We have moved on from Stanley and are now enjoying the wonderful hospitality of Mr and Mrs Florinhill at Yolla just outside Burnie.
We have a beautiful view overlooking farmland all the way to the coast at Wynyard and if the cloud lifts we might even see the ocean.
We will do a few day trips from our base here and maybe Blue will drown a worm or two. (Cradle Mtn is only a day trip as well)
NeilandRaine said
07:58 AM Nov 22, 2011
Make sure you go to the Cheese Factory............... thats if you like cheese of course.
Ma said
08:11 AM Nov 22, 2011
Father Ted told me about the cheese factory at Yolla where his sister once worked.....well, that hasn't been in existence for around 20 years.
There is evidently a cheese outlet at the Makers Market in Burnie so will check that out in the next day or so.
NeilandRaine said
04:04 PM Nov 22, 2011
I lived in Wynyard about 6 years ago and there was a Lactos cheese outlet up Old Surrey Rd. Burnie. I'm sure its still there, up behind where the Paper Pulp was.
Ma said
04:46 PM Nov 22, 2011
I will ask Bob and Rhonda when we go over for happy hour and get back to you N & R.
We went to the visitor info centre today which is in the Makers Market or whatever you call it and there was no mention of a cheese factory of any kind in the area.
There was an outlet for Tasmanian Cheeses in the centre but they weren't very forthcoming with samples...........read........didn't get any......
dazren said
07:12 PM Nov 22, 2011
Yeah Ma, I'm with you ?? if they want to sell the product, they MUST supply Tasting ?? I once went to the Belgium Chocolate factory in Daylesford Vic, the range of chocolate looked really good, but very expensive, as Good chocolate normally is ? However seeing as i could not taste it first, i only bought a very small 5 pce block [ @ $4.85 ]
Well later that night, when we sat down and ate it YUMMO, if they had let me taste it first, I am sure i would have spent ay least $50 - $80. Gladly as it was really really good, Wether it be Wine, Cheese, or Chocolate, let me taste, and if i like, I will buy, dazren
blaze said
07:30 PM Nov 22, 2011
Cheese was Duck River cheese factory at wynyard, lactos (?) at surry road in burnie was a fresh milk but now also distill a good drop of wisky. cheers blaze
Helena said
07:53 PM Nov 22, 2011
when we were there wqe had some chocolate cheese being a chocoholic and a lover of cheese I was in seventh heaven have a great tme both of you. Helena
Elle on Wheels said
12:25 AM Nov 23, 2011
Sounds wonderful Ma - it's at least a year til I get to Tassie
NeilandRaine said
07:36 AM Nov 23, 2011
Isn't Google just great. http://www.continentalagencies.com.au/Lactos/htm/centre.htm
LACTOS CHEESE TASTING & SALES CENTRE
LACTOS TASMANIA - Australia's Leading Specialty Cheesemaker LACTOS TASMANIA, are leading the way with their classic and innovative, distinctly different cheese; and consistently challenging the attitudes and refining the taste experience of their consumers.
LACTOS TASMANIA in Burnie, Australia, is about as for away from the acknowledged cheesemaking countries of the world that you can get. Yet Tasmania, has become the scene for what is probably the first serious challenge to the belief that the finest quality cheese comes from Europe.
The ancient craft of cheesemaking is continued at LACTOS TASMANIA using many of the time-honoured traditions of the Masters handed down by generations of Cheesemakers. Combined with modern methods, skills and resources.
Australia's Leading Specialty Cheesemakers LACTOS TASMANIA hand-craft specialty cheese with sensational taste, texture and variety.
Come and experience the taste of this quality range of classic and innovative cheese:
LACTOS CHEESE TASTING & SALES CENTRE
145 Old Surrey Road BURNIE TASMANIA 7320 AUSTRALIA National telephone: 03 6433 9255 International telephone: international access code + 61 +3 + 6433 9255
Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays 10.00am to 4.00pm
all cheese tasting finish 30 minutes prior to closing
The Cheese Tasting & Sales Centre is closed Good Friday and 25th & 26th December (Christmas & Boxing Day)
Anyone going to Tas should maybe put this on their to do list.......................... and I have no connection to Lactos.
sue e said
09:17 AM Nov 23, 2011
Ashgrove Cheese at Elizabeth Town is a great place to visit as well. They were generous with their tastings last time we were there. Also lots of fruit based liquers and wines. Fantastic milkshakes too. Can't wait to get back to Tassie in January. I love how everything is really just a day trip away.If you're there for a while, head down to Kettering for some WONDERFUL cherries straight form the farms. Also the Evandale markets on a Sunday for lots of local produce and interesting bits and pieces to look at. Enjoy!
sue e said
09:39 AM Nov 23, 2011
Just remembered Andy's Gelato at Westbury.Sounds like we just ATE our way around Tassie!Walking, eating, sleeping, lovely fresh air - that's the life!
