We were
lucky enough to visit four olive growing regions in Australia right in the
middle of their olive harvest. Traveling
from Melbourne in the South to Adelaide and across the great agricultural belt
of New South Wales to Canberra and Sydney, we had plenty of time in the car driving
what we estimated to be about 2000 km to figure out what it was about Australia
that felt so familiar. The small farming
towns, the resourcefulness of the growers, the sheer scale of production, and
the fearlessness harkened back to what we have come to know as the Pioneering
Spirit that helped settle the American plains.
It took us no time to discover what was unfamiliar – kangaroos as
playful and productive as to make them a hazard when driving at night, adorable
koalas whose 20 hour a day sleep we envied, and a people who dare to dream big. Come along with us....
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