Tathra Place Aylesbury/Pekin ducks range on biodiverse pastures and enjoy crystal clear water from the nearby Wombeyan Caves aquifer.

There are two excellent roast duck recipes supplied by our customers, Simon and David, in our book, The Ethical Omnivore. One is a long, slow roast and the other is faster but both involve fruit and both are delicious. Try Simon's slow roasted duck.

About Tathra Place Farm

Luke and Pia Winder run Tathra Park, a mixed enterprise farm outside Taralga in the NSW Southern Tableland with significant remnant forested areas on a mix of flat and sloping land. It's an ideal environment for a rotational grazing system which principally involves each of the different species spending limited time in any one paddock, and then having that paddock left for extended rest periods of at least four months to allow for re-sowing and pasture recovery.

At nearly 1000 m above sea level, snow in Winter is not uncommon. The upside of that is that it rarely gets above mid-30’s in Summer, which is good, because ducks can handle the cold, but not the heat. That also goes for the cattle, pigs and egg chickens that thrive on this highly productive farm. The farm is supplied by pure bore water from the nearby Wombeyan Caves aquifer. The water is pumped to a central reservoir and is reticulated around the entire farm giving all the animals constant access to clean unpolluted water, a critical but often overlooked requirement for the production of high quality meat and poultry.