N[0]="Lucindale Area School";
E[0]="admin@las.sa.edu.au";
A[0]="Gum Ave (PO Box 147), Lucindale SA 4272";
W[0]="www.las.sa.edu.au";
T[0]="+61 (0) 8 8766 2084";
F[0]="+61 (08) 8766 2058";
D1[0]=" Enthusiasm and community involvement has helped a small south-east school to become a major contributor to the region's development. The Lucindale Area School's Sustainable Farm, which began in 1992, has become a major factor in k";
D2[0]="eeping the area dynamic and enterprising. The farm was the result of some innovative thinking by the school's then principal Doug Curtis, who thought the catch-cry 'diversify or die' was applicable to the school's agriculture curr";
D3[0]="iculum. At that stage, students learnt primarily sheep and cattle farming skills. Looking to the future, Mr Curtis rallied support from the community and local businesses to embark on a new direction for the farm - embracing vitic";
D4[0]="ulture, aquaculture, livestock, poultry and cropping. Current principal Steve Hicks and staff have continued with the program. The largely farming community rallied to support the idea. State and federal grant money was secured to";
D5[0]=" buy a 17.4 hectare farm, and the school acquired a former Department of Transport depot as a base. As part of their curriculum, students can choose to be involved in grape growing, wine production, growing trout, Atlantic salmon ";
D6[0]="or yabbies, growing vegetables or broad-acre cropping. The farm's commercial operations are also successful with regional wineries buying the school's grapes. Meat from chickens, turkeys, cattle and sheep, as well as seeds from a ";
D7[0]="vegetable seed production unit, sell at market with all proceeds being injected back into the school environment. Community involvement is reinforced through the school's demonstration and information stalls at the annual South-Ea";
D8[0]="st Field Days.";
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N[1]="Lucindale Vineyard (Di Giorgio)";
E[1]="dfw@digiorgio.com.au";
A[1]="vineyard at Lucindale; postal P.O. Box 30, Coonawarra  5263";
W[1]="http://www.digiorgio.com.au";
T[1]="+61 (0) 8 87363222";
F[1]="+61 (0) 8 8736 3233";
D1[1]=" See Di Giorgio Family Wines: The vineyard plantings at Lucindale total 126 hectares and comprise the following: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Shiraz. The vineyard development and management practices are of t";
D2[1]="he highest order. The Di Giorgio family has left no stone unturned in their untiring pursuit of excellence in viticulture. The family believes that you cannot make great wine from ordinary grapes. The commitment to lower yields an";
D3[1]="d maximisation of fruit expression is the secret to the production of great wines. When one looks at the first plantings being in 1989, and the last in 1998, the vineyard now has a significant area of mature vines providing an ide";
D4[1]="al source of premium wine grapes for the family label. The family is committed to continued growth and has suitable land available for further vineyard development in the future.";
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V1[1]="   Cabernet Sauvignon,  Chardonnay,  Merlot,  Pinot Noir,  Shiraz,";
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L1[1]=" Lucindale,";
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