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For backpackers who prefer nature and a relaxed adventure to  the alcohol fueled parties of the big city hostels, Hobart and the Huon Valley, Tasmania, provide nature based activities and quieter accommodations. including a secluded bush retreat, with deluxe tipees and campsites, ideal for couples or small groups. The Huon Valley is a land of waterways, wilderness and wildlife. This is your one stop shop to plan and book your Huon Valley Escape.
Backpacker special: Show your receipt from any  backpacker hostel and you can have a tipee for $95/nt including 2 people. Valid Sunday to Thursday nights only. Enjoy this unique experience for only 30% more than you would pay for a twin room in an average hostel.
Phone: 1800 770 224  
Email: info@huonvalleyescapes.com.au
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Budget Tipees near Huonville
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5km  bushwalk Huonville, Free

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Camping near Huonville
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These special backpacker prices are available by phone 1800 770 224 8am till 8pm 7 days
or email info@huonvalleyescapes.com.au anytime

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Click to download map and itinerary for the Huon Valley
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Lune River, Far South

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Hobart &
Southwest Wilderness

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Kingston, Margate

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Hobart CBD

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Hastings, Far South

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Hobart, Edge of CBD

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Geeveston, Port Huon

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Lune River, Far South

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Huonville, Ranelagh

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Hobart, Brighton

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This is a small selection of our extensive range.

Phone 8am to 8pm
1800 770 224

+61 (3) 6264 2233

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Holiday accommodation and activities in the Huon Valley, south from Hobart Tasmania, Australia. Self contained studios or separate bedrooms. Eco and nature based, waterfront, luxury or budget, couples, families or small groups. Bushwalks, boat cruise, historic railway, caves, thermal springs. The Huon Trail is a land of  waterways, wilderness and wildlife. This is your one stop shop to plan and book your Huon Valley Escape.

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Locations throughout Tasmania's Huon Trail

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Two nights here,
two nights there...

Let us suggest an itinerary from two nights to two weeks.
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Far South

Southwest National Park, The Southern Ocean, fishing villages and the furthest south point in Australia.
Map of Bruny Island

D'Entrecas-
teaux Channel

An intricate waterway separating Bruny Island from mainland Tasmania.
Map of Bruny Island

Bruny Island

So much to do and see, you need to spend at least two nights.
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Hobart

Gateway to the Huon Trail. Maybe spend a night or two in Hobart before or after your Huon Valley Escape.
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Huon Valley

Just 30 minutes south from Hobart, a great base for the first night or two of your Huon Valley Escape.

Featured Huon Valley Accommodation and Attractions

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Tipees with shared facilities, near Huonville

Strong timber and canvas construction has allowed us to build on the edge of natural bushland without major clearings. This gives privacy and a close connection with the peaceful surroundings.

Inside, the tipees are very homely, fully carpeted with a sofa that converts to a double bed, coffee table, 12 volt solar electricity to run the lights and CD player, linen rack and a cosy wood fire.
 
Showers and toilets are at the modern campground amenities block less than one minute walk from your tipee. The campground also features our famous outdoor bath for two.

The shared camp kitchen is well equipped for self catering. Most items are supplied including cutlery, crockery, utensils and pots. The gas range has a full sized oven. Here is the place to enjoy the company of an open fire.

This award winning, carbon neutral (Green Globe accredited) retreat offering guests a choice of contemporary, self contained cabins, deluxe tipees and private campsites against an inspiring backdrop of Tasmanian native forest.
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Bush Retreat Tipees
near Huonville 12km
two tipees, $95 to $145
Maximum guests: 25
Main feature: Nature
Discounts often available. Click the Book Online button and choose a date for prices for those specific nights.
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Self contained studio and two bedroom cabins, near Huonville

This award winning, carbon neutral (Green Globe accredited) retreat offering guests a choice of contemporary, self contained cabins, deluxe tipees and private campsites against an inspiring backdrop of Tasmanian native forest. Relax by the fire with a glass of local wine or take in the view from the deck surrounded by native birds and wildlife. With easy access to 5km of interpreted walking tracks through rainforest, to a hidden waterfall or a mountaintop, you will not miss internet or television here.

