Ashgrove Cheese and Devonport.

Ashgrove Cheese is at Elizabeth Town and was to be our last tourist stop in Tassie. We could buy some cheese to bring home.

The story about how the business started and how they operate is interesting - with falling dairy prices, they decided to become more independent. A pasture to plate idea started.

“This pasture-to-plate philosophy differentiates Ashgrove to this day:-
1983 – Ashgrove farm partnership formed
1990 – Dairy infrastructure commences
1992 – Construction of Ashgrove factory begins
1993 – First vat of cheese produced
1994 – The farm gate cheese shop opens
2001 – Ashgrove cheese company established
2008 – Bottling of fresh milk and cream starts
2009 – Butter production commences
2011 – Cheese packing and milk line expansion
2017 – Cheese factory upgrade
2018 – Ambient cheese snacks start
2019 – Hobart distribution centre opens
2021 – Ashgrove dairy door and visitor centre opens”

https://www.ashgrovecheese.com.au/

We bought some cheeses, one of which is Tasmanian Pepper Berry. We had learnt about the pepper berry on our Bruny Island day and thought it might be nice to grow it in Molyullah. With this in mind and still having some free time, we set out to visit a plant nursery in Devonport on our way to the ferry.

To produce pepper berries, both male and female plants are needed. Plants Plus in Devonport only had males in stock. We bought two in the hope we can get some females when we back.

Time to head for the ferry and join the queue…Meer informatie