Christmas in Australia is often very hot 30 plus degrees Celsius. Over the years I have been making a fruit salad to share with family and friends on Christmas Day. In 2015 I was in Melbourne and spent Christmas Day with my partner's family in Bendigo. There are 33 different varieties of fruit. In the longer term I would love to be able to grow most of these, and many more, on the bit of land that we intend to buy around Bundaberg, Queensland. It took around three hours to cut up, and they were small pieces.I sent a photo to a friend and she coined the phrase “Confetti”. The name stuck. Every spoonful that the person had, could have three or more different fruits. My partner's nieces went for the fruit salad—helping themselves to many bowls.
Fruits
A--
Fuji Apple
Granny Smith Apple
Pink Lady Apple
B--
Blueberry
C--
Red Cherry
White Cherry
D--
Yellow Honey Dew—a type of a type of Cantaloup
G--
Midnight Beauty Grape—my favourite
Red Seedless Grape
White Seedless Grape
K--
Golden Kiwi Fruit
Green Kiwi Fruit
L--
Lychee
M--
R2E2 Mango
Mangosteen
N--
Yellow Nectarine
White Nectarine
O--
Valencia Orange
P--
Yellow Peach
White Peach
Corella Pears
Nashi Pear
Packham Pear
Red Papaya/Pawpaw
Passionfruit
Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
R--
Rambutan
Raspberry
Rockmellon—a type of a type of Cantaloup
S--
Strawberry
W--
Seedless Watermelon
Total cost $68