Your cabin is comfortably catered for with gas cooking facilities, fresh rainwater, solar powered lights, an eco-friendly composting toilet, a cosy wood heater and a private outdoor bath.

Studio cabins are self-contained with gas cooking facilities, kitchen/dining/lounge area, en-suite bathroom, a cosy wood heater and a private deck with an outdoor bath.
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Bush Retreat Cabins
near Huonville 12km
3 studio cabins, $99 to $295
2 two b/r cabins, $145 to $395
Maximum guests: 25
Main feature: Nature
Discounts often available. Click the Book Online button and choose a date for prices for those specific nights.
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Ida Bay Railway Cabins

  • $30 Per person, per night.
  • Three Person Maximum.
  • Double and Single bed in a cabin.
  • Linen supplied.
  • Use of Community Room.
  • Use of shower, toilet & laundry.
  • Café Meals available 9am-3pm
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Bush Retreat Camping
near Huonville

Huon Bush Retreats campground is not your average campground. We offer unpowered tent and campervan sites in an extensive habitat reserve with modern, spacious amenities, all the equipment you’ll need to cook up a storm, a five kilometre network of bushwalks and the opportunity for an outdoor bath under the stars.

Each site is individual and surrounded by protected native forest. Separate campervan sites provide level parking for a comfortable nights sleep, are located close to amenities and are also surrounded by native bushland.

Our amenities block is clean, modern and spacious. It is equipped with composting toilets, hot showers and a laundry trough. The amenities block meets full wheelchair standards.
 
The Camp Kitchen is designed to take full advantage of fantastic mountainside views the mud brick outdoor entertainment area also boasts a well equipped kitchen with barbeque, full gas range, oven, basic utensils, crockery, cutlery and a fire drum.

Due to council restrictions on the winding narrow road leading to Huon Bush Retreats, we cannot allow caravans or very large RVs. However standard size camper vans and camper trailers towed by a four wheel drive are fine.
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Bush Retreat Camping
near Huonville 12km
7 campsites: $15 per person, per night
Maximum guests: 50
12 km from Huonville
Main feature: Nature
Phone or email to make a booking.
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5km interpreted walk to
Mt Misery (free admission)

This well constructed walking track starts at Huon Bush Retreats and visits oldgrowth forest with 50 metre trees, rainforest, a small waterfall, sub-alpine heathland and a mountaintop.
You will not need full bush walking equipment for this 3 hour return walk, but sturdy shoes are a must.

There is no charge but you might like to leave a donation.
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Apple Heritage Museum near Huonville

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Home Hill Winery and Restaurant, Ranelagh

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Working Backpackers' Hostel in Huonville

If you have a work visa and want fruit picking and other seasonal work, we are conveniently located on the main road in Huonville, we are15 minutes walk from supermarket and all the banks in town, and a short walk or bicycle ride to many of the orchards and processing sheds located nearby.

Our aim is to provide a cosy home away from home environment for all our guests, our facilities include:
• Proximity to local orchards and assistance with finding seasonal work
• Proximity to local shops and transport
• Modern well appointed kitchen
• Individual food lockers in kitchen
• Comfortable living room
• 42 in-wall mounted LCD TVs
• DVD player
• Outdoor deck and dining with BBQ
• Unlimited gas boosted solar hot water
• Limited grass camping area
• Limited off street parking
• Five terminal internet access
• WIFI connection
• Free bed linen and duvet
• Individual bed reading light
• 2nd hand bicycles for sale or rent
• Clothes washing / drying facilities
For current  information relating to jobs please email directly to stay@littledevilbackpackers.com.au.
This operator is not part of the Huon Valley Escapes instant online booking system. Please use the email button to contact directly.
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Backpacker Hostel
in Huonville
1-6 nights: $28
7-30 nights: $23
4 weeks or more in low season: $100 per week
Main Feature: Budget
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Raft the Picton River

This wild river at the edge of the South West World Heritage area lets you experience the exhilaration of fast-flowing rapids, while enjoying the majestic cool temperate rainforest. The section of the river is graded 2/3 and has several sections of challenging rapids.
 
