What happened in October? Most noticable was the flowering of the macadamia trees. The sheer magnitude of this event continues to amaze. Being an Australian plant the macadamia has evolved powerful survival mechanisms. Most of the varieties here produce pink flowers, thousands on a bunch, while others have creamy white blossoms. All of them give off powerful scents attracting bees, birds and moths to their nectar.
Another October occupation was cracking nuts. This required three extra pairs of hands to help sort nut from shell and produced a great deal of noise.
The shop and cafe are now open and a few hardy tourists have braved the roadworks and stopped by for coffee and nuts.