The Huon Valley

As seen by

Rod Ewins

The Huon Valley is a picturesque orcharding and stock-farming region south of Hobart [see MAP]. It is named from the Huon River, second-largest river in southeast Tasmania. This in turn was named for Huon de Kermadec, who was commanding the French frigate Esperance in May 1792 when they first encountered Huon Island and the river. The two frigates Esperance and Recherche comprised the rescue-cum-scientific exploring expedition of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux (1791-3), after whom Bruny Island and its associated passage, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, are named. Huon de Kermadec also gave his name to the Huon Island Group, administered by New Caledonia, and the Huon Gulf and Huon Peninsula, in eastern Papua New Guinea.

The principal towns in the Huon Valley are Huonville (near which I lived for 31 years), Cygnet, Franklin, Geeveston, and Dover. The river is navigable for large container ships as far upstream as Port Huon, near Geeveston.

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Huon Highway and Huonville

AUTUMN

Huon River with fish punt and jetty, picnic ground, and houses along Cygnet Road, viewed from Huonville Bridge (May 2001).  Further east along Cygnet Road, from Huonville Bridge (May 2001).  The view southeast from the Huonville Bridge (May 2001).

WINTER

A. Snow on the Huon Road August 2002

Mount Wellington from the Huon Highway

 Vince's Saddle

 Lower Longley

Cemetery near Kyalami

"Sleeping Beauty " or " Huon Belle"
  

 

B. The River and Southbridge

View westward (upstream) from the Huonville Bridge (July 2003)

 View of Scenic Hill from the north end of the Huonville Bridge (July 2003)
 Boer War Memorial pine trees on the northwest bank of the Huon, (July 1973). Sadly, these grand old giants had to be removed for safety reasons around the turn of the 21st Century, and what remains of them are some sculptured figures carved from their butts.

Early morning fog, Scenic Hill, seen from Huon Highway (July 2003).

Early winter view north from Southbridge, with "Huon Belle" (or "Sleeping Beauty") in the distance (June 2001).

 Winter sky, looking north from Southbridge (July 2003).

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LINKS:   Rod Ewins prints based on the Huon     Tour of the Huon Valley