Carnarvon provided all that it promised in the way of being one of Western Australia’s food bowls, due to both the warm climate and availability of water from the Gascoyne River. We went on a tour of a plantation which specialized in growing bananas and red table grapes - after seeing all the trouble and care given to this activity I will never wonder why grapes can be so expensive to buy. They are grown in vast spaces, with netted walls and roofs and are manicured every step of the way to ensure that each bunch is perfect in shape and size and number of grapes per bunch and they are only picked when tested as having optimum sugar content - each bunch has to be perfect for their intended market. Quite amazing the amount of energy and effort put into the production process. There is also an emphasis on organic growing and we were able to buy tree ripened bananas which have a very different flavour and texture to those ripened with gas - we also stocked up on other fruit and veg but alas no mangos until about January!
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