Petcheys Bay: Pick-your-own lavender, art and landscape

Petcheys Bay offers several reasons to fill your stay with more than one activity: a landscape conservation area with a defined extent, art along a sculpture trail and in a gallery, and appointments for picking your own lavender. These experiences offer different ways to spend your time – taking in the landscape, enjoying art in different forms or getting involved by picking lavender yourself. You can shape your trip around the experiences that interest you most.

Landscape with distinctive landmarks

The Petcheys Bay (Mount Windsor to Black Jack Ridge) Landscape Conservation Area stretches south and east from the summit of Mount Windsor to the slopes of Black Jack Ridge and down to the 150-metre contour line. The protected area includes the summit and slopes.

The landscape conservation area is visible from the Huon River, an important vantage point for visitors and local residents. This view adds another perspective to the description of the area’s extent. If landscape is an important part of your trip, you can take both the area’s extent and its visibility from the Huon River into account.

Art along the trail and in the gallery

Ripples Art Farm has a 2 km sculpture trail. Art here is also presented as an experience along a trail – a different format from a visit to a gallery. Check access conditions before you travel.

Ripples Art Gallery exhibits work by Ruth and Daren, as well as ten other artists from southern Tasmania. The trail and gallery offer different experiences: along the sculpture trail, the art is encountered in relation to a route, while the gallery displays works by several artists. Art lovers can focus on these two different formats rather than treating them as a single experience.

Pick your own lavender – by appointment

Lavender Goat Farm in Petcheys Bay offers “You Pick Lavender” sessions. Guests can pick fresh lavender themselves in the fields. Visits are by appointment. Picking your own lavender therefore involves a specific planning step: if you want to include it in your trip, plan around an appointment.

When choosing holiday accommodation in Petcheys Bay, it helps to first consider the kind of stay you want. A visit to the farm requires an appointment, while art lovers can choose between the trail and the gallery as different formats, and the conservation area offers a focus on the landscape. These differences can help you decide what matters most for your trip.

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