Episode 1 | Bon voyage
Airs 6pm Monday 13 November on SBS.
Matthew, Ross and Nick say goodbye to their farm and families and embark on an epic circumnavigation of Tasmania, charting the food and history of the Apple Isle. Armed with Australia’s first cookbook, the guys head north to explore Tasmania’s convict history.
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Episode 2 | Ready, willing and Abel
Aired 6pm Tuesday 14 November on SBS.
Matthew, Nick and Ross discover the culinary delights of the Tasman peninsula, before going ashore to the spot where Abel Tasman planted the Prince of Orange’s flag and claimed Van Dieman’s Land for Holland.
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Source: Gourmet Farmer Afloat
Episode 3 | Shellfish pleasures
Aired 6pm Wednesday 15 November on SBS.
While sailing up to Great Oyster Bay, Matthew, Nick and Ross enjoy the ancient foods of Tasmania - food abalone, mussels and oysters!
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Episode 4 | Thar shew blows
Aired 6pm Thursday 16 November on SBS.
Spirits are high on board Solquest as Matthew, Ross and Nick sail toward Maria Island, following in the wake of Baudin’s French expedition in the early 1800s. If France had been a little quicker in their exploration of Tasmania, we might all be speaking French and eating baguettes for breakfast. In honour of Baudin and Freycinet, the boys enjoy meals of oysters, abalone and a bouillabaisse on the shore of Wineglass Bay.
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Source: Gourmet Farmer Afloat
Episode 5 | Tin Men
Aired 6pm Friday 17 November on SBS.
Matthew, Nick and Ross follow the route taken by Englishman Tobias Furneaux as he charted the east coast of Tasmania in 1793, having embarrassingly lost sight of his commanding officer James Cook. Sailing skills are put to the test as Solquest attempts a treacherous bar crossing at St Helens – the same route taken by thousands of Chinese as they flocked here in the 1800s in search of grey gold.
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Episode 6 | On the strait and marrow
Aired 6pm Monday 20 November on SBS.
Matthew, Ross and Nick sail to the remote Furneaux Islands where they cook up a variety of fowl, before meeting the traditional owners on the beautiful Cape Barren Island.
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Episode 7 | Breaking the trout drought
Aired 6pm Tuesday 21 November on SBS.
They boys arrive at the Tamar River, where they finally manage to catch some trout, before heading across the northern coast of Tasmania where the discover a farm with 27 varieties of potatoes!
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Source: Gourmet Farmer Afloat
Episode 8 | Island time
Airs 6pm Wednesday 22 November on SBS.
After 8000 years of isolation, Tasmania was once again joined to mainland Australia when a telephone cable was installed across Bass Strait. Matthew, Ross and Nick travel westward across the north coast, heading for the port of Stanley. Here, they want to re-create the historic menu from the 1936 inauguration of the cable, at a dinner for 50 people.
Episode 9 | The gates of hell
Aired 6pm Thursday 23 November on SBS.
The trip is about to get serious as Matthew, Ross and Nick attempt to sail down the dangerous and isolated south-western coast of Tasmania. As they pass through Hells Gate into the Southern Ocean, they have prepared themselves by stocking up on salt pork and hard tack – good insurance if they don’t catch any fish.
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Episode 10 | Earning their stripes
Aired 6pm Friday 24 November on SBS.
Matthew, Nick and Ross arrive in one of the most remote and untouched regions of the world. Here, they meet a local fishermen who takes them fishing for the rare Stripey Trumpeter, and even parts with a few local crayfish.
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The boys hit the summit. Source: Gourmet Farmer Afloat
Episode 11 | French garden
Aired 6pm Monday 27 November on SBS.
Matthew, Nick and Ross discover a 200 year old French garden in the wilds of Tasmania, where they cook up a French-inspired meal on the shores of Recherche Bay
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Episode 12 | Abandon ship
Aired 6pm Tuesday 28 November on SBS.
After months at sea, the journey is nearly at an end for Matthew, Ross and Nick as they round Australia’s most southerly point. At Recherche Bay they discover the remains of a 200-year-old French garden created to supply future expeditions with fresh fruit and vegetables. A final swing around Bruny Island brings them to Hobart, where they boys swap their life jackets for aprons in preparation for a formal dinner with His Excellency, The Governor of Tasmania.
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Source: Gourmet Farmer Afloat
