River Cottage

I did a bit of a site visit today to one of the older grants of land in Tasmania. This was released in 1822 and the chap who acquired it was quite fond of fishing, so found himself in seventh heaven. I think it is a fair bet he was a man of Kent, as this the suite of buildings I found when we first pulled up:

I felt  as if I was being transported back to Faversham to be frank - and a lovely mizzly day too, so quite English weatherwise

The owners are planning to transform one building into a distillery for manufacturing Whisky. The malting floor in one end, the still in the middle and a mezzanine over with dining options... Visitors will be required to approach down the avenue on foot - no cars in the main precinct thank you.

The workers cottages associated with the oast house will be transformed into luxury units, but in the sense that while they will have all mod cons, the hand-split floor boards and other details will be lovingly preserved and interpreted:

Just across a grass plat  from the cottages is the fishing stream,well stocked as it is just upstream from the Salmon Ponds, also established by the original settler, and now a public destination that can be reached from here on foot (along old pathways made by convicts) or by horse=drawn sulky.

Of course when you take your trout, still flapping, back to your apartment, you might want to accompany it with some home-made bread baked on site in this wonderful bread oven...

And of course, wash it down with a wee dram from the Lark distilleries whisky manufactured on site, while gazing lovingly at your hogshead of whisky that is inscribed with your name, awaiting the happy day when it  is suitably aged to pop in the plane and take it home with you ...

I may even come and visit if you are lucky! lol