Hello Everyone,

What's happening at the centre?

The last month has once again been a hectic one, but most of our earthworks and plantings have been completed.
 
The arrival of our first shipment of eels has been most interesting and keeping these fish in the hatchery tanks has enabled us to observe their antics which are more pronounced when water is running in the tanks.They have become so quite that Pete and Dave believe that they can train them into performing eels in the future,but unfortunately this may never happen as our new smokeoven has just arrived and smoked eel is definately on the menu!
 
The Jade Perch are still on the bite but Barra and other species are quite in these cooler months,which will probably last a few more weeks but after that it will be Action Jackson in the fishing department as the spring livens up the ponds and Pete has erected all the shadehouses for the anglers in the warmer months.
 
Speaking of shade, Ramzi has sourced a number of shade sails and these will be a great asset during the summer spread around the centre
 
Dave has been busy with the small smokeoven producing smoked Barra and Jades,also Redclaw smoked is a unique flavour while his chicken Pastrami goes down a treat,all of these are now available at the cafe.But he has become most excited of late with the bush tucker in the area discovering Lemon Aspen growing in the wild and quite a few lucky diners at the cafe have tried this tasty little fruit with their meals.
 
In the Cafe,Yuwadee has produced a number of excellent dishes and it wont be long before she introduces them in the menu but meanwhile we have the pleasure of been her official taste testers.
 
Pete...our fearless leader...says we may have the oppurtunity to do a little research on saltwater crocs and our current licence allows us to keep two at the centre this would be an exciting adventure and is definately in the pipeline.

Regards, Peter Whiddett