Deloraine kiosk will cater for riverbank picnickers
A new riverbank food business will be built on the footprint of a flood damaged riverbank property on West Parade. Photo supplied.
A Deloraine couple have applied for planning permission to establish a takeaway food kiosk opposite the weir on the Meander River at Deloraine.
Tess Kasper and Benjamin Whittle propose to spend $100,000 on a timber framed building within the existing building footprint.
The building has been heavily damaged by flooding.
Ms Kasper said the site at 5–7 West Parade was opposite a beautiful riverbank setting with a footbridge.
‘We want to provide a takeaway food and drink service for locals and visitors to Deloraine to take back to enjoy the park,’ she said.
The couple proposes to sell takeaway coffee and fresh juices with seasonal food such as rice paper rolls and sushi made from vegetables grown on-site.
In winter they would serve soup and curries.
‘We’d like to use local produce for visitors’ picnics and offer hired picnic rugs,’ Ms Kasper said.
‘We’d like to attract more people to an under-utilised area.’
