Championing our valley is so important to us – we’ll bang on to anyone who listens about how great it is – even our fruit travels less than 500m from orchard to Cidery. We truly believe in this place, so below we are sharing with you some of our favourite haunts so that you can spend a day in the Derwent.
The Maydena Bike Park is a gravity-focused mountain bike park in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley; the park is now open. Designed and built by renowned trail company, Dirt Art, our world-class trails will offer something for everyone, from families through to elite riders.
The Park offers; shuttle uplift service, sightseeing tours, bike hire, retail bike shop, café, bar, skills coaching and group skills sessions, and a wide range of tours.
For more information go to www.maydenabikepark.com
The Agrarian Kitchen Eatery is located in the small town of New Norfolk. It’s a 30-minute drive from Hobart in the beautiful Derwent Valley and is just a few minutes down the road from The Agrarian Kitchen Cooking School.
This is a place where local and seasonal produce is celebrated and where the diner experiences a true sense of place through the food they eat. The ingredients speak for themselves, with little adornment. The folk at The Agrarian Kitchen aim to foster a community of local growers, farmers and fishermen through whom the mainstay of their ingredients are sourced, along with excess from the cooking school’s garden.
Go to www.theagrariankitchen.com for more information.
The Agrarian Kitchen is a sustainable farm-based cooking school offering paddock-to-plate cooking experiences in a 19th century schoolhouse at Lachlan, 45 minutes from Hobart in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley. It was established in 2008 by Rodney Dunn and his wife Severine Demanet.
Set on five acres, The Agrarian Kitchen is a working farm and incorporates an extensive vegetable garden, orchard, berry patch and herb garden, all grown using organic principles. Also in residence are Berkshire pigs, Barnevelder chickens, a flock of geese, ducks, sheep and honey bees.
During their full-day cooking experiences, guests harvest produce from the garden before returning to the kitchen to cook and eat.
Go to www.theagrariankitchen.com for more information.
The Westerway Raspberry Farm is a business run from the Clark Family’s farm, Lanoma Estate.
Raspberries, common throughout the Derwent Valley 40 years ago, were first planted in the old hop fields in Westerway in 1995 with the plan to supply machine harvested processing grade raspberries to Cascade Fruit Syrup. To service this market, Rob Clark planted one acre of the Willamette raspberry variety, a high yielding, soft berry with a naturally high sugar content.
From humble beginnings, the farm now has over 60 acres of fertile land under raspberry and other berry production, owns four state-of-the-art mechanical harvesters, operates a processing and freezing facility, produces over 200 tonnes of berries each season and employs over 120 seasonal staff to supply fresh raspberries for the Tasmanian and interstate market.
For more information go to www.lanoma.com.au
Derwent Estate produce award winning wines from it’s purpose built straw bale winery, nestled on the north facing slopes of the Derwent River. It is the perfect environment for the production of cool climate wines.
Cellar Door is in “Rathbone Cottage” built in 1820 by convict labour. The cottage retains it’s historic character and has been bought back to life so that visitors can enjoy one of Tasmanias heritage buildings. With uninterrupted views of the Derwent, a visit to Cellar Door offers 12 wines on tasting, delicious fresh Tasmanian Charcuterie platters and a glimpse into the history of the Rathbone family estate.
Open from 10am until 5pm daily (October – April)
Open from 11am until 4pm daily ( May – September)
For more information go to www.derwentestate.com.au