trials on making our packaging compostable starts

2019

  • Benefits of composts in soils. Research with Griffith University
  • Food and green organics. Research with Griffith University
  • Rocky Point Launches the Better Earth program