On the scent of Golden Delicious

After an intensive week in Queensland it was great to spend Friday night staying beside the beach on the sunshine coast courtesy of a couple of Kiwi’s, in exchange for giving them a lift. The only downside is the 5am start in order to shed the hire car and catch my flight to Sydney.

I am met by my cousin at the station and within 24 hours I finally catch some R & R, canoeing on middle harbour and mountain biking around Manley dam. We catch a ferry to manly besides the Sydney opera house which is not as white as I expected. The coat hanger bridge reminds me of my days at Newcastle University.

The temperature rises to 38 degrees c and tempting as the beach is my trip to the Hunter valley vineyards falls through but I manage instead to visit the Sydney university department for precision agriculture.

On the way through town I stop off to look at some packaging ideas and find my first apple orchard! Well actually it’s a mock up to publicise a new DKNY fragrance “Golden delicious”.

The iconic New York brand DKNY has partnered with celebrity jeweller Martin Katz to create the world's first million-dollar fragrance bottle. The shape? You guessed it - an apple.
The launch of the DKNY Golden Delicious fragrance in Kuala Lumpur recently was a prestigious affair with two security guards guarding the world's first million-dollar fragrance bottle and men in black hovering around mysteriously.

The department store has gone to town with a false tree to display the apple shaped jars of perfume.