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Derwent Retreat, 12 Austins Ferry Road, Austins Ferry,TAS 7010
Derwent Vista, 10 Harbinger Lane, Austins Ferry,TAS 7010

Manager's Residence, 12 Harbinger Lane, Austins Ferry,TAS 7010

Address, Directions, Map and Numbers to Ring in Advance to Organise Arrival.

12 Austins Ferry Road, Tasmania 7011 - Derwent Retreat

Find your way onto the old Main Road and follow it north or south as the case may be to Austins Ferry. Austins Ferry Road is opposite the stone gates to historic Roseneath Park between two groups of shops. Turn down Austins Ferry Road towards the yacht club. Go over a rail crossing. Stay on Austins Ferry road and keep going to the yacht club and then turn left into the car park. Drive through the car park, a short way across the park and then up a slight hill and to the right and you are there. Note that there is room for parking up to two or three cars at our properties.

Contact: Frankie Forsyth (0)419 513255
Map: Go to Map

 

10 Harbinger Lane Austins Ferry, Tasmania 7011 - Derwent Vista

Find your way onto the old Main Road and follow it north or south as the case may be to Austins Ferry. Austins Ferry Road is opposite the stone gates to historic Roseneath Park between two groups of shops. Turn down Austins Ferry Road towards the yacht club. Go over a rail crossing. For Derwent Vista turn right into Harbinger Lane just after the parks on the right hand side of the road at the top of a small rise. Follow Harbinger Lane next to the old stone wall. Derwent Vista is no. 10 just before a big hedge further down the lane. Note that there is room for parking up to two or three cars at our properties.

Contact: Frankie Forsyth (0)419 513255
Map: Go to Map

Email to us is good for early communications. Please do not email OTA’s as we may not get them quickly. If you need me in a hurry and you have an Australian mobile number please use that and SMS. If you do not have an Australian mobile number please use email and for urgent communications you could try WeChat or WhatsApp (See my signature below)

Key Pick Up & Contact Details

Please advise what time you are likely to arrive a day before and then all you have to do is just ring us when you are about 5 minutes away and one of our family or staff will come out and meet you, guide you in, show you around and provide any other assistance or advice required. If you are coming at an unusual hour and we cannot greet you we will arrange where we will leave the keys for you when you ring.

Key Fob Buttons

Top left locked padlock symbol – Alarm on
Top right unlock padlock symbol – Alarm off
If the alarm keeps beeping, press the relevant symbol as above again.

Free Internet Access

12 Austins Ferry Road

NBN - TP-LINK_1153 Password 33240640
NBN - TP-LINK_1152_5G Password 33240640

10 Harbinger Lane

NBN - Netcomm 9625 Password Xovopitiqe
NBN - Netcomm 1077 Password Joledidare

Heating and Cooling

If you are cold or do not know how to operate a heater please let us know.  We have plenty of spare heaters.

House & Bed Details

Please check that the property you have booked will fulfil your requirements.

12 Austins Ferry Road, Austins Ferry, TAS 7010 - Derwent Retreat:

Master Bedroom - Queen size bed with en suite shower/toilet
Bedroom - Double bed
Bedroom - Two single beds
Sofa bed
Two large and one smaller single folding beds on request
Portacot on request (Babies stay for free)
The sofas are very comfortable!
Second bathroom (shower/bath), separate toilet
Living, dining, kitchen and laundry.
Small animal enclosure with the choice of 1 shelter

10 Harbinger Lane, Austins Ferry, TAS 7010 - Derwent Vista:

Master Bedroom - Queen size bed with en suite shower/toilet
Bedroom – Queen size bed
Bedroom - Two single beds
Sofa bed and single fold bed
Portacot on request (Babies stay for free)
The other sofas are very comfortable!
Second bathroom (shower/bath), separate toilet
Living, dining, kitchen (with dishwasher) and laundry.
Small animal enclosure with the choice of 1 shelter

Fishing on the Derwent and Bike Riding

We have absolute waterfront at all our properties and the fishing is great all year round.  At Austins Ferry you will mostly find fish that can tolerate brackish water such as sea-run trout, salmon, flathead, cod, eels, and bream.  Check the internet for tackle and what the fish we mention look like. A good resource is http://www.tasfish.com. We are near several large parks and the bike track if you don’t mind peddling about on one of our bikes.  They are not new but they are free.

Free of Charge

We supply basic fishing gear, canoes with life jackets and bicycles with helmets.  Enjoy canoeing or fishing on the Derwent or other nearby spots and bike riding in the many excellent close parks or on the bike track to Hobart.

Pets and Other Animals

You may find ducks, water rats, rabbits, native hens, potoroo and wallabies on our properties.  You are welcome to bring your own pet to join the menagerie. All of our properties have yards and there are three parks within 100 metres for exercise. Animals that are house trained and do not leave hair inside are allowed inside but please not on beds or furniture.  You are responsible to clean up any hair or other nuisances left by them. If they chew anything or do other damage we think it reasonable to ask you to pay for it.

Rubbish Collection

We will put the rubbish out every second Wednesday or early Thursday.

Yellow recycling bins

Council will collect: paper and cardboard pizza boxes (with food scraps removed and the lid separated) all green, brown and clear glass bottles and jars (see-through) aluminium and steel cans, including aerosol cans, oil cans and empty (dry) paint cans plastic containers with numbers 1-7 (found on the bottom of the container) milk and juice cartons

Council will NOT collect: facial tissues, waxed paper, paper towels and/or carbon paper ceramics and porcelain, Pyrex cookware, mirrors or window glass, light globes, sheet glass and poison bottles plastic bags, cling-film, foam or polystyrene nappies, syringes garden/organic waste clothing or shoes oil, acid or chemical container asbestos

Green bins

Everything else

Smoking

Smoking inside is prohibited at all times and we reserve the right to charge a $ 250 cleaning fee should you disregard this requirement.

Cancellations and Changes

Cancellations must be requested by email with read receipt, by telephone or in person during business hours and are always at our discretion. In exercising our discretion we take into account the reason for the request and how close it is to the booking date. Any amount not refunded is always available for an alternative booking date if available for 12 months. Charges we have incurred are never refundable. See here.

When You Leave

Please just put the keys on the hall table and lock the door.