A bad day at work and a lucky find on the internet led Ina Ansmann and Timothy Noonan to a completely new life in Tasmania. “We were living and working in Brisbane and we’d both come home after a bad day at work and just thought there had to be more to life,” Timo explains.
The Truffledore in Lower Barrington popped up on the computer to lure them from subtropical Brisbane to the red soil and cold weather of northwest Tasmania.
THE TRUFFLEDORE HAS A SMALL TASTING ROOM AND FARM KITCHEN AND OFFERS FARMSTAYS AND TRUFFLE HUNTS.
The real estate ad promised a small farm with established truffles, tasting room and farmstay accommodation. Says Timo, “We weren’t farmers and knew nothing about truffles but the lifestyle and opportunity that the farm promised was