Salmon is my favourite food, so seeing it was on our way from Launceston Airport to Gawler we called in. It feels like quite a drive from the main road but worth the few extra minutes to get there. They have a tour which we didn't get to do. Now I went in to buy the salmon, with no interest in the Ginseng. We left with hot smoked salmon, so moist and delicious, the rillette was more than I expected, delici I us spread on toast under scrambled eggs. We also tasted the Ginseng Spice and Ginseng Honey. I honestly didn't expect the flavours what a wonderful surprise. Looks like I will be ordering them online if my fishmonger can't supply me with them.
We are big fans of salmon and had read plenty about this place, so we made a stop here the first day flying into Launceston. The self-guided tour seemed fair, but we skipped this given we didn't have much time, and went straight to the cafe for tastings. The staff are very friendly and generous with the tasting portions. The smoked salmon was so delicious we ordered a platter to share after the tasting and bought more to take home with us. The packaging is very travel-friendly, though we do recommend that travelers who plan to bring some salmon back home to share with family and friends to pack a cooler bag with them, so they don't have to worry about their salmon going bad if you are driving around Tassie like us.
This is one of my favourite places, it is a piece of paradise. The walk around this farm is so calming and peaceful. You can feed the Salmon as you walk around. They offer tastings of the yummy food, We had lunch in the cafe sitting outside, as you would imagine Salmon is on the menu in various ways, There are 3 very friendly dogs, that match the very friendly staff.
We spent about 2 hrs here just a great place to stop. We sampled the salmon products and had a lovely walk around the farm and fed the fish, we came back to the shop had something to eat a coffee and a great chat with the owner, he was very welcoming knowledgeable and passionate. All the things we purchased were great and will defiantly will purchasing online
Hello Fay,Thank you for your review on our business and sorry that you did not have a great experience when you came back to visit again.We always ask customers if they have been before to the shop as most return customers know what they are after and don't want to go through the whole spiel and tasting again. I am sorry the person that served you did not offer you a refresher tasting as most of our staff do and you are always welcome to come back and taste as many times as you like. In regards to the size of the tasting we try to give people enough to have a small sample but we cant be too generous as we go through thousands of dollars of tasting each year.Also apologies if you were felt like you were "watched like a hawk", we try to be available for the customer and keep an eye on them to possible help out if they have any questions. A lot of our products are a bit different to the norm so we usually get lots of questions. The staff member you had that day may have been a bit overzealous. Hopefully we will see you back one day.
Fantastic hot smoked salmon and salmon rillettes. Great food for a picnic. Very pleasant staff too. Highly recommend it.
We had a quick drive by as we had been recommended by some of the locals. Ziggy the owner is one easy going, sociable , electrician turned business owner/salmon guru. He is one step ahead of everyone in the farming world. This man is one ECO friendly , greenie genius. His whole farm runs on solar power, the pumps, fishes live and grow based on the most logical thing, the normal circle of life. Therefore leaving his fishes to taste so delicious as there are no antibiotics or hormones placed into the fishes. We didn't have a chance to walk around and take a tour but what we gauged in our 20 mins of chatting while grabbing lunch seemed so impressive.He also owns his mini waterfall at the back of the farm. I want his life.
I took my 4 year old to have some fun 1 day and stopped by the Salmon farm. He had a delight feeding the fish, watching them jump out to catch the food.We walked through the wetlands saw how the farmer makes hydro power.Lots of information that one can learn to in creating a green environment. The only down side is the concrete tanks that they raise the salman in.
Really good thing to do with kids. They can go feed the fish and you can have a coffee and bite to eat. The salmon is magnificent so we bought some for lunch to take with us.
We came here for lunch at the cafe. we decided not to pay the fees and get into the farm. We did a tasting with the owner. A very knowledgeable man. The salmon is amazing!! The food was well priced. they even cater for Gluten intolerant. the lovely stop along the way to cradle mountain.