ABC Bush Telegraph reports on the enterprise of cider maker Rich Coombes involving the Batlow Fruit Co-operative and the apple growers in the Batlow region near Wagga Wagga, NSW. Instead of the damaged fruit from the devastating storms late last year being left to rot or thrown out they have been used to make cider. Read further interview with Rich Coombes founder of the Batlow Brewing Company.
The first orchards in Batlow were planted in 1855.