Clifford’s Honey Farm
Kangaroo Island Ligurian Honey
Clifford’s Honey Farm
Open: 9am to 5pm daily
Elsegood Road, MacGillivray
Mailing Address: PO Box 279 Kingscote S.A. 5223
Phone: 8553 8295 Fax: 8553 8224
Email: hfarm@bigpond.net.au
Website: www.cliffordshoney.com.au
No visit to Kangaroo Island is complete
without tasting Jenny Clifford’s celebrated honey
ice-cream.
Jenny’s first batch was made in the early 1990s
– initially as a one-off – but it proved so
popular she has been producing it ever since. The ice-cream
is only available from Clifford’s Honey Farm at MacGillivray
where Dave collects different types of honey from Kangaroo
Island’s famous Ligurian bees. Three varieties are
always available for tasting and purchase, and these depend
on the time of the year and which of the island’s
many shrubs and eucalypts are in flower.
Kangaroo Island is the only place in the world where pure
bred Ligurian bees – initially imported from Italy
in 1884 – still exist. The island’s strict ban
on bee and honey imports has protected the colony and enabled
local apiarists to harvest a product that is unique and
of the highest quality.
Visitors to Clifford’s Honey Farm can learn all about
the history, the social structure of bees and how they communicate,
and view the Ligurian bees at work through a glass-covered
hive. Large groups and coach parties can also book for a
tour of the honey shed to learn about honey extraction.
Honey products, arts and crafts and that
very special ice-cream is available from the Clifford’s
Honey Farm shop, which is open from 9am to 5pm daily.
Good Food Kangaroo Island is an industry group
formed to encourage and support value adding producers and
protect the integrity of the Island’s produce. Regional
food groups have been established throughout South Australia
and are actively working with producers to establish regional
branding and long term relationships with major retailers
seeking access to high quality, branded products.
Contact us
for more information about produce, transport, reservations
and tourist attractions.
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