Beaudesert Zarraffas to open in August at Oakland Estate

The drive-through coffee outlet will be located at Oakland Estate near the Ampol service station and Red Rooster.

Ampol Beaudesert co-owner Jack Ray, who is developing the site with his brother and business partner Tom, said the store would be open for business in August.

"We had a bit of land there and it's been vacant since we opened the Ampol in 2016," he said.

"We always had the development application approval for a drive through coffee shop there."

Mr Ray said he had been talking to Zarraffas about opening Beaudesert for years and was excited they had decided to come here.

"They said the catchment has had some unbelievable growth in the past few years and it's time to open an outlet," he said.

"We've always said to them the Ampol is always busy in the early mornings about 5am with commuters going to the Gold Coast and Beenleigh.

"Unless you go to McDonald's there's been no specialised coffee at all in town that you can just stay in the car and drive through.

"The Zarraffas will be what they call a drive-through only but it will have alfresco seating and a walk-up window for coffee and food.

"They normally open at 5am but they'll probably open even earlier."

Mr Ray said there would be minimal disruption to traffic from construction work because the building was already being pre-fabricated elsewhere.

"We're building this one a bit differently ... it's being built in a factory at Yatala at the moment so you won't see too much site work or construction over the next few months," he said.

"We'll come out and do the drive-through and all the car parks then install the building on the sire, probably in July.

"It's basically a conventional build ... then they just cut it into sections to be able to transport it out.

"I was absolutely amazed with the quality they can do these days. It all sort of comes and happens really quickly right then."

Mr Ray said the franchisees would be Scenic Rim locals.

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