Economy Manjimup, Western Australia

picking tobacco leaves in 1954

manjimup leading australian-mainland producer of black truffles , research on truffle-growing conducted in collaboration wa universities, annual government grant of $250,000 3 years. manjimup s climate similar of périgord , other truffle-growing areas of france. manjimup truffles supplied restaurants in perth, sydney , melbourne, , requests samples have been received restaurants in france , germany.

research being conducted on green tea production department of agriculture , food , manjimup horticultural research institute. japanese experts identified manjimup suitable area growing green tea based on climate, clean green image, fertile soils , rainfall . manjimup/pemberton area @ similar latitude prime tea-growing area shizuoka in japan, , shares similar acidic soils , average annual temperature. trials of 10 varieties of green tea determine green tea varieties successful.

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tourism

manjimup tourist attractions include diamond tree fire lookout; 4 aces, 4 75 metre-tall karri trees on 400 years old; 1 tree bridge, bridge made of single karri tree; fonty s pool; timber museum called manjimup timber park; , timber sawmills including deanmill. during wildflower season october december, king jarrah heritage trail home various native flowers.

since 2001, annual cherry festival has been held in december. three-day festival features crowning of cherry king , queen , cherry spitting competition, , attended 5,000 visitors. in 1980, manjimup held first motocross event, named manjimup 15000 international motocross in honour of $15,000 prize first place. event held annually in june until cancelled in 2006 due public liability insurance issues , lack of volunteers. in 2005, event drew 6,000 spectators , 340 competitors australia, new zealand , united states. event began running again in 2009.