The Peanut Van is strongly committed to tourism (always have been!) and we pioneered tourist information services for visitors to our area long before anyone else even thought of it.

Our founder Ruth Davis was Kingaroy born and bred. She loved to welcome new visitors to our area and show them how to get the most from their visit to the South Burnett - and she was always proud to show off our great country town.

At her own expense, Ruth often used to print up free town maps to show visitors how to find local attractions. She also created free "I'm a Visitor" badges to raise local awareness of tourism and - in many ways - pioneered the whole concept of tourism services in our part of the world.

So when tourism began to be officially recognised as the major industry it is today (about 20 years after Ruth first saw it) The Peanut Van started to receive a lot of awards for this pioneering work.

For example, we were the inaugural winners of the Fraser Coast South Burnett Tourism Awards in the Tourism Retailing category in 1991 - and we took out the same award again in 1992 and 1993.

Ruth also won the Applied Enthusiasm Award from Suncorp in 1992 for her contributions to Tourism. And we've been a finalist in the Queensland Tourism Awards as well.

All the same, we really do think - and always will think - that the very best awards come from our customers. The simple, heartfelt comments that come in to us every week on letters, postcards and orders are the ones that really brighten our day - and that's why we treasure these particular "awards" above all others.

You can look over a representative sample of them here

Above: We're happy to promote our home town anywhere!
The Peanut Van has visited Brisbane several times over the
years to help promote the South Burnett and Kingaroy