Farms for Sale Tasmania North West Coast

Farms For Sale Tasmania: Farmbuy.com Buyers' Guide

With its perfect blend of urban and rural, convenient amenities and wide-open spaces, it’s hardly surprising that the vibrant and friendly Tasmanian community of Central Coast is thriving - and an increasingly popular region for farms for sale Tasmania and acreage for sale Tasmania.

The Central Coast region offers beautiful recreational resources including parks, gardens, sporting facilities and community meeting places. It also is offers access to quality education, both public and private, from kindergarten to secondary school, and boasts top-notch medical facilities.

The Ulverstone Clock Tower in spring

“We did the research on schools and access to higher education for our three children. (The Central Coast region) ticked all the boxes, especially with easy access to everything! Having a well-established church community here made the relocation from Wollongong a lot easier. Our kids love it.”

~ Greg Johnson, who moved to Ulverstone from Wollongong, NSW

Farms For Sale Tasmania: Where is the Central Coast?

The Central Coast Municipal area is set in the heart of the North West Coast. It is bordered on the east by the Forth River, in the west by the Blythe River, and is strategically positioned between the Tasmanian cities of Burnie and Devonport.

Farms For Sale Tasmania: Industry and Agriculture

Agriculture represents the predominant land use and the most significant part of the economy within the Central Coast region, with 382 registered businesses in the sectors of agriculture, forestry and fishing as of 2009.

The area is renowned both nationally and internationally for its significant natural assets that facilitate agriculture, including rich, fertile soil, lush pastures, clear waterways, and optimum sunlight hours.

The fertile land of Gunns Plains

“The mild climate and the soil here are perfect for growing good quality vegetables. The services that are needed to support businesses are all here. Everything is on our doorstep.”

~ Neil Armstrong, business owner, Central Coast

Farms For Sale Tasmania: Cultural Activities

The Central Coast region has a diverse and busy events calendar that should appeal to everyone from foodies to families with kids.

The Ulverstone Twilight Rodeo, considered one of the best in Australia, is held in early February each year and draws over 5,000 spectators. In addition to the main rodeo event, there are other Western equestrian events on display, including barrel racing, bull riding and steer wrestling.

Ulverstone also hosts an annual Festival in the Park, a celebration of lifestyle, food, wine and entertainment on Tasmania’s North West Coast.

For those who enjoy live music, Forth Valley hosts an annual Blues Festival in March. The Forth Valley Blues Festival has been going on for more than 20 years, and always offers an impressive line-up for blues fans across Australia and beyond.

Farms For Sale Tasmania: Outdoor Adventuring on the Coast

Leith and Turner’s Beach on the Central Coast are wonderful places for a relaxing picnic, with a stunning coastline crisscrossed by walking and cycling tracks. Visitors can also pick berries, purchase pre-picked fruit or dine in at The Berry Patch, a farm and restaurant near Turner’s Beach.

For those who enjoy experiencing the outdoors on foot, the picturesque Leven Canyon is accessible via a number of excellent walking tracks. The canyon is a magnificent site in all seasons, as is the Leven River that flows through it, and no trip to the region is complete without stopping to admire it.

The scenic Leven Canyon

Farms For Sale Tasmania: Fast Facts

Major townships: Ulverstone, Penguin, Forth, Turners Beach, Leith

Population: 22,000

Area: 932 km²

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Farms For Sale Tasmania: Further Information

If you’re considering a move to the Central Coast area, or just want to learn more about this little slice of Tasmanian paradise, check out the Council’s website here and the ‘Coast to Canyon’ tourism site for the region here.

Be sure to check out some of our favourite Central Coast farms for sale below, too - or click on the following link for all farms for sale Tasmania.

Farms For Sale Tasmania: 20 Azels Road, Mole Creek

Unique deer farm 

With Tasmania's iconic Great Western Tiers as this property's backdrop, this unique 50-hectare farm for sale Tasmania comprises beautiful undulating farmland with limestone outcrops and caves, fern glades, and elevated expansive vistas to die for.

