How does berry production in Australia compare to growing in the UK? Originally from New Zealand, Laurie Adams emigrated to the UK in 2000 where he stayed for 20 years working with a range of different soft fruit businesses including Haygrove and Hall Hunter Partnership. At the beginning of 2020 he moved out to Australia and took up the position of General Manager with Tasmanian soft fruit grower Burlington berries. Burlington Berries grows strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries over 50 hectares. Laurie compares soft fruit growing in the UK with growing in Australia. Growing methods The growing set up between the two counties is quite similar, especially in the south and Tasmania, in that it is mostly tunnels, but obviously they have very different climates.