About this property
A three-bedroom timber townhouse directly across a quiet dead-end road from Freers Beach. A one-minute stroll through the beach grass to the sand. The bay is shallow and calm, and the view across to Narawntapu National Park feels very old and vast. Behind the house there is a line of trees, then the golf course. Supermarket, cafes, a bar, a gym and a bottle shop are a five-minute walk. A Woolworths, bakery and post office are a few minutes' drive.
The Space
Originally a beach shack, now a redesigned two-storey townhouse, one of three, built around Tasmanian timber, with celery top pine floors and staircase.
Downstairs: The kitchen (fridge/freezer, oven, cooktop, microwave, and a bench with stools), two bedrooms and a bathroom. A small deck looks out onto the garden.
Upstairs: The living area and sunroom, and the main bedroom with its own ensuite, which closes off from the living room with a sliding door. A small veranda faces east. You see the water through the trees, and it gets the morning sun.
Beds: A queen in the main bedroom upstairs, a queen in the second bedroom, and a bunk in the third with a double below and a single above.
Comfort: Reverse-cycle air conditioning upstairs for heating and cooling, a heater downstairs, wifi, a washing machine and dryer, and a clothesline outside. Parking for two cars, one in the covered carport and one in front of it, plus unrestricted parking on the quiet road out front.
Garden: Shared between the three townhouses and looked after regularly, with a lawn and flowering plants that change with the season. It is fenced, so the pademelons keep to the road out front and the golf course behind, where there are plenty of them, mostly around dusk.
The Beach
Freers Beach is shallow and sheltered, which makes it calm, safe for kids and good for swimming. It also makes it a different beach every few hours. At low tide the water pulls back a long way, leaving beautiful sand flats, channels and complex corrugated patterns. At high tide it is back up near the grass. Clouds, light and wind are also in constant flux. Dawns and dusks are often very beautiful.
You can walk a long way in both directions from the beach out front - either on the sand or on a flat, sealed footpath. Across the water is the shore of Narawntapu: no houses, no buildings, just ancient hills resting under a huge sky. At Hawley Beach, 10 to 15 minutes' walk away, the rock formations are painted with bright orange, green and yellow lichen much like the Bay of Fires.
In the warmer months the bay is used for kayaking, paddleboarding, water skiing and fishing. Dolphins, penguins, whales and seals pop up now and then.
There’s plenty to do here, and no pressure to do any of it.
Features
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (one ensuite), sleeps seven
Directly opposite the beach
Nine-hole golf course behind the house
Kitchen with fridge/freezer, oven, cooktop, microwave, toaster and kettle. Pots, pans and crockery for eight.
Upstairs living area and sunroom
Garden deck and east-facing veranda
Reverse-cycle air conditioning upstairs, heater downstairs
Unlimited wifi (fast enough for video calls)
Samsung Frame smart TV. Sign in to your own Netflix, Stan (and so on). Sign out when you leave!
Washing machine, dryer and clothesline
Shared fenced garden
On Foot
The nine-hole golf course at Shearwater Resort is directly behind the house, and the pro shop is three or four minutes' walk.
Long beach walks as described above.
Five minutes across the golf course: local supermarket, bottle shop, cafes, fish and chips, a small bar and a gym.
Short Drives
Ghost Rock Wines - cellar door and restaurant, under 10 minutes
Latrobe - House of Anvers chocolate, about 15 minutes
Devonport - about 20 minutes, with dinner at The Cove on Don Heads and penguins at Lillico Beach in season
Narawntapu National Park - about 30 minutes away, with long beach and lagoon walks and climbs up Archers Knob or Point Vision. Kangaroos, wallabies, paddymelons, wombats, echidnas, Tasmanian devils and a huge variety of birdlife. A very special place, especially the Springlawn walk at dawn and dusk.
Ashgrove Cheese and the Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm - about half an hour
Mole Creek caves - a little over an hour
Cradle Mountain - about an hour and a half, a comfortable day trip
Getting Here
Devonport Airport is 10 to 15 minutes away, the Spirit of Tasmania terminal about 20, and Launceston just over an hour. You will want a car, but the roads are very good.
Guest Access
You have the whole townhouse to yourselves. The garden is shared with the other two townhouses.
Other Things to Note
The living area and main bedroom are up one flight of internal stairs.
You will have neighbours in the other townhouses, so the quiet hours matter.
No pets, sorry.
Linen and towels provided.
House Rules
Quiet between 10 pm and 7 am, please.
No smoking indoors. Outside is fine - please bin the butts.
Registered guests only.
No pets.
Please look after the place as you would your own, and leave it tidy.
Parking for two cars, one in the covered carport and one in front of it, plus unrestricted parking on the quiet road out front
