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Emu Bay Lavender
75 HD Menzies, Emu Bay Road
Kingscote, South Australia, Australia 5223
Postal : PO Box 401, Kingscote, South Australia 5223
Email: emubay@internode.on.net
Fax: (+61) (08) 8553 5211
Mobile: (+61)0417 842 009
Tel: (+61) (08) 8553 5338
Emu Bay Lavender, is situated at Emu Bay Road just
minutes form the beach and represents the culmination of four
years of planning by Tony Bell and Maria Patterson.
Looking to diversify from the traditional farming
activity on their property, they planted a small garden of five
lavender varietes in 2001, and the following year prepared for
their first big planting with six different varities.
In the summer of 2003/04 more than 1,000 bunches
were harvested and later stripped by hand, yielding about 13 kilograms
of dries lavender. Interestingly it takes an average of 100 kilograms
of flower head to produce one litre of lavender oil, depending
ont he variety and size. Now there are 13 varieties and 3,000
producing lavenders on the site, that Tony and Maria evetually
hope to expand to 25,000 in the years ahead.
Open 7 days during SA School Holidays 100 - 1630.
Closed May to September during winter.
From Emu Bay to American River can be found
some of the Islands premier food producers. The sheep milk dairy
at Island Pure offers visitors
the opportunity to observe milking, cheese production, tastings
and sales. Ferguson
Australia produces some of the world’s finest lobster
and prawn products. At their holding shed in Kingscote you can
view live king crabs, lobster and if your lucky some creatures
just for the kids.
Kangaroo Island Ligurian
Honey’s processing factory and Fryar’s
Kangaroo Island Free Range Egg Farm, which produces 19,000
eggs per day are also located in this area.
The towns of Kingscote and American River offer
many accommodation and dining options with picturesque locations
on the waters edge. Don’t miss the wonderful views around
Bay of Shoals winery, just
behind Kingscote.
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