Eco Tourism Resort for sale by owner

An eco-tourism resort, complete with the award winning business as a going concern. A square kilometre of protected land, forest, wildlife and spectacular surrounds. End of valley privacy.

Tourist accommodation including cabins, tipees, campground and bushwalks in an extensive private habitat reserve. Office and managers residence. Energy , water and waste infrastructure. Customer base, distribution and marketing systems plus intellectual property.

Would also be suitable for a private retreat or community.

" We have achieved our conservation outcomes, built an outstanding tourism product and won a few awards. Now it is time for us to move onto other aspects of tourism and environment. This lifestyle business would suit people like nature and are inspired to share this beautiful experience with visitors."
Price: Around 1.6 to 1.8 million dollars depending on inclusions chosen.
To make an appointment for inspection, phone (03) 6264 223 or email info@huonbushretreats.com

Paul Dimmick tells of the moment of Huon Bush Retreats inception

We had already purchased the top of Mount Misery and applied conservation covenants to protect the natural values forever. Now we wanted to find the best way to reach to the summit. Although the covenant stated that the mountain top would never be built on, we wanted to find an enjoyable route for walking access. That morning, we had climbed the mountain from the north face and lunched at the top enjoying the views of the Wellington, Snowy and Hartz Ranges. As we descended the southern slopes, the trees suddenly parted and we found ourselves standing on the edge of a small grassy cliff top.

The land dropped 40 metres below us, rising again on the other side of the gully. Here was a rainforest of sassafras, dogwood, myrtle. Was that a hidden waterfall we could hear somewhere amongst the trees? Towering 60 metres above was a trio of Eucalyptus regnans trees. As we stood in awe of the scene before us, an eagle soared in and landed on one of the regnans.

“Wouldn’t it be great if we could buy this and protect it forever.” I thought. Thirty minutes later we arrived at the public road and were walking out the gate. I turned around for one last look at the rainforest gully still just visible in the distance behind us. There on the gate was a “For Sale” sign. Huon Bush Retreats would soon be a reality...

Items included in sale. This is a generalised list, not a full inventory.

Land and fixed infrastructure

Approximately 100 hectares of protected land
Eleven buildings as described below
Tourism Village
Tourism Business

Eleven Buildings and contents

2 deluxe Tipees and contents
  • Sofa bed
  • Wood heater
  • Solar electric system, lights
  • CD player
  • Outdoor setting

3 Studio Cabins and Contents
  • Queen bed, and trundle bed
  • 1 sofa plus one sofa bed
  • Wood heater
  • Solar electric system, lights
  • CD player
  • Outdoor setting
  • Dining setting
  • Equipped kitchen, utensils, fridge, stove, plates, cutlery
  • Toilet, shower, bath
  • Hanging space
  • Coffee table

2 two Bedroom Cabins and  contents
  • 2 Queen beds, set bunks (plus 3 singles in WG cabin)
  • 2 sofas plus
  • Wood heater
  • Solar electric system, lights
  • CD player
  • Outdoor setting
  • Dining setting
  • Equipped kitchen, utensils, fridge, stove, plates, cutlery
  • Toilet, shower, bath
  • Hanging spaces
  • Coffee table

Picnic shelter
  • Equipped kitchen, utensils, fridge, stove, plates, cutlery
  • Solar electric system, lights
  • 2 picnic tables

Commercial Kitchen
  • Commercial range
  • Fridge
  • Stainless benches
  • Plates, cutlery, serving platters etc (enough for function for 20 px)
  • Pots, trays, utensils

Toilet block
  • Solar electric system, lights
  • 3 each shower, toilet, sink
  • Outdoor bath
  • Laundry trough

12 x 6 m Shed
  • Laundry trough
  • Extensive storage shelves and benches
  • Basic earth work tools
  • Basic engineering tools
  • Basic electric tools
  • Electric generator, battery charger
  • Brushcutter and chainsaw, tools, spares
  • 2 Fuel cans
  • Assorted paint, brushes etc
  • Cleaning consumables
  • Assorted screws, wood, pipe, wire
  • 2 trestle tables
Walking Track
  • Public land licence transfer
  • Ownership of all interpretive panels
Tree plantation
  • Extensive firewood supply
  • Large drive in Woodshed
  • Covered garden, hothouse
Water
  • Domestic reticulated
  • Fire fighting reticulated
  • Tanks at every building
  • Stream fed backup
  • Treatment and disposal systems

