This was posted 1 year 10 months 19 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • out of stock

[QLD] Free Pineapples @ Queens Garden, Brisbane

780
[QLD] Free Pineapples @ Queens Garden, Brisbane
Go to Deal
reivaxX on 03/02/2023 - 19:09 4bc.com.au (2395 clicks)
Last edited 03/02/2023 - 23:20 by 3 other users

Take home a free pineapple from Queens Gardens in the Brisbane City from 9pm tonight.

A mini pineapple plantation has popped up in Queens Gardens in the CBD overnight in a sight that turns back time.

The site was the state’s first-ever pineapple plot in 1844 and has been returned to its historic roots for the official launch of the Year of Horticulture.

Horticulture Queensland is highlighting pineapples as the first commodity in a year-long awareness campaign of the state’s 104 produce crops.

Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers boss Rachel Chambers told Laurel & Mark the event was well-timed to coincide with a pineapple glut.

The pineapples will be at Queens Gardens until 9pm tonight, when they’ll be free to go to a good home.

Groceries Pineapple

Related Stores

Queen's Wharf Brisbane
Queen's Wharf Brisbane

closed Comments

  • King Tightarse on 03/02/2023 - 19:14
    +14

    Free pineapples. It doesn't get any more 'Queensland' than that
    Take it with you to the local banana bending club?

    • MasterScythe on 03/02/2023 - 19:20

      I really wish they picked a better name for the old Pub; but some folks like it I guess.

  • jimbler on 03/02/2023 - 19:19

    Until 9pm

    • Bafranz on 03/02/2023 - 19:22
      +4

      displayed until 9pm if I'm reading correctly.. then free to good home after 9pm

      • jimbler on 03/02/2023 - 19:37
        +1

        Yeah you're right. I have no idea why they made it that late. Surely would have been smarter to make it 5pm when people could pick one up when they left work.

        • VincentQQ on 03/02/2023 - 21:59

          so that most ppl don’t bother to go? Otherwise it could be a mess.

        • JakeZ on 04/02/2023 - 12:44

          They were for an event that had a cocktail party starting in the evening so they didn't want them gone before people arrived.

  • clandestino on 03/02/2023 - 19:23
    -5

    This looks like a bit of a marketing "fail" to me. How many people will be in the city at 9pm, and keen to take home one of those pineapple plants? I'd hazard a guess and say - zero.

    Having said that - there is a pineapple glut happening. I suspect that there will be a van full of boxes of nice, ready to eat pineapples, available for the public.

    • Kanosha on 03/02/2023 - 19:45
      +4

      A lot of people will still be there because it's Friday night shopping in the city.

    • bcYield on 03/02/2023 - 19:47
      +1

      Looks like they celebrate BrisAsia this evening and this could be a good take home gift for the participants I guess

    • tm32 on 03/02/2023 - 19:51
      +5

      Those stumbling out of the pubs for afterwork friday drinks.

      What could go wrong…

      • Chocobros on 03/02/2023 - 22:46

        Fresh pina colada to keep the night going?

        • G-rig on 04/02/2023 - 18:54
          +1

          Peni$ colliders lol

  • sharkyoz on 03/02/2023 - 19:26
    +6

    someone will be getting the rough end tonight

    • tharlow on 03/02/2023 - 19:39
      +2

      the event was well-timed to coincide with a pineapple glut

      I think pineapple glut(e) is the medical term for this condition

  • Royale with cheese on 03/02/2023 - 19:28
    +1

    Reads to me that they are pineapple plants and they sell at bunnings at a premium (if i remember correctly, $40 each). It may improve the taste of friday night dates 😅

    • clandestino on 03/02/2023 - 19:42
      +1

      $40 at bunnings? you must be joking surely..? lol

      • Royale with cheese on 03/02/2023 - 20:26
        +1

        Most definitely sir. They had little pineapples growing on them and they were wrapped in plastic

        • vagfinger on 03/02/2023 - 20:29

          I seen them there to at that price. Blown away. Even more so when people thought they grew underground!!!! FFS

        • customundo on 03/02/2023 - 22:37

          That's usually a dead giveaway

    • askvictor on 03/02/2023 - 23:03
      +2

      You can cut the top off a pineapple and plant it in a pot and it will grow into a pineapple plant

      • JakeZ on 04/02/2023 - 12:45
        +1

        This is the most ozbargain comment ever - it takes two years to grow a pine but it saves $2.50.

