Cherry Picking at Bacchus Marsh
January is summertime in Victoria. And one way to ring in the month of January is spending one day picking cherries. December and January are harvest months. If picking apples is easy, the same can be said of picking cherries. The cherries are within reach. You can pick them by the bunch or do it one by one, sorting them out in the process.
Cherry is a small round stone fruit that is either shiny red or purplish red. It can be sweet or sour depending on the variety of the tree. For A$4, one can pick cherries at a farm in Bacchus Marsh in the State of Victoria. And the cherries one picks, which he keeps in a pail, he pays for A$10 per kilo. And he can start eating cherries while picking at no extra cost.
It is not only cherries that are available at Nature Ripe Fruits Farm in Bacchus Marsch at this time of the year. Strawberries, peaches and nectarines are aplenty. Packed fresh fruits are also sold at the farm if one is in a hurry. The town of Bacchus Marsh is about 45 minutes of leisure driving from the City of Melbourne. Only a skip and a jump away.
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| Natureripe Fruits Farm is along the Avenue of Honor in Bacchus Marsh. |
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| December and January are harvest months in Bacchus Marsh. |
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| Enough parking slots at the farm |
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| Entrance to the inner part of the farm |
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| Nectarine is a peach variety. |
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| To the cherries section |
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| There are countless rows of cherry trees. |
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| Cherries are within reach. |
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| Sweet, luscious cherries |
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| One can pick cherries by the bunch. |
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| Eating while picking is allowed. |
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| This tourist prefers to pick cherries by the bunch. |
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| Cherries are a rich source of antioxidants. Cherries help relieve pain due to arthritis. |
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| Cherries almost touching the ground |
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| Doing it the easy way |
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| Cherry picking aid |
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| Only A$3 per kid |
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| More than enough for everyone |
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| Gorgeous tour guide |
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| Only A$7 per kilo for sour cherries |
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| Peaches are also in season. |
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| Getting ready for next season |
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| Strawberry fields of Natureripe Fruits Farm |
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| After cherry picking, one can pick strawberries. |
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| To go at the counter |
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| Packed strawberries for $10 per kilo |
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| Packed cherries |
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| Strawberry topping for ice cream, pancakes, cheesecakes, waffles, etc. |
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| Strawberry Jam |
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| Pay at the counter when you are done. |
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| A prosperous New Year to one and all. |
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