Monthly Archives: "July 2017"

DIY Eucalyptus Shower Discs

Shower discs are a great way to clear your sinuses as well as keeping  your bathroom smelling fresh. These all-natural eucalyptus vapour discs are simple and easy to make, they are also non-toxic, so they are safe to use around children and pets.

Each year we love having children from different schools that enjoy doing work experience at Emu Ridge on Kangaroo Island.  One School that has supported us for many years is the Mount Barker Waldorf School in Adelaide.

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These lovely girls enjoyed their work experience with us and had fun making the vapour discs, this was one of their projects. We always enjoy having the students, they are always a great help to us. Our business  is filled with diversity so they get to be involved in many different aspects of our business.

Ingredients:

  • 3 Cups Baking Soda
  • 1 Tsp Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Oil
  • 3 Drops Emu Ridge Lemon Myrtle Oil
  • 1 Cup Water
  • Bowl to mix it in
  • Silicone Molds or Lined Muffin Trays

 Directions:

1. Mix the water and baking soda together to form a thick paste.

2. Add the eucalyptus oil and lemon myrtle oil to the mixture.

3. Spoon the mixture into the molds.

Hint – Silicone muffin liners really are great, they pop right out with ease, make sure you line normal muffin tins with a liner, foil works best the paper ones can get stuck to the discs.

4. Let the discs set for 24 hours until the are dry and hard.

(if you cant wait that long you can also dry them in an oven, pre-heat it to 120c and pop them in for just over an hour. If you do this add the oils after the discs have cooled as the heat will evaporate the oils, they will still soak into the disc.)

The girls had fun packing them up, and we sold them in our shop. You could do this to and give them away as a gift or simply just put them in a jar or a ziplock back to use for your own personal use.

How to Use

Put a disc in the bottom of your shower when you get in. It will slowly dissolve releasing the eucalyptus oil into the shower and the steam from the shower will all rise together, helping to clear sinuses for when you have a cold or flu.

Hint – You are not only going to clear the sinuses, baking soda and eucalyptus oil will also clean and disinfect the bottom of the shower. Two jobs in one!  To buy our Eucalyptus Oil and Lemon Myrtle Oil, as well as many of our other great products, visit our Online Store

These are also great to pop into the toilet to clean and freshen!

Kangaroo Island hosts Small Islands of the World Conference No 15

Kangaroo island hosted the 15th Small Islands of the World Conference and we were honoured to  hold one of the functions  at Emu Ridge.

The Conference was opened by His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le, Governor of SA. The conference was on July 2-7

Left to right – Larry Turner, Mayor Peter Clements and his wife Betty and His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le , Bev Turner

This multi-disciplinary Conference explored how small island communities are seeking to contribute to global survival, by: empowering communities for peace and productivity; preparing people for the world of to-morrow; nurturing the human spirit; protecting nature and feeding the world; and developing solutions for self-sufficiency.

We supplied our rustic venue in the bush at Emu Ridge complete with a bonfire in our old eucalyptus still pot. We delighted our guests with our Potato and Vegetable Soup Bread Bowls, followed by our Homemade Rosemary Damper, and Chef Tony Nolan cooked up a traditional  delicious Aussie Roast for Mains and Apple Crumble and Honey Iceream for Dessert.

The Kangaroo Island Wool Company also gave the guests a special treat with a fashion parade.

If you would like to see the pics from the night click on this link.

The Kangaroo Island Wool Company also gave the guest a special treat with a fashion parade.

 

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The Conference  offered participants the opportunity to be connected with and immersed in an island community and environment.  The aim was for our Conference to leave a lasting legacy for our community from the wealth of expertise attending, but conversely to also share our Island story, heritage and learnings with those attending from afar. The theme of the conference is Small island communities: models for global survival.

We were thrilled with the variety of presentations at the conference.

Please CLICK HERE to download a 32 page PDF of the full list of abstracts for the papers that were presented during the conference.

Source  https://kangarooisland2017.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIVERSIDE RESTAURANT SHOWCASES KANGAROO ISLAND PRODUCE

KANGAROO ISLAND PRODUCE COMES TO THE CITY!

We are excited to be a part of this event. Did you know our 100% pure eucalyptus oil is also edible. We use it to flavour our  popular Eucalyptus and Honey Sweets and on the 19th of July you can enjoy a sublime six-course Degustation Dinner crafted by InterContinental Adelaide’s Executive Chef Tony Hart. Tantalise your tastebuds with the Taste of Kangaroo Island Degustation at the Riverside Restaurant in Adelaide.

