The well loved apple and pear mascots greet visitors on entry.

The well loved apple and pear mascots greet visitors on entry. (ABC Rural)

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Hava Tassie avo

Avocado season has begun on the north-west coast of Tasmania. That's right - Tasmania - that chilly island south of Australia that's so well-known for growing cold-loving plants like berries and swedes. Not so well-known for tropical fruit.

Donnybrook Apple Fun Park

Imagine this: a huge playground with exercise equipment for adults as well, all enclosed so your kids are safe, barbecue equipment and toilets, open day and night.


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Smoke on the harvest - a recent fire in National Park adjacent to family farm, north-west of Patchewollock, Victoria, Australia. | Photographer:Jennifer Grigg


Smoke on the harvest - a recent fire in National Park adjacent to family farm, north-west of Patchewollock, Victoria, Australia.

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