Located less than an hour from Launceston and Devonport, the three-bedroom home is reached via a long drive through ornamental steel gates, with its nearby self-contained, B&B accommodation cottage near the house. Facing north, an expansive covered deck is accessed from the living room, framing the Mole Creek countryside perfectly.

Close by, infrastructure for the management of approximately 600 free-roaming fallow deer is all cleverly designed and functional for ongoing established venison production and sales with licensed abattoir. Further garaging and storage sheds are also present.

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Farms For Sale Tasmania: 868 Melrose Road, Melrose

Slice of history 

Waughambeham is one of the oldest properties in the Melrose region. Positioned overlooking Mount Roland and Cradle Mountain, and north over Bass Strait, and just 20 minutes from Devonport Airport, this unqiue property provides one of the most attractive lifestyle opportunities.

Set amongst established English trees and gardens, the beautifully refurbished four-bedroom historical homestead includes all the modern comforts, plus a tennis court and entertaining areas to admire the world-class views.

Farm buildings are well maintained and versatile for any particular use. Some 40.5ha of the total 66.22ha of farm land is leased to BRA. The current rental for the 40.5ha is $71,500pa (incl of GST). The vendor uses the balance of the land to fulfil the lifestyle living they have chosen, with working stock yards and shearing shed.

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Farms For Sale Tasmania: 42 Bilsons Road, Irishtown

For horse lovers

The 62.53-hectare farm for sale Tasmania is only a 15-20 minute drive to Smithton and present a great property for the horse enthusiast with a great setup including sand arena, fencing and articulated water to all paddoks. All internal fencing has been renewed and replaced 14 months ago.

This winter the property has run 120 head grazing all winter; the winter before the property had 450 head with kale crops put in. Silage is made every year on the property. Stock yards and loading facilities are all in good condition.

The property features a large four-bedroom/two-bathroom house plus office, an entertaining patio and spa area located in close proximity to the home, and an amazing amount of good shedding with four large concrete sheds plus four small ones at horse area which would lend itself nice for a horse complex.

The other bonus is a beautiful bush picnic area with a running creek - a great place to relax and enjoy the natural bush setting.

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Farms For Sale Tasmania: 10 Devils Gate Road, Barrington

Country life with potential income

Located in the north-west, this 3.64-hectare farm for sale Tasmania has excellent potential to reap the rewards from the rich red basalt soil and the extensive range of berries and fruit trees on the property. Varieties include but not limited to, early and late raspberries, blueberries, loganberries, myrtusberries, red and blackcurrant, apple, hazelenuts, plum along with many more.

Ample water from the dams and bore connected to irrigation infrastructure ensures no shortage of a year-round water supply. To assist
with the harvest there are packaging sheds, refrigerated cool room, electric scales, freezers, various sheds and outbuildings along with other associated items. A large shed for all your farm equipment, workshop, chook house, pigeon loft and carport are just some of the outbuildings on the property.

The three-bedroom north facing brick home has lovely views over the property from the deck and boasts a downstairs rumpus room/retreat. A large lounge with wood heating adjoins the sun filled kitchen with an office area nearby. The home drinking water is supplied with the water from the 14,000-litre tank and with the 5kw solar power system, your utility bills will be almost miniscule.

Only 10 minutes drive to the beautiful township of Sheffield, this rare opportunity to not only live the country lifestyle but to enjoy the benefits of all this unique property has to offer.

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Farms For Sale Tasmania: 15 Frederick Street, Ocean Vista

Incredible agri lifestyle opportunity

This farm for sale Tasmania is set on 72.53 hectares of magnificent farming land perched overlooking Bass Strait, and on the doorstep of the Burnie CBD. Approximately eight hectares of the property is leased by a well-established turf farm, growing lawn for the commercial and domestic markets. Additional rental income is generated from the telecommunication towers also positioned on the property.

Past cropping and grazing enterprises utilise the off-farm water storage on Messenger Creek with hydrants throughout the property. A machinery shed/workshop/storage shed of over 1,100sqm and new Colourbond shed round out this incredible lifestyle/investment opportunity with million-dollar views.

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