Emu Ridge Eucalyptus oil is part of the first course on the menu :-

Kangaroo Island Olives smoked olives
Fig and fennel bread with The Figgery fig syrup
Sour dough and Emu Ridge distilled eucalyptus butter
paired with Hazyblur Blanc de Noirs  – Sounds devine!!

(Our Emu Ridge natural products are only available in our retail shop or online)

UPDATE – The event was a great success we have this pic sent into us of our Eucalyptus Butter 🙂

Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Butter

 

The delicious MENU can be VIEWED here

Executive Chef Tony Hart is pleased to be presenting Kangaroo Island produce in a indulgent gourmet menu at Riverside Restaurant and enjoy a carefully crafted degustation combining the freshest seasonal flavours and local Kangaroo Island food and beverages.

Enjoy sparkling wine and canapes on arrival followed by 6 courses perfectly matched with 6 Kangaroo Island beverages before you end the night with KIS O Gin from award winning Kangaroo Island distillery Kangaroo Island Spirits.

Kangaroo Island produces food as it was intended. With purity, quality, and sustainability the key. Kangaroo Island is a pristine wilderness – a place of beauty and a place of escape. Plan your visit to Kangaroo Island today. Visit the Kangaroo Island Food and Wine Association to discover what experiences await.

Call +61 8 8238 2400 now to enquire, or make a reservation with our dedicated staff today.

Learn more: https://goo.gl/D2QhaB
Dinner: https://goo.gl/xB1Mxn
Book now: https://goo.gl/sanf1p

Riverside Restaurant
Wednesday 19th July
6.30pm for a 7.00pm start
$159 per person

Emu Ridge Newsletter July 2017

Below is a little about whats been happening at Emu Ridge and we look forward to hearing from you in the future and thank you for your continued support.

(Please let us know if you have already recieved this email, it will be interesting to know, thanks?)

Kind regards Larry, Bev & Staff

SPECIAL

We are so pleased with the support we recieve from our online shop, so due to our failed newsletter we would like to offer you 15% Discount on any of our online products, including the special! So if you didnt recieve the newsletter of the price increase that took place on the 1st of August we would like to offer you our SPECIAL, to give you a chance to stock up. Special ends on the 31st of August. We are looking forward to your continuing support.


We are proud to announce that we won the BEST FARM GATE EXPERIENCE at the Kangaroo Island Food, Wine & Tourism Awards recently, for the second year running.  We thank our great team for always putting our customers first to deliver a great experience. Well done to all involved & we thank SeaLink Kangaroo Island the sponsors of this category.

 

Photo courtesy of Black Stump media – Donna Gauci General Manager at Sealink, Emu Ridge staff Mel Holman, Ella Johnson

Kangaroo Island Eucalyptus Maine Beach Bodycare Range.

**SPECIAL** 

We would love to offer you a fantastic price on the Eucalyptus Hand & Nail Cream. Get in quick, we dont have many left at this price!. If you love this products, it’s a great time to stock up for yourself or friends? If you haven’t tried it now is the time!

The bodycare range is paraben, mineral oil, sulphate and colour free.


Its official Qantas are going to be flying to Kangaroo Island at the end of the year once our new airport is complete, very exciting! From Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane! We hope to be seeing more of you!

 

Eucalyptus Oil

We are proud to have been producing our 100% Pure Emu Ridge Eucalyptus oil since 1991. Did you know that 90% of the worlds Eucalyptus Oil is now produced overseas, with different species of tree to ours.

With a multitude of uses Eucalyptus oil is antibacterial and antifungal, removes oil based stains and sticky things, it’s a penetrating oil as well as having medicinal properties. Therefore it’s an ideal natural product for in and around the house, for the body and in the workshop.

So much has happened in the past year and you can  view it all on our Facebook

 

We dont only sell a great range of natural products. We have enjoyed some great events at Emu Ridge too.

The most recent was hosting the Small Islands of the Worlds Conference.

We have had some lovely international volunteers helping us out, including a Tourism student from Canada, you can view these and much more  in our Facebook Albums.

 

Our Eucalyptus oil harvest season is over, we produce our oil at the end of Spring and through Summer, it’s maintenance time now. Larry is doing some maintenance on his mechanical harvester and is building a new still ready for next season, so exciting times ahead. 

We hope you enjoy discovering about our wonderful range of natural products and their uses. Our products are only available ONLINE and of course in our retail shop. 

 

Handy Hint – If you are ordering products remember that Australia Post have a minimum charge for orders that are 500gms or less, so try to get your order as close to the 500gm’s to get the best value. An example is the small Hand and Nail Cream, if you buy 1 up to 6 the postage will be the same. You can also send us a message and we will work out the best value re postage for you, email: info@emuridge.com.au