Manager Blog November

Manager Diary

Wow …….how exciting the past month has been.  Apart from being our busiest month so far we have had so much fun with wonderful guests, private events and our new vegetable plantings. With Daniel our new butler now on board its been a buzz with Royal gossip and given guests an added experience at Islington. Annie your chef has also been producing amazing meals for all to enjoy, from homemade pasta, yummy preserves and amazing romantic 3 course dinners for lovers to enjoy. We just love all the activities and the ever changing and evolving house called Islington.

As promised for those car enthusiasts, just to make you jealous, October saw Islington as the destination to launch the new BMW Z4 Coupe M series to the motoring media of Australia. (I had 7 in the car park and all the keys!) Oh, and the Aston Martin Vanquish that happen to drop in!! The cars were truly amazing and if you want a new sports car I can highly recommend the new Z4, and can even show you the wonderful roads and corners it handled so well!

The famous cruise liner “The World” came to Hobart in October and of course we had guests from it stay with us. It so happened that on their last day the weather was so beautiful that we decided to have lunch in the garden under the willow tree beside the pond, joining us were two wild ducks (now named Coco and Chanel by Amy) who are now regulars to the garden.

Lunch was divine, seared Tasmanian scallops, fresh ocean trout from our southern waters cooked on the BBQ, asparagus picked that day, wonderful Tassie wine and excellent company, a day not to be forgotten. The photos just don’t do it justice but we had such a great time and look forward to the next BBQ and new friends to join us in the garden.

We are now getting Christmas and New Year organised so we’d love to have you to join us…be quick because we are nearly fully booked.

Must run and join our guest for Cocktails and canapés…don’t want to miss out on the smoked Bruny Island Rainbow Trout.