Huon Valley & Willie Smith's Apple Shed
Huon Valley
The core growing region of Tasmania, the 'Apple Isle', with orchards and small towns strung along the valley. Willie Smith's Apple Shed offers tastings of organic cider.
The Huon Valley lies about a 35-minute drive southwest of Hobart, and Tasmania's nickname 'Apple Isle' comes from here. Willie Smith's Apple Shed, run by a family that has farmed its orchards for a century, offers cider tastings, a restaurant and an apple museum, and it hosts the lively Mid-Winter Festival in winter. Along the Huon River you can stop at the Franklin wooden boat centre, the town of Huonville and cherry-picking orchards (December to January). Further south you'll reach the Tahune Airwalk and Hastings Caves.
Opening hours
Apple warehouse approx. 10:00–16:00; extended on weekends
Nearby sights
- kunanyi / Mount Wellington
- Cascade Brewery
- Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
- Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
- Shot Tower, Taroona
- Farm Gate Market
- Battery Point
- Mount Nelson Signal Station