The Truffledore

European heritage meets natural farming in beautiful North-West Tasmania

We, Ina and Timothy, took on The Truffledore in early 2019 and for us it has been a wonderful and much-needed tree change! We left the city life of Brisbane behind for our own slice of the “good life”: a breath of Tasmanian fresh country air, growing our own spray-free fruit, veg and other produce and working with a menagerie of furry and feathered friends!
Getting the hang of the truffle growing business has been an adventure and a steep learning curve. But we love inviting visitors to our little slice of paradise and sharing our European heritage combined with our passion for natural farming, great food and simple farm living in a true farm-to-table experience… with that little bit of truffley decadence thrown in!

Quick View: Our Family Our Truffle Farm

Ina

I'm a Marine Biologist / Zoologist by trade and from Germany. While I've called Australia home for most of my adult life, I still sneak a few German traditions in, especially around Christmas! I love the seasonality of our farm life in Tasmania: Flowers in spring, bountiful veggies and fruit in summer, the colours of the trees in autumn, and the thrill of truffle season in winter!

Timo

I'm from Queensland with family heritage in Scotland. I've worked in several industries around Australia and have been a paramedic for the last 10 years. But my real passion is good honest home-cooked food! My favourite thing about country life here in Tasmania is all the amazing fresh produce to cook with... and spending so much time with our puppy dogs!

Cody

Born in 2019, Cody is our oldest dog and fully trained truffle hunter. He’s a Smithfield X Huntaway with a passion for herding our flocks of geese and chickens! He’s the friendliest dog in the world and loves a good pat and a cuddle and being the centre of attention during truffle hunts!

Kiki

Born in December 2021, Kiki’s a Kelpie X Labrador. She’s very excitable but extremely loving and loyal! She’s a "velcro dog" - she just wants to be right next to her human, which makes her highly motivated for truffle hunting as it means lots of one-on-one time and yummy treats for finding truffles!

Darcy

Mr Darcy is the newest member of our team of truffle dogs, born in June 2022. He’s a Smithfield X Border Collie and the calmest puppy you’ll ever meet! He loves snuggles and is stealing hearts everywhere he goes. He’s also extremely smart and is already picking up the truffle game just by watching his sister Kiki’s training sessions!

Bobby, Buttercup & Berta

Our three Jersey cows came to the farm as young calves and are extremely friendly! They love saying Hi to our farm stay guests, especially if a handful of hay is on offer!

The Guinea Fowl

Our confusion of 15 lavender guinea fowl play an important role on our farm. They are the natural pest control task force in the truffière and you can watch them wander among the oaks, hunting down bugs and slugs! They are also a great warning system for our chooks, as they make quite the ruckus of alarm calls when a predator is near!

The Chooks

Our free-ranging flock of 60-odd Belgian D’Ucclé chickens provide us with wonderfully tasty little eggs for our truffle omelettes or Crème Brûlée! They are beautiful colours and quite friendly and our farmstay guests love hand-feeding them!

The Geese

The 20-odd Pilgrim geese that free-range on our property are generally shy and do their own thing. They’re great lawn mowers, and their eggs in springtime make fantastic pasta doughs and baked goods – if we can find them!

Located in the sleepy hamlet of Lower Barrington in the foothills of Cradle Mountain, we boast some of the cleanest air in the world. With Tasmania’s rich volcanic soil and a climate that resembles the South of France, it’s no wonder the region is perfect for growing our wonderfully fragrant Périgord Frence Black Winter Truffles. Our boutique truffière was planted in 2007 and contains 600 English Oak, Hollyoak and Hazelnut trees. The black winter truffle grows on their root system, in a symbiotic relationship with the trees. Our farm is run as organically as possible and we avoid using chemicals such as pesticides, relying instead on natural forms of pest control like our flock of 15 guinea fowl. Harvesting our truffle is done completely by hand, finding them with the aid of our truffle dogs.

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