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Olives in South Australia

I suppose it's a bit late to come in on this 
thread, but in South Australia there is a 
burgeoning industry.  Several wineries have 
established olive groves as an adjunct to their 
vine-growing, eg Coriole, Joseph.  Also there 
are several long-established olive groves in 
places like the Riverland which have been 
'rediscovered' as it were because of the renewed 
interest in local produce.  (This is a result of 
a movement which I imagine has been stimulated by 
Adelaide restaurants in promoting local produce 
eg Woodside cheeses, Timboon veal, saltbush lamb 
from the southeast of the state) Hundreds of acres 
of vines have been removed in the Aldinga/Willunga 
area to make way for olives.  The fact that these 
are not a short-term investment certainly seem to 
indicate that many investors have confidence in 
it being a lucrative market in the long term, especially 
considering that imported extra-virgin olive oils are
certainly cheaper.  This 'boutique' oil though is 
definitely at the extra-virgin end of the spectrum, 
you certainly wouldn't throw it into the saute 
pan at $50+ per litre.  There is a specialist olive 
nursery in southwest Queensland which sells seedlings 
of many different varieties to farmers all over 
Australia.  I saw an ABC tv program (Landline) a 
couple of months ago on this subject and the owners 
of this nursery said their business had boomed 
exponentially the last few years.

Liz
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