Dan was born and bred Charters Towers, attending Central State School and State High for his education. He and his wife Kym, who is originally from Proserpine, have been living in Charters Towers since 2010.
Dan and Kym have three children and realised that purchasing the meat products they wanted to serve their family worked out to be quite expensive. Like most things, if you could buy it in bulk, it was cheaper.
Dan was working as a slaughterman and butcher when he and Kym decided to try to source local livestock and process it themselves to help with their tight budget. They figured that other families might also be interested in this option and so in 2016 they started Dan’s Country Meats, initially offering just whole or half sides of local beef and pork products. This year, they expanded their offering to smaller lots, but still with the cost advantage of buying in bulk.
Kym says, “We absolutely love seeing our regulars coming back each week and giving us awesome, honest feedback on our products. We love knowing we are helping out larger families like ours who are on a budget by offering them the option to buy in bulk and get value of money on quality, local products.”
When they get some spare time, you’ll find Kym and Dan mustering or campdrating and working their horses. And on those rare weekends when the family are all at home together, they love nothing more than firing up their Smoker or BBQ feasting on their own quality meats.
