About Melita Honey Farm
Melita Honey Farm is a long-established honey farm and visitor attraction on Mole Creek Road in Chudleigh, Meander Valley, Tasmania. Operating since 1947, it is known for Tasmanian honey varieties including leatherwood honey. The site includes a retail shop, cafe, honey tasting area and live bee displays. It serves as both a working honey production facility and a tourist stop on the route between Deloraine and Mole Creek, offering educational insights into beekeeping.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a roadside farm shop and cafe with extensive honey tasting, live bee observation hives, educational displays about beekeeping and honey production, and retail sales of honey and honey-based products. The setting is a rural farm property with gardens and outdoor seating, located on the main tourist route to Mole Creek Caves. The experience is primarily indoor tasting and shopping with short outdoor walks.
Key highlights
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Free honey tasting of Tasmanian honey varieties including leatherwood honey
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Live bee observation hive and beekeeping educational displays
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Retail shop selling honey, beeswax products and local produce
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On-site cafe serving light meals, coffee and honey ice cream
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Working honey farm operating since 1947
History of Melita Honey Farm
Established in 1947 by Leicester Craig, Melita Honey Farm is one of Tasmania's oldest commercial honey farms, representing the post-war development of commercial apiculture in northern Tasmania and the promotion of Tasmanian leatherwood honey.
Culture & Context
Showcases Tasmanian beekeeping heritage and the importance of native flora, particularly leatherwood, to the state's food identity and rural produce culture.
Route
| By air | Fly to Launceston Airport then drive west via Bass Highway to Chudleigh |
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| By road |