Tassie Bound Adventure Tours

Tassie Bound Adventure Tours Tassie Bound is a Tasmanian kayaking & adventure tour business based in Tasmania's Derwent Valley, j
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Tassie Bound Adventure Tours is an award-winning, innovative, Tasmanian kayaking company, offering transformative half and full day adventure experiences within the Derwent Valley. Husband and wife team, Fiona and Liam Weaver, have been curating with nature since 2011, providing trips which uncover secrets only locals know exist and adventures worthy of sharing! A Tassie Bound Adventure Tour can

be best described as receiving a VIP backstage pass to our local region; combining breathtaking Tasmanian scenery, local guides, world-class produce with a little excitement! We look forward to sharing our wild Tasmanian home with you!

Kiki, Ed, Matt and Returnee Shenae paddling with the platypus on a warm barmy Derwent Valley Tasmania evening. A little ...
25/11/2024

Kiki, Ed, Matt and Returnee Shenae paddling with the platypus on a warm barmy Derwent Valley Tasmania evening.

A little quiet on the platypus front with a strong breeze and a pademelon drinking.

All the best with the rest of your travels.

Some spectacular adventures and some incredible weather lately here ! ✨️
25/11/2024

Some spectacular adventures and some incredible weather lately here ! ✨️

Natural Habitat Adventures paddling with white bellied sea eagle, platypus, black swans and an array of ducks on Lake Me...
24/11/2024

Natural Habitat Adventures paddling with white bellied sea eagle, platypus, black swans and an array of ducks on Lake Meadowbank. A perfect weather morning with glass like conditions.

Enjoy the rest of your Derwent Valley Tasmania adventures! 💚🛶🌳

Marjolijn and Marjon all the way from the Netherlands paddling with 3 unquestionably Derwent Valley Tasmania platypus. T...
20/11/2024

Marjolijn and Marjon all the way from the Netherlands paddling with 3 unquestionably Derwent Valley Tasmania platypus.

Thank you for a top adventure all.

Hip happy Birthday to guide and Wild Island Woman Emma L Fletcher The River Godddess connected us and we're forever grat...
18/11/2024

Hip happy Birthday to guide and Wild Island Woman Emma L Fletcher

The River Godddess connected us and we're forever grateful.

Celebrating you today and forever.

Your gifts and presence is so needed in this world. Forever grateful to be in it.

Big River 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 and I'm forever grateful x 100!

Elise and David all the way from the ACT! A beautiful calm paddle in the lower stretches of the Derwent of Derwent Valle...
18/11/2024

Elise and David all the way from the ACT!

A beautiful calm paddle in the lower stretches of the Derwent of Derwent Valley Tasmania.

All the best with the rest of your travels.

My grandather Cliff Poynter kept this artefact for me! A dolly peg from the New Norfolk peg factory.The factory was open...
18/11/2024

My grandather Cliff Poynter kept this artefact for me! A dolly peg from the New Norfolk peg factory.

The factory was opened by the Pioneer Woodware Company in 1926, manufacturing dolly pegs from sassafras harvested from forests near Maydena. Some 1.4 million pegs were turned out every week.

When the original factory was destroyed by fire in March 1948, the brick chimney stack was practically all that was left standing. The damage bill (40,000 Pounds) was equal to about $2.1 million in today’s terms. The factory was Australia’s main supplier of clothes pegs and the fire made headlines around the country. An emergency peg-making factory was quickly turning out sufficient supplies to avoid a national shortage. A completely new factory opened in June 1949. Spring pegs were introduced alongside the traditional dolly pegs in the late 1950s.

Disasters of a different kind struck in April 1960 when the River Derwent flooded the factory, ruining stock and causing much damage to machinery. In the same year, the Federal Government lifted import restrictions and the market was flooded with cheap pegs from overseas. The Pioneer Woodware Company faced a financial crisis that culminated in Australian Newsprint Mills (now Norske Skog Boyer) buying the business in 1962.

After some years of profitable operation as part of ANM, equal wages for women and increased imports from China were blamed for the final closure of the peg factory at Christmas 1975. The Warden of New Norfolk, Clyde Fitzgerald, was outraged. The owner of three small supermarkets in the town, Cr Fitzgerald said housewives could still afford to buy Australian pegs even if the price was doubled. “Most housewives spend about $1 a year on pegs … I can’t see another dollar a year making any difference,” Cr Fitzgerald told the Derwent Valley Gazette.

Do you gave any memories of dolly pegs growing up?

Derwent Valley Tasmania Derwent Valley and Central Highlands Tourism Association Inc Derwent Valley Council

Derwent Descent. One of the best things you can do in a day in Tasmania for sure! It has everything, from beautiful scen...
17/11/2024

Derwent Descent. One of the best things you can do in a day in Tasmania for sure! It has everything, from beautiful scenery to fun white water!

Last day of Glen Derwent today. We're mostly angry and sad that Derwent Valley Tasmania loses another quality offering t...
17/11/2024

Last day of Glen Derwent today.

