Rain-spoiled olive grove is good news for goats

PHOTO: Broken Hill Gourmet Products Co-op’s Gary Ferguson sizes up what is left in the olive grove. (Cherie von Hörchner)

For the first time in eight years, Broken Hill’s olive grove sits unpicked. The former mine site is known for producing award-wining olive oil, but soaking rain in the region has had an adverse effect on the orchard. Gary Ferguson from Broken Hill Gourmet Products Co-op said a downpour had bloated ripe fruit.