Mareeba Lychees

Gorge Creek Orchards grows premium Australian lychees near Mareeba in Far North Queensland.

Mareeba's tropical climate provides excellent growing conditions for producing fresh, sweet and flavoursome lychees.

About Lychees

Lychees are small round to oval tropical fruit with a distinctive pink to red skin surrounding sweet, juicy white flesh.

Unlike some fruits, lychees do not continue to ripen after they have been picked. Harvest timing is therefore important, with fruit picked when it has developed the appropriate colour, size and sweetness.

Our Lychee Season

Lychee harvesting in Far North Queensland generally begins during spring and continues through the summer months.

At Gorge Creek Orchards, harvest timing varies from year to year depending on seasonal conditions and fruit maturity.

North Queensland is one of Australia's important early-season lychee growing regions.

Selecting & Eating Lychees

Fresh lychees are easy to enjoy. Simply peel away the outer skin, remove the sweet flesh from around the seed and eat fresh.

The brown seed inside the fruit is not edible.

Lychees are particularly enjoyable eaten fresh, but can also be used in fruit salads, desserts and a variety of sweet and savoury dishes.

Keeping Lychees Fresh

Fresh lychees are best kept refrigerated in a sealed plastic bag or container to help retain moisture and freshness.

The skin may naturally become brown when exposed to air during storage. This does not necessarily mean that the quality of the fruit inside has deteriorated.

Lychees can also be frozen for longer-term storage.

Grown in Mareeba, Far North Queensland

Our lychees are grown at Gorge Creek Orchards near Mareeba in Far North Queensland.

From flowering through to harvest, our orchards are carefully managed throughout the growing season to produce quality Australian-grown fruit.

Gorge Creek Orchards Lychees

More Information

For more information about Australian lychees, visit the Australian Lychee Growers Association .