Award winning trout farm 1à ' ėŎŬ ĠØŬû ƕŎŬķ ŨØƛŰ Ŏƫ ŹĠăƛ say, and owners of Eucumbene Trout Farm, Peter Cottrell and Karen Howells are testament to that theory. When they purchased the trout farm over six years ago it had been closed for three years and they were basically starting from scratch. Fast forward to 2018 and they have recently won the small business award at the 2018 Regional Business Far South Coast region awards and progressed as a ƱŅØĺĤŰŹ ŹŎ ŹĠă q à ŹØŹă ƕØŬûŰ̖
This is on top of winning the inaugural local Snowy Monaro Regional Council Award for small business and being featured on the Sydney Weekender television show. During those six years though, there has been a tremendous number of hours invested in their business. “Renewing and re-establishing an iconic Snowy Mountains tourism business was both a challenge and a treasure and then to be recognised by our peers to have those two awards make all of the long
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EFFORT: Peter and Karen from the Eucumbene Trout Farm have won numerous awards their business.
days’ worth it,” said Karen. They have sympathetically renovated the circa 1890’s homestead, renovated and renewed the commercial kitchen ØŅû õØėĄ ØŅû ƱŰĠ ŎƀŹ ØŬăØ ØŅû òƀĤĺŹ Ø ŹƕŎ bedroom purpose built holiday let cottage overlooking Stoney Lake. qŎŹ õŎŅŹăŅŹ ƕĤŹĠ ŹĠØŹ ăƫŎŬŹ̐ ŹĠăƛ purchased and renovated a three bedroom łØŅØęăŬŰ õŎŹŹØęă ƕĠĤõĠ ŨØŬŹŰ Ŏƫ ûØŹă back to 1890. The trout farm now welcomes more than 6000 visitors a year which started from a ƤăŬŎ òØŰă ƕĠăŅ ŹĠăƛ ƱŬŰŹ ŨƀŬõĠØŰăû ŹĠă business. Karen said most people visit to catch a rainbow trout, and they were well ŬăƕØŬûăû ėŎŬ ŹĠăĤŬ ăƫŎŬŹŰ̖ The farm also conducts an educational tour twice daily which runs up to 45 minutes. On the tour guests learn about interesting land management, water management and trout facts.
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̱eŎŹŰ Ŏė ŨăŎŨĺă ĠØƔă ŅăƔăŬ õØƀęĠŹ Ø ƱŰĠ òăėŎŬă ØŅû õăŬŹØĤŅĺƛ ŹĠăŅ ŹŎ õØŹõĠ Ø ƱŰĠ and sit down and have it for their lunch brings new meaning to pond to plate.” Along their journey they have also developed award winning smoked trout, and trout mousse. At the Australian Food Awards in past years they have won gold, silver and bronze for their smoked trout and a recent bronze medal for their trout mousse. The farm also has a café where you can sample all their award-winning products ØŅû ƛŎƀ õØŅ ĠØƔă ƛŎƀŬ ŎƕŅ ƱŰĠ õŎŎķăû on the guest BBQ’s. Eucumbene Trout Farm is one of only ŹƕŎ ŹŬŎƀŹ ėØŬłŰ ĤŅ q à ŹĠØŹ ØŬă ŎŨăŅ ŹŎ ŹĠă ŨƀòĺĤõ ėŎŬ ƱŰĠĤŅę ØŅû ƛŎƀ õØŅ òă assured the ponds are stocked full as they grow their own trout. You can visit the farm in between Berridale and Jindabyne.
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EUCUMBENE TROUT FARM TROUT FISHING TICKLED TROUT
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Catch your own trout in our Stony Lake or Catch Ponds and BBQ on site. Lunch at our Café and see the Farm.
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1066 Stoney Creek Rd, Rocky Plain NSW
Follow signs off Kosciuszko Rd along Eucumbene Rd or see Area Map Follow signs off Kosciuszko Rd along Eucumbene Rd or see Area Map in this edition. Snowy Mountains Magazine - 2019 - 16
Ph 02 6456 8866