Bart Bear's Blog

On Sunday we found a new and different sort of place to drive out to for brunch. Often, when we are driving north of Canberra, we pass a place called Fedra Olive Farm, near the tiny town of Collector. This place has a cafe and bakery as well as a zillion olive trees, so we always said as we zoomed past "We really must call in there some day". Well, on Sunday we did. I had never seen olive trees close up before. These are only baby trees; olive trees can live for over 1000 years. Actually, olives were one of the first plants to be cultivated and they are mentioned in just about all of the classical literature of the Mediterranean countries. Mum really likes olives and Dad can't stand the taste of them, so I was (naturally) curious and wanting to see for myself how they stack up as small bear food. In the cafe there was a tray with four different types of olive and a sign near it that said "Please Try". No need to ask a second time, this was the chance to satisfy curiosity and maybe a few hunger pangs. The result? Well, I have to agree with Mum on this one. Olives are good tucker and Kalimata olives are the best of the lot in my opinion. And the brunch from the bakery was pretty good too.

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