This trip usually requires a full day.The day starts at the Tahune Airwalk, around ninety minutes from Hobart, and you will spend around 3-4 hours on the water.
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Make the most of your Huon Valley Escape

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Hartz Mountains National Park  Information

Hartz Mountains National Park is a window into the south-west wilderness, offering views of remote mountain ranges as far as the southern coast.

Waterfalls tumble off the dolerite range that runs through the centre of the park and small glacial lakes dot the plateau.

Take your time and enjoy short strolls out to the glacial lakes in the area, or try the more challenging walks up to the range top. Its highest point, Hartz Peak (1255 m), provides panoramic views into the heart of the southwest.

The Hartz Mountains experience typical south-west weather conditions. This can be a wild, inhospitable and isolated place so it is necessary to carry waterproofs and warm clothing with you at all times.

Lake Esperance is a 2 hrs return walk through woodland and snowgums, up to the high country where cushion plants and ancient King Billy pines encircle the lake. A short distance along the track you will pass a memorial to Sydney and Arthur Geeves, who perished near here in 1897 in the harsh blizzard conditions that can occur here at any time.

Hartz Peak is the highest point of the Hartz Mountains and takes about five hours return. In fine weather the summit offers one of the best views of the south-west. This is a walk only for fit, experienced walkers, as it is a steep uphill climb and the route is not clearly marked beyond Hartz Pass.

Read more about Hartz Mountains on the Parks and Wildlife Website

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Read about the Huon River on Wikipedia

The Huon River is the fourth largest river in Tasmania, Australia. It is 170km in length, and runs through the fertile Huon Valley. From Scotts Peak Dam at Lake Pedder where it begins, it flows south-east to the Tahune Airwalk, where the Picton River joins, before heading through the rural township of Glen Huon where, just to the south, flows down rapids to merge with the sea water and become tidal. From there it then travels through Huonville, Franklin, and Cygnet (Port Cygnet). When the river meets the Tasman Sea near Surveyors Bay, it is more than 3.1 miles (5km) wide. In the lower reaches, the average depth of wide river is 10 feet (3m) and maximum depth is 39 feet (12m).
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Wooden Boat Centre

The Wooden Boat Discovery Centre will entice you into the fascinating world of traditional wooden boats, using interactive features, video presentations and static displays.

Learn about the history of boat building and water transport. Marvel at the beauty of the local timbers – some of the finest boat building materials in the world. Examine tools and maritime artifacts: adzes, augurs, draw-knives, caulking irons, roving dollies and the rest. Drink in the atmosphere of the boat building school workshops – the sounds of the activity, the smells of the timber and glues, the gleam of old and treasured tools, the satisfaction of old skills learned anew. Watch the various stages in the creation of real boats in precious timbers, from lofting to launching.
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Apple Museum

The museum is a remarkable time capsule that depicts the lives of the early settlers from the Huon Valley. The numerous displays and exhibits contain antiques and memorabilia that effectively demonstrate how the pioneers lived and worked. You will find the agricultural history of the Huon Valley come to life as you stroll through years gone by. Included in the admission to the museum are demonstrations of antique apple processing machinery and a highly informative history chat.

All entries into the museum include demonstrations on our commercial apple peeling and coring machine (patented 1909) which is capable of peeling and coring up to 30 apples per minute.

