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Huonville

Huonville is the commercial centre for the Huon Valley fruit-growers, with apples available year-round; and cherries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries in season. Dairy farming and Atlantic salmon fish farming are also important.


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The Huon River provides a venue for watersports and trout fishing. Visitors can ride the Huon River in jet boats over rapids to Glen Huon, 12km west.

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Fruit can be bought in season from roadside stalls and at pick-your-own-fruit farms. Apples carved into character heads are novelties at Glen Huon's Appleheads Village. The Huon Apple and Heritage Museum at Grove, 6km NE, displays an astonishing 500 varieties of apples. Snowy Ranges Trout Fishery, 25km NW, allows anglers to catch their own trout from a series of ponds.

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Enchanting Valley and Smoky Pubs Along the Houn Valley, Tasmania

Neatly stacked woodpiles and warm fires are part of the Tasmainian charm discovertasmania | 2009-04-06 | The narrative of Tasmania’s Huon Valley is beautifully simple. It spans rivers, orchards, forests, towns sans gentrification, friendly locals and, to a lesser extent, homes where smoke from chimneys drifts without purpose when the yachts on the nearby bays are becalmed. | read more

The Tale of Captain Huon and Tasmania’s Houn Valley

Huon Apples admin | 2008-10-28 | 30 minutes south of Hobart, Tasmania, lies Hounville the somewhat unsurprisingly unofficial capital to the Huon region, and while the name is uninspired it is an interesting story. | read more

 

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Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. cmsadmin. (2005, May 20). Huonville. Retrieved July 05, 2009, from Plan Book Travel Australia Web site: http://www.planbooktravel.com.au/australia/tas/huonville. This work is licensed under a Universal Publishers. Universal Publishers

Region: Huon Valley and Bruny Island

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The Huon Trail begins south of Hobart, then leads you through the Huon Valley, D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island - follow The Huon Trail guide map and look for its roadside signs with descriptive stories to inspire your travels. more

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Huon River Jet Boats, Esplanade, Ph: (03) 6264 1838

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Enchanting Valley and Smoky Pubs Along the Houn Valley, Tasmania

Neatly stacked woodpiles and warm fires are part of the Tasmainian charm discovertasmania | 2009-04-06 | The narrative of Tasmania’s Huon Valley is beautifully simple. It spans rivers, orchards, forests, towns sans gentrification, friendly locals and, to a lesser extent, homes where smoke from chimneys drifts without purpose when the yachts on the nearby bays are becalmed. | read more

The Tale of Captain Huon and Tasmania’s Houn Valley

Huon Apples admin | 2008-10-28 | 30 minutes south of Hobart, Tasmania, lies Hounville the somewhat unsurprisingly unofficial capital to the Huon region, and while the name is uninspired it is an interesting story. | read more

 
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