Celebrities...again

So, we've been open for two whole weeks, and its all going great!

We've had customers every single day (phew!) and have turned over enough to pay back the business credit card, pay this months mortgage and have food on the table. BIG RELIEF! It's pretty great to know that what we've worked so hard on is coming together and is working.

We can't get complacent though - it's time to move on to Ohana Winery: Phase 2! The next step will be to contact the local hotels and tour operators in Bundaberg and Hervey Bay to try and get some tourist and coach buses to stop off on their way through Childers.

Josh and I are also local celebrities now. We had an article written about us in the local paper - nearly a whole page! It was a nice story on our background and how we ended up in Childers.

My efforts as a jam-maker are paying off. I've sold a heap of jam and had to make another batch of Dragonfruit Jam. I'm nearly out of Fingerlime Marmalade too, so I'll have to do some foraging to see if there are any left on the trees.

Josh's liqueurs are doing really well too. Our experimental "Jackfruit Liqueur" has been a raging success. We both thought it was going to be a waste of time (it smelt horrible for most of its life!) however it actually tasted pretty nice. Since it was so unusual we didn't think we'd sell any at all...but we were completely wrong. It seems people are looking for something unique - and this certainly is! We had some visitors from Brisbane who ended up buying five bottles of it!

It's pretty exciting to see some teeny little Jaboticaba flowers and fruit starting to come through. (A Jaboticaba is the Brazillian tree grape we make the tawny's out of). When this years crop is ripe we'll be able to have a crack at a Jaboticaba table wine - and anything else we can dream up.

Farm life is still going well. There is still SO much to do around the place, and we need to try and find a balance between "winery" and "fruit farm". (Is anyone keen for a working holiday in sunny Queensland!?) We'll work it out eventually.

I've also had a birthday since my last post (yay! I love birthdays!). It was pretty low-key this year, but I was treated to dinner at a lovely place in Bargara (about 50 mins away) the night before, and brekkie the morning of. I was even allowed a sleep in! (Til about 8am!)

I think that's all that's been happening lately! (Oh, I also made some passionfruit cheesecakes in little glass jars - they were super cute!)

Look at those ugly mugs!