{"id":148,"date":"2020-07-01T04:41:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T04:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clipperpearls.com.au\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2020-12-09T01:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T01:28:17","slug":"farming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clipperpearls.com.au\/farming\/","title":{"rendered":"About Clipper Pearls Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Located in some of the most pristine waters in Australia, Clipper Pearls, is renowned for producing some of the finest and largest South Sea pearls in the world. A part of the Autore Group of Companies, Clipper Pearls is the Australian Farming operation which operates across 2 farming sites in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. <\/p>\n
For more than 3 decades Clipper Pearls has been recognised as one of the top producers of South Sea pearls, providing consistency in lustre which is un-paralleled. Established in 1988 by 2 pearl divers, Larry House and Mark Walsh, Clipper Pearls joined the Autore Group in 2006. In 2019, The Autore Group expanded the Australian farming operations when they added the Elizabeth Bay pearl farm to the business. <\/p>\n
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Broome, Western Australia Site<\/em><\/p>\n The Clipper Pearls Western Australia site is an ocean based farm located 50km north of Broome in an area known as Quondong Point. <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.3″ text_font_size=”18px”]<\/p>\n Elizabeth Bay, East-Arnhem Land, Northern Territory Site<\/em><\/p>\n The recently acquired farm in the Northern Territory has multiple sites and is located 623km north east of Darwin. <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”lombok” _builder_version=”4.7.3″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.6″ custom_padding=”0px||||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_divider color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.1)” _builder_version=”4.4.6″ width=”71%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”50px||||false|false”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.7.3″ width=”90%” max_width=”100%” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″ custom_padding=”|30px||30px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_css_main_element=”margin:auto”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.3″ text_font_size=”18px” text_orientation_tablet=”left” text_orientation_phone=”center” text_orientation_last_edited=”on|phone”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.3″ text_font_size=”18px”]<\/p>\n In conjunction with the pearling operations in Lombok, AUTORE now has a visitors\u2019 centre and showroom at their pearl farm located in the calm bay of Teluk Nara on Lombok\u2019s west coast.<\/p>\n Guests visiting the AUTORE Pearl Farm will have the opportunity to discover how the rare and beautiful South Sea pearls are produced in Lombok and knowledgeable guides will explain the intricate processes of modern cultured pearl farming \u2013 from how the oysters are seeded, the growing process, harvesting and grading the pearls, through to the end result \u2013 the stunning pearls on display in their showroom.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.clipperpearls.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lombok-autore-farms.jpg” title_text=”lombok-autore-farms” _builder_version=”4.7.3″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.7.3″ width=”90%” max_width=”100%” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.clipperpearls.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lombok-autore-farms-1.jpg” title_text=”lombok-autore-farms-1″ _builder_version=”4.7.3″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″ custom_padding=”|30px||30px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_css_main_element=”margin:auto”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.3″ text_font_size=”18px” custom_padding_tablet=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet”]<\/p>\n After your tour, relax with a refreshing drink at the small caf\u00e9 within the visitors centre and enjoy the sea breezes coming off the ocean. The visitors centre is perched on stilts in the warm waters just offshore at Teluk Nara harbour, only 25 minutes north of Senggigi.<\/p>\n The visitors centre looks out on the dramatic Rinjani mountain range on the mainland, and to the east, over the buoys of the pearl farm to the three GiliIslands, floating in the sparkling sea and just minutes away.<\/p>\nLombok Showroom<\/h2>\n