A paramedic and marine biologist have bailed on the big smoke to unearth a new life in the foothills of Tasmania's Cradle Mountain.
A much-needed lifestyle change has taken an adventurous couple from inner-city Brisbane to a completely new life.A reinvigorated hospitality industry is also driving demandIna Ansmann and Timothy Noonan are growing black Perigord truffles among 600 oak and hazelnut trees on a farm where they serve homemade gourmet meals to guests.
"We didn't know anything about truffles at the time other than we'd eaten them a few times and they taste very nice but we knew nothing about truffle farming," she said. With more than 400 truffle growers across the country, Australia is the fourth largest black Perigord truffle producer in the world.
He said this year had been much better for exporters than the past two years with the aviation industry returning "somewhere back to normal" but there were still logistical disruptions.Ms Ansmann said she thoroughly enjoyed working with her beloved dog Cody to harvest the undercover crop.
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