Bumper cherry season as New South Wales growers recover from bushfires and drought
Bumper cherry season as New South Wales growers recover from bushfires and drought After the worst ever drought on record, New South Wales cherry growers are seeing a bumper harvest of the best quantity and quality since 2016. In the Blue Mountains town of Bilpin, cherry growers whose trees survived last year’s horrendous fires -that raged for 79 days- have enjoyed near perfect growing conditions this year. Cherry growers Andrew Lee was out picking cherries last week on his orchard surrounded by blackened trees along the Bells Line of Rd. While Lee managed to save his 300 cherry trees from...