By Luke Voogt
Aspiring Geelong West entrepreneur Alistair Bullock is saying “cheers!” to the You Yangs by planting a tree for every cocktail box he sells.
The 23-year-old grew up in Lara and his mum is “heavily involved” in Serendip Sanctuary, he explained.
“We would always do tree planting when I was younger,” he said.
“I grew up looking at the You Yangs – it’s just a really nice place. It’s exciting to use my small business to do some good towards it.”
Alistair worked as a bartender on ‘gap year’ trips to Queenstown (NZ) and Byron Bay, and has channelled that experience and weeks of research during lockdown into his cocktail boxes.
His boxes feature all Australian ingredients and instructions for revellers to mix up classics and newer cocktails, such as cosmopolitans and ginger yuzus.
Alistair plans to plant his first batch of trees next May for Parks Victoria.
“They’ll tell me which trees need to be planted for which area and I’ll go plant them,” he said.
Details: thecocktailcart.com.au
