White Hills Wonderland
As we’ve progressively transitioned into a farm brewery, growing, processing and brewing with our own ingredients, the agricultural side of the business plays an incredible part in what we produce, how it grows and is harvested and what we are able to achieve with the land that the brewery is on.
As a fulltime brewer/farmer, the weather plays an integral part in this formula, and I’m forever on weather apps checking winds, rainfall and temperatures somewhat obsessively. In part - id like to think I understand (albeit very broadly) what the weather is up to and how it behaves. Normally - and I emphasize normally - a south easterly pattern produces a significant rainfall event of which we benefit. However, every so often that south easterly is driven by sub-Antarctic winds from the icy continent, and in due course bring a burst of winter that is unmatched for frigidity and freshness - something we usually relish here on the farm.
Last night those conditions formulated to produce an event across northern and eastern Tasmania that we’ve certainly never seen in 25 years on the place, and evidently 99 years since its snowed in the Launceston suburbs with similar volume. Snow was reported falling in the early afternoon of the 4th, however it hit its straps across the nighttime hours with a generous dumping occurring across the Launceston, the Midlands and Eastern Tassie
Turning up to work this morning was certainly a different experience, with the farm transformed into a winter wonderland. Regrettably we’re lambing at the moment, and this weather hasn’t helped the just dropped lambs that just cant maintain warmth in that sort of weather, and unfortunately succumb to the frigid conditions.
Doubt we’ll see it like this again for some time, which makes it all the more magical and unique.
Here’s some shots from a wander across the farm around 10am. Quite surreal.
