My father started it and ever since then I've been sort of down this way and involved in growing apples.

My son Jack works in the marketing division and it looks like the next generation will be carrying on to the future.

Probably over 60 years we've been sending apples to Woolworths and I think I might be doing things right because they keep on buying my apples.

These days all production of apples on our orchard is under netting.

It's a very labour intensive work and it takes a lot of technical help as well.

The process of the nursery to full production is at least six years. And then you roll up your sleeves and you're back into it next year as well.

The fires came about by a lightning strike in a pine plantation.

It started on about the 28th of December 2019.

We were warned Batlow was undefendable. We had planned to stay and that was a tough time.

The family were involved, some friends, neighbours and even people just turned up just to stay and help which was just unbelievable.

A lot of houses were saved, orchard was saved and you just, you can never thank those people enough for what happened on that day.

We saved the orchard.

I thought I was over that. And then to come out of the fires, we've gone from just totally one extreme to the other.

The apples are growing beautifully, the colouring wonderfully.

That's the importance behind this crop SSC. What you can achieve, it's just beautiful.

We're always, it's a two-way relationship. We grow good apples for them and they give us good feedback that we know what varieties they want and what time of the year and everything.

We're very optimistic for the future here. This crop certainly brings a spring in our step and hopefully this is the way the next few seasons will carry on.

You know, it's what the farmer wants to achieve.