Mire Vineyards

Mire Vineyards were a small vineyard farm owned by the Mire family, located a few miles southeast of Hobart. The vineyards became non-profitable early in the Tasmanian droughts, and forced the Mire family into a state of bankruptcy. After the conclusion of the droughts, the family managed to return to their homestead and slowly renew their land.

Mantid's Attack
In the summer of 1996, the Mantid came to the farm in search of Mire's family, with an intent to use them as a blackmailing chip. Mire heard of Mantid's plans from Rachel Miles beforehand, and orchestrated an ambush against the Mantid with his family. The ambush was a failure, and they were quickly run out into the fields and overwhelmed by Mantid's firepower. In the midst of the battle, Mantid made a number of threats and while distracted, was shot by a neighboring farmer. Injured, this gave Finn Mire enough time to ram his tractor into Mantid.