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Two women smile as they stand behind their figs.

An elderly man leans against a rusty old tractor
Peter Wise was proud of his family's farming history.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

An aerial view showing farmland and all of the development around it with the ocean in the background.
The Wise family plans to sell the land bordered by Wises Road and the Sunshine Motorway.(Supplied: Peter Wise)

A grey haired lady and a young man behind a table with fresh figs.
Ivy Wise sorts figs with her grandson Lachlan Dean.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

A black and white wedding photo of a couple in a car.
Peter and Ivy Wise had hoped to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in 2024.(Supplied: Wise family)

A young man smiles as he sits on an ATV with people behind him.
Lachlan Dean helps his parents and aunty with the harvest.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

Three spiral notebooks with fig program written on them.
Peter Wise's notebooks on fig growing have been crucial for his family.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

Overhead photo of fields and trees.
Wise's Farm before it was split by the Sunshine Motorway.(Supplied: Wise family)

A black and white photo of a man driving a tractor.
Peter Wise on his tractor in the early days.(Supplied: Wise family)

A man ploughing a field with a horse.
Peter Wise's father Frank ploughing with Obie the Clydesdale in 1961 on Buderim.(Supplied: Peter Wise)

A black and white photo of Peter Wise standing next to a pick your own fruit sign.
Peter Wise's orchards have been eaten up by development.(Supplied: Peter Wise)

Fig trees in the orchard.
The fig orchard is extremely productive.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

People gathered in a shed sorting figs.
Ivy Wise works with her family to sort the fig harvest.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

Ripe shiny figs on a table.
Shiny fresh ripe figs ready for sale.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

A smiling woman in togs holding a punnet of fresh figs.
Kevel Reeves has been buying Wise's Farm figs for years.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

Green figs on a branch.
These green figs are yet to ripen.(ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)

Peter Wise holds up a fig.
Peter Wise sold figs direct to visitors to his Maroochydore farm.(Supplied: Wise family)

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