Jim Carney is a long time avocado orchardist, since he and his wife Lois established Settlers Plantation avocado orchards in Baldivis, Western Australia in 1984.  Jim managed the Western Australia orchards through the 1980’s growing avocados on 50 acres.   He was active on the board of the Western Australia Avocado Growers Association, barracking for higher quality and better handling of avocados as Vice President in the late 80's. 

Over the past 25 years, he has founded and operated three packing sheds in addition to six commercial orchards he has owned.  Jim also operated an arboreal consulting and tree moving business with a truck mounted tree spade, moving hundreds of citrus, avocado, and other trees.  Other business endeavours include owning and operating a construction company and large wholesale tour company.  Today, Jim grows avocados on 700 acres acres in the Childers, Kumbia and Farnsfield area, with over 26,000 avocado trees. 

Don has grown avocados over the past 8 years with a holistic attitude, keeping a balanced approach in mind to minimize chemical influence and maximize natural methods in growing his orchard and producing some of most robust avocados in the district, say the DPI.  Don is Queensland born and educated, having worked in marine, safety and credit industries.  He was the Queensland State Manager of two Companies and Group Credit Controller of a National Company.  Don and his wife Wendy controlled several successful Companies over the years before turning his attention to farming on the Sunshine Coast.  Eventually his concerted efforts in the orchard were found to be more advantageous when the family relocated to their Bundaberg region farm of 265 acres with approximately 10,000 avocado trees and growing.



Eric grew up on an avocado orchard in Western Australia and was extensively involved in several orchard properties. After a stint away in the commercial world where he managed a packaging store and later an office with over 20 employees, Eric decided the farm life was where he wanted to raise his two boys. Eric and wife Abby purchased and operated a citrus, avocado and cut flower farm and packing facility on the Sunshine Coast. After deciding to expand and combine operations, the family moved to Childers where along with his parents transformed a cane farm into an avocado orchard with current production at over 100,000 trays per year and expanding.  Eric is the packing shed manager for SuperPak with seasonally around 50 employees.



Tom comes to SuperPak as a director representing the interest of Sunfresh marketing Co-Op Limited who has an equity holding in SuperPak.  Tom is the Chairman of Sunfresh and owns and operates an avocado and lime producing property in Palmwoods.  Tom’s parents settled in Nambour prior to 1920 as children and later were farming sugar cane and horticultural crops in the Nambour area where Tom was born, and he has continued the family farming tradition.   Tom’s experience also includes 10 years with Queensland DPI and several years farming broad-acre grain and oilseed crops.  Tom has widened his other business activities with 20 years experience in Real Estate, and working as a consultant and advocate for Industrial Relations.