This salmon farm in the middle of nowhere is for sale
The Paringa Salmon Farm Cafe in south Westland
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Flickr / Paul Carmona / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
South Westland Salmon Farm
on State Highway 6 is surrounded by mountains, rivers and valleys.
Whoever buys
the farm
from the Monk family will get an off-the-shelf salmon farm business complete with cafe with a commercial kitchen, gift shop and office space.
The current owner is Ben Monk and he joins Jesse.
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