List of everyday Kosher items found in Supermarkets around Cairns, Townsville and the whole North Queensland:
Coles and Woolworths Supermarkets are the most convenient supermarkets to shop for kosher food but all supermarkets around Australia have many kosher products.
Everyday Meal:
Fish: You can find many kosher symbols on various; cooked, smoked, tinned, frozen and raw fish in the fish sections. Including canned Tuna and Salmon, Jarred Herring, Cooked Salmon and trout, Smoked Salmon and Trout as well as frozen and obviously raw fish.
Meat: Some health food stores sell Lewis and sons cold cuts and cured meats and sausages. See below for best methods to cook on holidays.
Dairy: There is no Chalav Yisrael Dairy Products in North Queensland. (besides some Kefir sold in the refrigerated sections in Coles). There are many alternative milks such as Soy, Oat, Almond Rice etc. see kosher list for details. See the list also for Non Chalav Yisrael options. There are also non dairy cheeses, cream cheeses and margarines in the refrigerated sections in Woolworths and Coles make sure to check for a kosher certification, the Coles margarine Regular Spread 500g & 1kg with code 972597 is the only regular margarine we have found. However here is a coconut based margerine that is kosher as well.
Bread: The coles brand bagels with the kosher logo is Pat Yisrael and is found in Coles as well as the MEB pita and wraps also Nomad Turkish Pide, The Mountain Bread Wraps are Non Pat Yisrael and are found in both Coles and Woolworths. There are other health loaves you can find in various health fod stores.
Dips: There are many kosher dips that you can take off the shelf in the refrigerated section. The most common are the Yumis varieties, pilpel dips and the Obela dips (be sure to check that they have the kosher certification on them.
Pasta: almost all brands of pasta are kosher (plain uncooked pasta in Australia is kosher). As well as for most of the oils, see list to confirm. See list for Pasta Sauces and condiments as not all are recommended.
Snacks: see list for list of Chocolates and Candies. Only some varieties of the following are kosher so make sure to check the list for details but in general these are found all over the country; licorice, tictacs, lyndt chocolate, uncle tobys roll ups rainbow fruit punch flavour, granola bars, health food snacks. See list for Chips and crisps but the following are kosher and common; certain varieties of tyrells, plain smiths, plain french fries(R), plain kettle, veggie crisps with logo, popcorn with logo and many types of corn chips like doritos plain, coles brand and mission. Some varieties of Tictac's, sesame snacks, Darrelea licorice and others are kosher but see the app to be sure. Also a lot of the luten free cookies from woolworths are kosher.
REST OF LIST: See here for the complete kosher list of products in Australian stores as well as the kosher Australia website https://www.kosher.org.au/
Examples of cheap simple Meals:
BBQ on the beach: Take any clean barbecue put two layers of foil on the clean BBQ and cook your meat (from kosher Section or brought from home).
Buy disposable Aluminium Trays and Foil: Then you can Double wrap it and heat it in any oven. Examples of simple meals this way; Lasagne, Shepards Pie, Baked Potatoes, Roast meat etc.
Buy a cheap Pot or Pan: You can then use their gas stovetop etc Examples of simple meals this way; Stir fry (tofu or chicken), Pasta, Rice, mashed Potatoes, Schnitzel etc.