Jun 26, 2026 – 5.00amCattle ruminate in the pastures, seedlings sprout in the market gardens, and the squeals of children can be heard in the playground as their parents tuck into the Harvest Menu. It’s a feast that begins with sorrel stem and native pepper on Sydney rock oysters, and builds to smoked raw beef with parsley and kombu, all for just $210 a head.Diners at Three Blue Ducks – with its “star-powered” chefs – peer over the idyllic “regenerative, sustainable and organic aligned” paddocks of Annie Cannon-Brookes’ Burradoo Park Farm in the NSW Southern Highlands.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Greg BearupSenior writerGreg Bearup is a senior writer for The Australian Financial Review. Send encrypted tips to gregbearup_1234.09 on messaging platform Signal.Fetching latest articles
Not in my back paddock: Data centre plan sparks fury in rural NSW
The AI boom has landed in the Southern Highlands with a speculative plan to supersize a data centre and power it with a new gas plant. Locals are fighting back.
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