Truffles add twist to Waite dinner fundraiser

Urrbrae House at the University of 亚洲色吧's Waite Campus. Photo by Chris Tonkin.

Urrbrae House at the University of 亚洲色吧's Waite Campus.
Photo by Chris Tonkin.
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Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Lovers of truffles have the opportunity to be part of a unique gastronomic event at the University of 亚洲色吧's historic Urrbrae House next month.

A Gala Truffle Dinner and auction of fresh truffles will be held on Saturday 4 August to help raise funds for one of Australia's botanic treasures, the .

Spanning 30 hectares at Urrbrae on the University's Waite Campus, the Waite Arboretum contains more than 800 species of tree, many of them rare. Special collections include eucalypts, pears and oaks.

The oaks in particular are of interest to truffle farmers the Marshall family, who have sourced a range of acorns from the Arboretum. The acorns will be used to grow oak trees as hosts for the truffles on the Marshalls' farm, , at Braidwood in New South Wales.