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Online store temporarily closed
The online store we were running is temporarily closed. It was originally opened as a test for how we might run a store but we quickly started getting orders from our lovely customers! Unfortunately, the cost of postage for an individual cask from our local post...
Gas and electricity acquired
A few years ago, the generator at our water bore had issues in the middle of a heat wave and there was no water. At that time, it was quicker and more cost effective to buy another generator the exact same and drop it in place. A few weeks later, we got the parts to...
The Processing Plant is underway
The boys at Longridge Olives have been busily converting our old Shearing Shed into an Olive Mill ready for the 2018 crop. This has been a huge undertaking and we are grateful to be surrounded by so many talented family members. Check out the photos. [gallery...
Excavator acquired
In preparation for the processing plant, we needed some earthworks done. We needed a small drainage dam, a dam to hold the olive pumice and some pine trees removed in the areas the dams were to go. We got a few quotes from local earth moving companies but they weren't...
Did you know?
Did you know? In South Australia there are many century old olive trees still bearing high quality fruit known as Colonials. In fact the history of the Olive tree in South Australia goes back 165 years when George Stephenson, the secretary to Colonel Light imported...