Toowoomba to the World
Toowoomba’s strategic location along the Melbourne to Brisbane freight route makes it an absolute gem for economic growth. Through road, rail and air it is seen as a gateway to economies around the world.
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Real Regional Stories
export success
Premium beef snack manufacturer Jim’s Jerky is among the Toowoomba region’s emerging exporters, ready to take its home grown success story global.
CEO Emily Pullen says being based on the Darling Downs has a wide range of benefits, from the affordability of commercial properties to the availability of skilled workers and access to top tier services, suppliers and mentors.
“There’s a really innovative core of food businesses in this region, right from the agri side through to further processing across proteins, across commodities,” Pullen says.
“When we were first getting started with exporting there were other, more established exporters in different market segments to ours, who we could lean on for support and for advice.
“It’s a really innovative, exciting space and there’s a real celebration of successes amongst the businesses.”
Pullen says having Wellcamp Airport ten minutes from Jim’s Jerky’s warehouse is another significant factor.
“It’s absolutely helped us decision make around what our target markets would be,” she says.
“Having Wellcamp here means that we have amazing trade links into south east Asian countries.
“Being a regional centre but having world class transport links, you can’t really beat it.
“We’ve just started our export journey now but we can already see that it’s going to be a significant pillar for our growth - that means being able to employ more people.
“It also means we’ll be able to get our products into the international market and proudly state we’re from Toowoomba in regional Queensland.”
Air
toowoomba wellcamp airport
The Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport is Australia's newest destination airport with direct services to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Townsville and Regional Queensland.
Located in Toowoomba to support surrounding productive agricultural regions and in proximity to Queensland's gas fields in the Surat Basin, supporting growth for region's import and export capabilities.
Image source : https://www.wellcamp.com.au/
access to industry
Centrally located within the eight (8) hours required for restricted heavy transport needs, allowing Queensland manufacturers to access over 54% of the planned Queensland and New South Wales wind developments.
Road
Rail
inland connections
Direct rail access via the Western Rail line to the Port of Brisbane and the future inland rail connection between Brisbane and Melbourne means we offer diversity for supply chain demands, connecting our region's industry to export opportunities.
