Wendy and I, a mature couple from Melbourne, tremendously enjoyed every aspect of your Lisdillon's Gregan Retreat. We will never forget your whole heritage working farm property, stretching from the Sea/Beach across your paddocks to the lovely lagoon and estuary, with those huge ancient gum trees. We loved our walks to the adjoining empty long sand beach, punctuated by its rock promontories. I, Chip, waded in to that shallow pristine lagoon in front of Gregan, to fish during a windless sunset, and was totally dazzled by the sunsetting reflections in every direction. On our first walk we were dazzled by the large zany natural sculpture pieces made from your big stand of poplars en route to the beach.
And your Gregan Retreat is so special in itself, positioned beautifully in a paddock, so that we could sit on the deep veranda deck at that lovely outdoor dining table or sofa, and gaze peacefully across the gentle slope down to the lagoon and across it to the distant forest and far distant Freycinet Peninsula. Wendy grew up on a working farm, so it became a daily treat for us, when your flock of working farm sheep would appear along the lagoon edge, peacefully grazing up to surround our Gregan Retreat. The sheep were never threatening, of course, and are such a genuine asset to the working farm experience of Gregan. ‘Genuine’ is perhaps a good word to summarise your whole working heritage farm complex, so refreshingly devoid of ’Tourism’.
For Wendy this was a special return trip too.. as she was last here over fifty years ago, as a teenager... and had never forgotton Lisdillon.
And you, dear Jane, as our host, were yet another key success factor for Gregan…a genuine farmer who has shown such finesse in how you’ve furnished the Gregan Retreat. It is set up perfectly for a couple, and the bed was SOOO comfortable. We’ll surely be back during future trips to Tassie.
Cheers,
Chip and Wendy in Melbourne