We're mostly angry and sad that Derwent Valley Tasmania loses another quality offering this season.

Rob and Liz ran an incredible High Tea where we ran our Wild Island Women groups and they gave us access to the river through their property, they helped accomodate our Natural Habitat Adventures crew, a contract that brings hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Derwent Valley every year. They referred their guests to our kayak tours, let our guests park on property and even came along for a kayak as a family and hosted caravaners and so many social and volunteer groups.

Our Minister for Tourism Jeremy Rockliff has done very little to help keep businesses like these from closing from exorbitant insurance rises.

Regional tourism business are closing all around the state due to rising costs.

The future looks bleak.

Tourism Industry Council Tasmania

Incredible locals and returnees descending Derwent Valley Tasmania Derwent. Wild swims, thrills + spills, platypus, birt...
16/11/2024

Incredible locals and returnees descending Derwent Valley Tasmania Derwent.

Wild swims, thrills + spills, platypus, birthday brownies and a perfect spring day.

Thank you for an memorable adventure all! 💚🛶🙏

Down at the Possum Shed on Thursday celebrating the opening of Fiona's new venture ! So exciting and very proud of my wi...
16/11/2024

Down at the Possum Shed on Thursday celebrating the opening of Fiona's new venture !
So exciting and very proud of my wife. It's been a dream of hers to work with horses since she was a kid! Now she gets to do it from home! Great to be a part of it and see our two horses do their thing!

Natural Habitat Adventures crew paddling in the lower sections of Derwent Valley Tasmania.Enjoy the rest of your travels...
14/11/2024

Natural Habitat Adventures crew paddling in the lower sections of Derwent Valley Tasmania.

Enjoy the rest of your travels all! 🛶💙

The wonderful Isabell and Chris all the way from Wollongong paddling with FOUR unquestionably Derwent Valley Tasmania pl...
12/11/2024

The wonderful Isabell and Chris all the way from Wollongong paddling with FOUR unquestionably Derwent Valley Tasmania platypus tonight.

Incredible still conditions made for an epic paddle with adventurous souls.

Enjoy the rest of your Tassie travels.
Muchas gracias! 🛶💙🙏

Liam Weaver and I are stoked that Tassie Bound Adventure Tours has been included in the Come Down for Air campaign for D...
11/11/2024

Liam Weaver and I are stoked that Tassie Bound Adventure Tours has been included in the Come Down for Air campaign for Discover Tasmania this season.

We've just started our 13th season and excited as ever to continue to deliver a 5 star tourism experience here in Derwent Valley Tasmania!


Aaron and Nathan all the way from SA paddling with the unquestionably Derwent Valley platypus. Brownies, low river level...
11/11/2024

Aaron and Nathan all the way from SA paddling with the unquestionably Derwent Valley platypus.

Brownies, low river levels and an awesome sighting made for a top adventure.

All the best for the rest of your Tassie travels.

Barbel and Axel all the way from Germany paddling with FOUR unquestionably Derwent Valley platypus.Thank you for a top a...
11/11/2024

Barbel and Axel all the way from Germany paddling with FOUR unquestionably Derwent Valley platypus.

Thank you for a top adventure in absolutely perfect conditions!!

Spring in Derwent Valley Tasmania! 🛶🐑🌳Silage cut, rosehips flowering and the sheep dissapearing in the grass below.Derwe...
10/11/2024

Spring in Derwent Valley Tasmania! 🛶🐑🌳

Silage cut, rosehips flowering and the sheep dissapearing in the grass below.

Derwent Valley Tasmania Hobart & Beyond Discover Tasmania

Natural Habitat Adventures crew exploring the lower sections of the River Derwent!Tail winds, currents and refuelling wi...
09/11/2024

Natural Habitat Adventures crew exploring the lower sections of the River Derwent!

Tail winds, currents and refuelling with brownies made for a very enjoyable adventure.

Enjoy the rest of your Tassie travels all!

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2622 Gordon River Road
National Park, TAS
7140

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 7:30pm
Thursday 9am - 7:30pm
Friday 9am - 7:30pm
Saturday 9am - 7:30pm
Sunday 9am - 7:30pm

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Just like that we're back OPEN! Water has already subsided up here at Mount Field National Park and we look forward to starting our kayak adventures mid-September. 💙💧 📷 Horseshoe Falls, Derwent Valley Tasmania

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Tassie Bound Adventure Tours are a locally owned and operated, award-winning, innovative, Tasmanian kayaking company, offering transformative half and full day adventure experiences within the Derwent Valley. Husband and wife team, Fiona and Liam Weaver, have been curating with nature since 2011, providing trips which uncover secrets only locals know exist and adventures worthy of sharing! A Tassie Bound Adventure Tour can be best described as receiving a VIP backstage pass to our local region; combining breathtaking Tasmanian scenery, local guides, world-class produce with a little excitement! We look forward to sharing our wild Tasmanian home with you.