Ma said
04:19 PM Nov 25, 2011
OK, just to put the record straight.....
We went to the Lactose Cheese Factory this morning on our way to Devonport.
They no longer have cheese tasting or sales.
Big sign say that the cheese outlet is now accommodated at the Makers Workshop (Market) on the foreshore in Burnie.
That is where we saw it the other day and they aren't very forthcoming with tastings of any cheese to say the least.
Pity they weren't more customer orientated at the new outlet.
Old Crofter said
06:56 PM Nov 25, 2011
In responce to comments above I found this on the Council web site and have cut and pasted here for all to see, additionally I have advised the Burnie Mayor Steve Kons that the facility they are spruking is not upto scratch.
"Cheese tasting tradition in Burnie continues Monday, 31 October 2011 | by Libby Jowett Back Print PDF For many in the community the Cheese Tasting Centre on Old Surrey Road has been a regular stop for delicious cheeses for a very long time. The Cheese Tasting Centre shut its doors for the final time last Friday 28 October 2011.
Burnie City Councils General Manager Mr Paul Arnold said, The Centre has been a Burnie institution to many.
But this is not all bad news for Burnie cheese lovers.
The move heralds the physical start of a dramatic site development at Old Surrey Road that will see a $120 million investment in Burnie creating a 25,000 tonne cheese making capacity per annum, which requires a massive building expansion.
This represents a major commitment from the company Lion (formally known as National Foods) to the Tasmanian dairy industry.
Because of this huge expansion there just isnt room to continue the cheese tasting. The company approached Council as the Cheese Shop needed a new home and neither party wanted to see this great centre leave Burnie, Mr Arnold said.
After months of negotiations, a new Cheese Shop is now open for business at the Makers Workshop and Information Centre.
The Cheese Shop is open for business today but will be officially launched on 9 November 2011. This means that local people can still buy their favourite cheese seven days a week, talk to local cheese experts about the perfect accompaniment to their cheese and potentially expose Burnies cheese products to more visitors than ever before, he said.
The Makers Workshop and Visitor Information Centre can be found at two Bass Highway and is open seven days a week 9am to 5pm.
For further information please contact Libby Jowett Communications Officer Burnie City Council (03) 6430 5716 or 0448 568 728
Email: ljowett@burnie.net"
-- Edited by florinhill on Friday 25th of November 2011 06:57:21 PM
Ma said
07:11 AM Nov 26, 2011
Morning Mr. Florinhill, do you reckon we will get out of here today?
Old Crofter said
07:15 AM Nov 26, 2011
I have a tractor, so yes. you will be ok, but we can work it out over a cuppa. Like this for the rest of the week now so will not get any better . Oh good morning
NeilandRaine said
02:15 PM Nov 26, 2011
Bugga and thanks florinhill.
Ma said
02:48 PM Nov 26, 2011
It's alright N & R, we are going to stay put......
Old Crofter said
06:56 AM Nov 28, 2011
florinhill wrote:
In responce to comments above I found this on the Council web site and have cut and pasted here for all to see, additionally I have advised the Burnie Mayor Steve Kons that the facility they are spruking is not upto scratch.
"Cheese tasting tradition in Burnie continues
Recieved a reply to my email from Mayor Steven Kon's this morning thanking me for our comments and said he is looking into it, '"Those that know Steven Kon's will be confident that he will ask the right questions of the right people" There will be change. He offered to get back to me with feed back but I declined as I am confident of a outcome.
regards
Bob
-- Edited by florinhill on Friday 25th of November 2011 06:57:21 PM
We have moved on from Stanley and are now enjoying the wonderful hospitality of Mr and Mrs Florinhill at Yolla just outside Burnie.
We have a beautiful view overlooking farmland all the way to the coast at Wynyard and if the cloud lifts we might even see the ocean.
We will do a few day trips from our base here and maybe Blue will drown a worm or two. (Cradle Mtn is only a day trip as well)
Father Ted told me about the cheese factory at Yolla where his sister once worked.....well, that hasn't been in existence for around 20 years.
There is evidently a cheese outlet at the Makers Market in Burnie so will check that out in the next day or so.
I will ask Bob and Rhonda when we go over for happy hour and get back to you N & R.
We went to the visitor info centre today which is in the Makers Market or whatever you call it and there was no mention of a cheese factory of any kind in the area.
