Bulga could well be home to Australia's most photographed orange orchard.
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The Harris family's "Hillsdale" property with its productive 4000 orange trees has been in Vogue, Hunter Lifestyle and now is the location for a new Australian feature film.
With nearly 100 people involved in the production of the film ''Love is Now' the Bulga district orchard is a hive of activity that includes some pretty famous fruit pickers.
The film stars Eamon Farren best known for his role as Dave in the film 'Red Dog' and Claire van der Boom a Logie winning actress who has starred in the remake of Hawaii Five-O were joined by veteran Australian actor Chris Hayward and McLeods Daughter's Dustin Clare.
A coming of age film about an itinerant worker was written by director Jim Lounsbury and is produced by his business partner Behren Schulz. Their company Eponine Film is based in Sydney and the Hunter Valley with funding for the film coming from local investors.
They have also formed a partnership with Nikon and are exclusively using their cameras on the project.
The crew will spend ten days in the Hunter Valley mostly at "Hillsdale" but also at Tocal Homestead near Paterson where the final end of harvest party scene will be shot.
During the filming at "Hillsdale" on Tuesday one of the Harris family's old cattle dogs enjoyed all the commotion but the highlight was wandering around the catering van to pick up a few scraps.
The beautiful orchard and grazing property which adjoins the Wollemi National Park was selected by the director for the film due to its scenery, its homestead and orchard and the fact it had lots of character.
Sue Harris said the family had been on the 700 acres property for three generations.
"Last year we had a 16 page fashion shoot for Vogue Australia in the orchard," she said.
According to her father-in-law Harold Harris watching models wearing $5000 dresses and $1200 shoes picking fruit was a real eye opener.
"They looked pretty fancy up a ladder picking fruit in those outfits, " he said with a chuckle.
But once the film crew depart its back to farm work fattening steers and marketing their navel and valencia oranges.
The family sell much of their fruit at the Newcastle Farmers Markets where people see the name Bulga and ask how the mine is going said Sue.