Gums

Pictures

Salmon Gums

From the Ravensthorpe Range with Salmon Gums in foreground

Salmon Gums in the Fog

Early morning fog at the Johnston Lakes with the pink Salmon Gums in their autumn colours

Line of Salmon Gums

Remnant Salmon Gums in a paddock near Ravensthorpe Western Australia

Tortured gums Mt Ettalong

Bush Track toward car park Mt Ettalong Natural bush typical of the Central Coast beach areas

Ravensthorpe Salmon Gums

Remnant pink barked Salmon Gums in early morning mist

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Wine Gums

Wine gums are chewy firm sweets similar to gumdrops except they are not sugar coated They are manufactured from animal gelatin mixed with sweeteners flavourings and colourings They are extremely popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom as well as in Commonwealth nations such as New Zealand South Africa and Canada and other northern and middle European countries Popular brands include Bassett s or Maynards in Canada the UK and Ireland Wine gums were invented in 1909 in Libya by Charles Gordon Maynard whose father Charles Riley Maynard ran a sweet shop Charles Riley Maynard almost fired his son immediately upon learning about these quot wine gums quot as he was an observant Methodist and teetotaller Charles Gordon however convinced his father that the recipe contained no wine In 1990 Maynards was acquired by Trebor Bassett For the year 2002 Maynards wine gum sales reached £40 million Wine gums were the favourite sweets of Roald Dahl author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory He kept a jar of the sweets next to his bed so he could savour them each night before he went to sleep