There was an outlet for Tasmanian Cheeses in the centre but they weren't very forthcoming with samples...........read........didn't get any......
Yeah Ma, I'm with you ?? if they want to sell the product, they MUST supply Tasting ?? I once went to the Belgium Chocolate factory in Daylesford Vic, the range of chocolate looked really good, but very expensive, as Good chocolate normally is ? However seeing as i could not taste it first, i only bought a very small 5 pce block [ @ $4.85 ]
Well later that night, when we sat down and ate it YUMMO, if they had let me taste it first, I am sure i would have spent ay least $50 - $80. Gladly as it was really really good, Wether it be Wine, Cheese, or Chocolate, let me taste, and if i like, I will buy, dazren
cheers
blaze
http://www.continentalagencies.com.au/Lactos/htm/centre.htm
LACTOS CHEESE TASTING & SALES CENTRE
LACTOS TASMANIA - Australia's Leading Specialty Cheesemaker LACTOS TASMANIA, are leading the way with their classic and innovative, distinctly different cheese; and consistently challenging the attitudes and refining the taste experience of their consumers.
LACTOS TASMANIA in Burnie, Australia, is about as for away from the acknowledged cheesemaking countries of the world that you can get. Yet Tasmania, has become the scene for what is probably the first serious challenge to the belief that the finest quality cheese comes from Europe.
The ancient craft of cheesemaking is continued at LACTOS TASMANIA using many of the time-honoured traditions of the Masters handed down by generations of Cheesemakers. Combined with modern methods, skills and resources.
Australia's Leading Specialty Cheesemakers LACTOS TASMANIA hand-craft specialty cheese with sensational taste, texture and variety.
Come and experience the taste of this quality range of classic and innovative cheese:
LACTOS CHEESE TASTING & SALES CENTRE
145 Old Surrey Road
BURNIE TASMANIA 7320 AUSTRALIA
National telephone: 03 6433 9255
International telephone: international access code + 61 +3 + 6433 9255
Monday to Friday
9.00am to 5.00pm
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays
10.00am to 4.00pm
all cheese tasting finish 30 minutes prior to closing
The Cheese Tasting & Sales Centre is closed
Good Friday and 25th & 26th December
(Christmas & Boxing Day)
Anyone going to Tas should maybe put this on their to do list.......................... and I have no connection to Lactos.
OK, just to put the record straight.....
We went to the Lactose Cheese Factory this morning on our way to Devonport.
They no longer have cheese tasting or sales.
Big sign say that the cheese outlet is now accommodated at the Makers Workshop (Market) on the foreshore in Burnie.
That is where we saw it the other day and they aren't very forthcoming with tastings of any cheese to say the least.
Pity they weren't more customer orientated at the new outlet.
In responce to comments above I found this on the Council web site and have cut and pasted here for all to see, additionally I have advised the Burnie Mayor Steve Kons that the facility they are spruking is not upto scratch.
"Cheese tasting tradition in Burnie continues
Monday, 31 October 2011 | by Libby Jowett Back Print PDF
For many in the community the Cheese Tasting Centre on Old Surrey Road has been a regular stop for delicious cheeses for a very long time. The Cheese Tasting Centre shut its doors for the final time last Friday 28 October 2011.
Burnie City Councils General Manager Mr Paul Arnold said, The Centre has been a Burnie institution to many.
But this is not all bad news for Burnie cheese lovers.
The move heralds the physical start of a dramatic site development at Old Surrey Road that will see a $120 million investment in Burnie creating a 25,000 tonne cheese making capacity per annum, which requires a massive building expansion.
This represents a major commitment from the company Lion (formally known as National Foods) to the Tasmanian dairy industry.
Because of this huge expansion there just isnt room to continue the cheese tasting. The company approached Council as the Cheese Shop needed a new home and neither party wanted to see this great centre leave Burnie, Mr Arnold said.
After months of negotiations, a new Cheese Shop is now open for business at the Makers Workshop and Information Centre.
The Cheese Shop is open for business today but will be officially launched on 9 November 2011. This means that local people can still buy their favourite cheese seven days a week, talk to local cheese experts about the perfect accompaniment to their cheese and potentially expose Burnies cheese products to more visitors than ever before, he said.
The Makers Workshop and Visitor Information Centre can be found at two Bass Highway and is open seven days a week 9am to 5pm.
For further information please contact
Libby Jowett
Communications Officer
Burnie City Council
(03) 6430 5716 or 0448 568 728
Email: ljowett@burnie.net"
-- Edited by florinhill on Friday 25th of November 2011 06:57:21 PM
Morning Mr. Florinhill, do you reckon we will get out of here today?
It's alright N & R, we are going to stay put......