The place we call home

Our home is in a small country town situated about one hour's drive from Hobart. We get the best of the Central Highlands of Tasmania and the beautiful Derwent Valley in our very green part of Tasmania. This whole part of the Derwent Valley was once a huge hop growing area. There are many old hop kilns slowly falling into ruin from disuse around the countryside. Now the only hops grown around here is in Bushy Park.

There are wonderful places to visit in the area. In Westerway there's a wonderful coffee shop called The Possum Shed, up the road from there is Mt Field National Park with its many walks and falls, the Styx Valley, the Tyenna River, the Florentine Valley and Something Wild Nature Reserve.

It really is a beautiful place to live. Below are some photos of our area. You can see more photos in our photo albums.

Our home in a rare snow storm.

Left to right:
Two devils having a rest at Something Wild, two of the resident koalas and a friendly echidna who passes through our yard every summer.

Left to right:
The Derwent River and the hop fields at Bushy Park.

See more photos of the Derwent Valley here.