Lying only 6km south of Bicheno on Tasmania’s east coast, this property provides easy access to spectacular beaches, National Parks and essential services. With a long frontage onto the largest pool in the Apsley River and an existing internal track network, it also offers excellent on-site recreational opportunities, including swimming, bushwalking and fishing. All of this in a private and peaceful bushland setting with several potential home sites close to the river.
Infrastructure and services
- The block has legal access from the Tasman Hwy via a Right of Way through the neighbouring property, which coincides with an all-weather gravel road.
- The property has direct frontage to the Apsley River on its’ eastern boundary, including the largest pool in the river.
- there is a network of internal tracks, some of which provide access to the river bank.
- The nearest shops and services are in Bicheno, which is 5km to the north east of the property.
Conservation Values
This forested property contains a relatively diverse mosaic of forest communities and associated habitat, including 22ha of endangered black gum forest, 7ha of vulnerable black peppermint forest on sandstone and an extensive stretch of healthy riparian forest along the banks of the Apsley River. It also contains habitat for a range of threatened plants, including the rare yellow rice flower (Pimelea flava), which is common along the river bank, and several threatened animal species, including the endangered Tasmanian Devil and Swift Parrot.