PROPERTIES ON THE Delatite River in Mansfield in Victoria’s romantic high country are, unsurprisingly, hard to come by. So, the Roberts-Thomson family, third-generation cattle farmers, didn’t hesitate when a farm neighbouring their own home suddenly came up for sale a few years ago.
Known as Riverfield, the 200-hectare property offered Tim and Jenee Roberts-Thomson room to expand their Angus beef grazing operation and also accommodate their three adult children – Georgia, 36, James, 33, and Madeleine, 31 – on regular weekend visits to the region.
“We’ve been going to Mansfield for over 30 years,” says Madeleine, who spent her childhood learning to ride horses and