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Kath starts with ... I have been lucky recently to have the chance to chat with Don and Marea Burke and Don has shared a dream of his with me. I found it so inspiring I though I would share it with all you inspired fruit lovers. Don's dream is of Australias friendliest town and he wonders who in Australia has the energy, passion and vision to make this dream a reality. To qualify the town would need to have any negative signs. eg. No Parking would be out, this could be replaced with Loading bay, or Driveway please keep clear No Ball Games would be out, this could be replaced by painting murals on plain brick walls, or growing passionfruit vines over them. Encourage another quieter social activity if noise is the problem like a shady tree and public chess tables. The streets in this town would be planted with fruit, nuts and other edibles, imagine avenues of public food trees, pecans, persimmons and quince trees for summer shade and winter sun. Longans, avocados and mangos for shady evergreen laneways. Cinnamon Cresent, Wampi Way, Lychee Lane, Pitomba Parade, Rose Apple Road and Sapodilla Street. Caravan parks and B&Bs could have open veggie gardens for the guests to help themselves to providing access to locally grown fresh produce. These could be community run gardens. The pubs and coffee shops in this town would offer the first beer or coffee free to travels passing through. If you think your town qualifies, tell us here how and if we think we can make Don's dream a reality we will tell him about your town.
| About the Author Kath Cawongla 21st November 2007 11:35am #UserID: 2 Posts: 363 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Janine Job Tocumwal NSW (on the Murray) 21st November 2007 1:04pm #UserID: 447 Posts: 2 View All Janine Job's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Kath Cawongla 21st November 2007 2:32pm #UserID: 2 Posts: 363 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
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paradisi says... The Caloundra hinterland is setting up a scheme of fruiting and nutting street trees. Personally I have a rough lemon as a street tree. If anyone wants a lemon or two I'll be happy. If they strip the tree I'll be mad Canberras old suburbs had many oak, walnut and plum trees planted in the war years as food for the populace | About the Author paradisi1 dicky beach 21st November 2007 6:52pm #UserID: 453 Posts: 1 View All paradisi1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Matt says... I think we recently moved into the town Don is looking for its called Bingara. Bingara has a town group called vision 20/20 who basically look to keep this town going forward. Their latest project is the Bingara Farm Gardens. They have just obtained the land (120ha)and announced to the community the concept of environmentally friendly community gardens sharing produce with the town (hospital, aged care home, etc) as well as an agricultural education centre with tea rooms etc for tourists. We already have the orange trees down the street celebrated by the orange festival as well as our murals (picture of one attached). Also the local fishing club has a hatchery which is responsible for keeping up the numbers of native fish in our local waterways. I could go on more about this progressive little town but only being new I can't do it justice.
| About the Author matt1 Bingara 21st November 2007 7:27pm #UserID: 454 Posts: 1 View All matt1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kristie says... I think Broome definitely qualifies with it's tropical beauty, friendly people and gorgeous beaches. http://www.broomevisitorcentre.com.au/broome.asp
| About the Author Kristie Broome 21st November 2007 9:43pm #UserID: 455 Posts: 1 View All Kristie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Chantal says... Dear Kath Just wanted to let you know that at The Ecovillage in Currumbin Valley in Queensland we are exactly doing that living our dream !!!! We are not a town only an estate but when we have completed our village we will be 144 residents sharing that exact life style.... Fantastic idea....cheers Chantal | About the Author Chantal Currumbin Valley 26th November 2007 1:55pm #UserID: 467 Posts: 1 View All Chantal's Edible Fruit Trees |
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