Included Plant and Equipment

Plant and equipment
  • Flat tray ute 4WD
  • Station wagon set up as cleaning vehicle
  • General cleaning equipment, Vacuum cleaner, High pressure water sprayer
  • Consumable cleaning items Toilet rolls, detergents etc
  • Petrol electric generator, battery charger, solar panels and batteries at each building, 240 volt fixed inverter at reception. Small portable invertor.
  • Fire pump and reticulated water system, 2 fire hoses, 1 nozzle
  • 1 Brushcutter, 1 chainsaw, toolbox and a few assorted basic tools, wheelbarrow, a few earth tools

Office  equipment
  • 1 laptop computer loaded with RMS (reservations system), Windows 7, etc (does not include MS Office programs that are required to access the files that we supply)
  • Basic equipment in main office including:
    • Colour laser printer, Inkjet printer
    • Bench, 2 chairs, paper shredder, 2 power boards
    • 3 drawer filing cabinet, office shelving etc

Interpretation
  • 30 interpretive panels along walking track
  • Electronic files of the interpretive panels in case reprint needed
  • Walking track maps
  • Guest compendiums in each cabin
  • Electronic files of the compendiums in case reprint needed

Specific exclusions (available at extra cost if required):

  • Managers flat furnishings
  • Small office furnishings
  • Other portable computers and associated equipment in small office
  • Pressure water cleaner
  • Vehicles:
    • Hyundai Getz
    • Hilux canopy ute
  • Business Huon Valley Escapes and all associated intellectual property, phone numbers, websites, promotional materials, equipment, etc
  • We will provide all intellectual property to the purchaser for their use. However this is not exclusive. We intend to operate an ongoing tourism marketing and consultancy business and will need to adapt some of what we initially developed for HBR. We will retain a copy of all images, texts, lists etc and can reuse or re-edit for any purpose so long as that reuse does not use the HBR brand or otherwise appear that we are still operating HBR. This includes using the currently joint HBR/HVE customer and newsletter lists for promoting Huon Valley Escapes. HBR will receive one year free membership of HVE in consideration for this.

Change over assistance

  • 40 person hours per week for first 2 weeks after possession, no charge
  • 20 person hours per week for the following 2 weeks, no charge
  • One year free Huon Valley Escapes membership and associated promotion/booking service (contract signup required but no membership fee will be charged. Opt ins will be charged extra)
  • Negotiations are invited regards us staying on as full or part time managers, contract assistance, emergency call outs, or any other arrangements ongoing.

Marketing
  • 1 year free membership of Huon Valley Escapes (contract signup required but no membership fee will be charged)
  • Brochure rack
  • Pull up banners
  • Hanging banner
  • Posters
  • Leaflets, walk maps
  • Flip chart
  • Powerpoint and video Presentations on DVD

Intellectual Property to be included

Company
  • Huon Bush Retreats Pty Ltd
  • Phone 6264 2233 and 6264 2288 with one handset each
Internet:

·         URL www.huonbushretreats.com including Email address

·         Website content

·          Website rated  by Alexa. Huonbushretreats.com is ranked #1,938,048 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings, and the site is based in Australia. Visitors to the site view 5.3 unique pages each day on average. Huonbushretreats.com has been online for at least eight years. The site has attained a traffic rank of 55,609 among users in Australia, where about 31% of its audience is located.

·         Web traffic is +- 1500 unique visitors/month

·         Higher at times of promotions eg 23,000/month during May 2012

·         Hundreds of inbound links from partner operators, tourism bodies, booking sites, tourism listing sites, general media etc (288 inbound referrals received March 2011 to April 2012.

Names Lists
  • Past Customer list
  • ENews letter subscriber list, currently over 14,000 subscribers

Industry Position
  • Contacts
  • Accreditations
  • Awards
  • Memberships

Distribution Channels
  • Wholesale agents
  • Retail agents
  • Web Booking sites
  • Web Listing sites

Internet resources
  • HBR website
  • HBR Facebook and other social media
  • All 3rd party website listings ad the  password document containing logins for all listing and booking sites

Miscellaneous Computer files: (we will supply the following and we will keep a copy)
  • Photo library (hundreds)
  • Graphics for advertisements etc (dozens of different formats and audiences)
  • Award applications that can be used as templates for future entries
  • Standardised descriptive texts
  • Videos
  • Student resource kits

Manuals, forms etc (electronic) (we will supply the following and we will keep a copy)
  • Manufacturer manuals for most of the plant and equipment
  • Comprehensive Quarterly inspection check list.
  • Self checkin form
  • Walking track maps
  • Fire Emergency Plan
  • All documents required by law to go with the business
Price: Around 1.6 to 1.8 million dollars depending on inclusions chosen.
To make an appointment for inspection, phone (03) 6264 223 or email info@huonbushretreats.com