We will also explain and demonstrate the “Slinky Apple” machine that everyone is talking about. This cleverly designed device (patented in 1901) peels, cores, and slices not only apples (and pears) but also works on vegetables.
Entry charges and opening times, click here.
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Huonville

Huonville is the seat of the municipality of the Huon Valley, the most southerly Council area in Australia and has expanded since the 1980s as the commercial centre of the Huon Valley. Tourism is an important part of Huonville and the surrounding Huon Valley. The area is renowned for its scenic beauty and history as one of Australia's biggest apple producers.

Huonville is a town on the Huon River, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. The town lies within the Huon Valley Council area. It lies 38 km south of Hobart on the Huon Highway. At the 2006 census, Huonville had a population of 1,806
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The above article is extracted from Southern Tasmania's daily newspaper online www.themercury.com.au
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Welcome to Country

The South East Aboriginal Corporation preserves the heritage of Tasmania's traditional custodians. Contact SETAC on 6295 0004.

This is the Country  of the Melukerdee band of the Palawa people. These are Aboriginal Tasmanians, the traditional and continuing custodians of this Country. They have taken care of this land for at least 37,000 years, many people say much longer. The responsibility to conserve and protect Country’s natural values is now one which is shared with all the people who call it a home or have other meaningful connection.

Palawa is a name many Aboriginal Tasmanians now use to refer to themselves, just as some Aboriginal Victorians call themselves “Kooris”.
It is a name used widely by Aboriginal groups in Tasmania at the time of the British invasion.   Tasmanian Dreaming stories tell that Palawa was the first human.  Using Palawa as a name helps Aboriginal Tasmanians to maintain an enduring link with their cultural heritage and helps maintain an identity clearly distinct from that of other Tasmanians.

Truwana is a Palawa word used to refer to the island of Tasmania and ‘Country’. In recognition of Aboriginal Land Rights, Cape Barren Island, off the north east coast, was returned to Aboriginal ‘ownership’ in 2005 and renamed Truwana.

It is important to recognize that in Aboriginal philosophy people do not, nor cannot ‘own’ Country. Instead, Country owns us. The Palawa people see their role as custodians and caretakers of this Country: Truwana.
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Traveling to and around the
Huon Valley

Bus from Hobart
to Huonville 6 daily,
Dover 2 daily, www.tassielink.com.au

Huonville Taxi
0408 125 130
24 hours, 7 days
Airport transfers.

Huon Limousines
0407 055 761
Limited hours
Airport transfers
Wheelchair.
Map of Bruny Island

Huon Valley Map

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Taste of
The Huon

‘A Taste of the Huon’, now in its 21st year, is a celebration of fine food, wine, entertainment, arts and crafts from the Huon Valley and Channel region – held at Ranelagh which is only 30 minutes scenic drive south of Hobart.

Taste of the Huon promises to deliver express to your taste buds, the pure sensation of the fusion between fresh local produce, seafood straight from the ocean, gourmet meats, award winning cheeses and desserts all sourced from within the region. For the wine connoisseur and novice alike there is an award winning range of rieslings, crisp sauv blancs, chardonnay, gewürztraminer, roses, pinot noirs, sparklings and fortified wines produced by a number of regional vineyards.

This Festival is one of the most popular regional events in Tasmania and draws over 20,000 local, intrastate and interstate visitors through its two day programme. This event is run by a voluntary committee with proceeds being injected back into the community via funding of groups who volunteer on the day.

Entertainment is at its very best and each year there is a new programme and there will be loads of attractions to keep the children occupied.

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Huon Escapes offers accommodation and experiences throughout The Huon Trail including Hobart, Huonville, Dover, Ida Bay and Bruny Island.
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Map from Hobart Airport  and Mona to Mount Wellington, things to do and places to stay in Hobart and suburbs
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Waterfalls, Shot Tower, museum, sheep cheese, accommodation and D'Entrecasteaux Channel
tourist map and info
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eco-retreat, waterview cottages and a country hotel. River cruising, road maps and itineraries
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Map to Hastings Caves, Ida Bay Railway, Hartz Mountains and South Coast Walk and unique accommodation in
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