Family affair
NICOLA AND CARL Mason arrived in Tasmania in 2000, filled with hope and ready to begin a grand adventure and a new life beyond their wildest dreams. Neither had ever set foot on Tasmanian shores before but, unbeknown to the UK-born couple then, this southerly isle was also soon to be the inspiration for a new business venture, their now well-established merino wool clothing brand, Smitten Merino.
“I don’t know if it is the English in our blood but we had wanted to experience living somewhere else where there were four seasons instead of a hot, dry place like Perth,” says