        • askvictor on 04/02/2023 - 12:56
          +1

          You in a hurry or something?

  • Nuggets on 03/02/2023 - 19:36
    +8

    They are already giving them away for free now. Source: 4 pineapples in my car.

  • Jessie Ryder on 03/02/2023 - 19:43

    Sweet, I will grab two for the coming week.

    • tharlow on 03/02/2023 - 19:46
      -3

      Bitter, at least they were free

  • RolandWaites on 03/02/2023 - 19:45

    Can somebody pick me up a dozen?

    • Kangal on 03/02/2023 - 19:52

      But you're in WA.
      I would grab one… but I've got pneumonia and covid.

      • RolandWaites on 03/02/2023 - 20:47

        VIC now. Just a short drive for delivery.

  • nasesco72 on 03/02/2023 - 19:51
    +1

    apparently there’s a big glut of pineapples this season - pina coladas for brekky

    • NigelTufnel on 03/02/2023 - 20:50

      Harvested 3 from our backyard this season. And we only had 5 plants…

  • TheRealCJ on 03/02/2023 - 20:20
    +1

    Haha I drove past this multiple times while working today, had no idea what was happening, all I knew was that there was a heap of pineapple plants

  • Iluvfreebies on 03/02/2023 - 20:25
    +2

    Should have grown some potatoes.

  • amorn on 03/02/2023 - 20:28

    plants or edible fruits?

    • Nuggets on 03/02/2023 - 20:46

      Edible fruit still attached to the bromeliad

  • spackbace on 03/02/2023 - 20:31
    +2

    Well that's good for pizzas!

    Grabs popcorn

    • xoom on 03/02/2023 - 23:53

      You best be wearing them flame retardant suit or them pesky Italians will be roasting you for that.

  • Moo Deng on 03/02/2023 - 20:34

    Still some left?

  • Daddy Chill on 03/02/2023 - 20:47

    I just read in the paper there will be a pineapple 🍍 shortage next year. Maybe someone let them know

    https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/food-warnings/pineapp…

  • Smilence03 on 03/02/2023 - 21:05
    +2

    @Everyone, it is BEFORE 9PM, not AFTER!

    Go there now if you want some pineapples! About 80% are gone already as of 7:45pm, so grab one while you can, don't wait till after 9PM!

    • Moo Deng on 03/02/2023 - 21:29

      All gone

      There’s just a bunch leftover plants if you want to plant your own?

      • evgpek on 03/02/2023 - 22:18

        Three years later..

  • Filayq on 03/02/2023 - 21:18

    Yea it's before, just picked one up, plenty left. Some have the fruit, but most of them are just plants in a pot.

  • altomic on 03/02/2023 - 21:30
    +1

    I have a pen

    • QuickandtheDead on 04/02/2023 - 10:35

      If this isn’t the most upvoted comment then we have a Dad shortage on OzB

  • Ulysses31 on 03/02/2023 - 22:06
    +2

    My safe word is pineapple

  • djoz on 03/02/2023 - 23:11
    +1

    Hawaiian Pizza Domino's Deal incoming soon.

  • Bettyboo on 04/02/2023 - 04:20
    +1

    Free fruit very rare in Syd, only junk food are free.

  • croc330 on 04/02/2023 - 12:00

    Just picked my first pineapple of the season yesterday. How topical and appropriate.

    • dtc on 04/02/2023 - 12:26

      Just picked my first pineapple of the season yesterday. How tropical and appropriate.

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join