Devon Siding Olives - Farmgate

After many years of secondary school teaching, Chris and Andrea McCallum decided to learn something new themselves, and planted a small olive grove in Devon North, approximately 5 kilometres north-west of Yarram on the Tarra Valley Road.

The locals in this traditional dairying district of Gippsland were very interested in the venture, but sceptical of how successful olive growing would be in this part of the world. In 2010, Devon Siding produced a little over 200 litres of high-quality extra virgin olive oil, which was sold in 500ml bottles from selected stockists.

The first olive planting took place in 1998 and included Corregiola, Frantoio, Hardy's Mammoth and Manzanillo olive varieties. Subsequent plantings of Corregiola, Frantoio, Hardy's Mammoth and Jumbo Kalamata varieties occurred in 2000 and 2002. Devon Siding now has over 600 olive trees.

Devon Siding is proud to be a founding member of Southern Gippsland Olives, a partnership between six local olive groves located in Southern Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.