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And I'm not alone in loving their work. So too does SBS television. They recently ran the following short item on the company and its founder - Julian Wofhagen. Its well worth a look.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/small-business-secrets/article/2018/10/09/why-buzz-around-tasmanian-honey

There are only three species of leatherwood trees in the world, and two of them (Eucryphia species (lucida and milliganii), are found only in the wild and ancient forests of the western half of Tasmania.

Relatively few people travel to those forests, so I was delighted to find a story by David Levell published in Australian Traveller magazine last year.

He went ‘on the trail’ of leatherwood honey and the resultant story is both surprising and impressive.

Capilano, Australia’s largest honey company, has joined the growing ranks of ‘raw’ honey marketers.

Two new Capilano products hit the shelves of Coles supermarkets earlier this month – a raw orange blossom and a raw red gum honey.

Both are labelled ‘unflitered’ and the back label describes them as containing “Pollen and fine honeycomb particles, just as nature intended”.

Australia’s Manuka honey producers have adopted an official seal of authenticity.

The new seal will be available exclusively to members of the Australian Manuka Honey Association, and will give consumers assurance that the Manuka honey they are buying is genuine. ..