Mole Creek, Tasmania
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Mole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the central north of Tasmania
, Australia
. At the 2006 census
, Mole Creek had a population of 223. The town primary school also services the surrounding districts including Chudleigh and Caveside
. The nearest high school and regional centre is Deloraine
. Mole Creek is well known for its honey and accounts for about 35 percent of Tasmania's honey production including Leatherwood
Honey (a noted monofloral honey
) which is unique to Tasmania and sold internationally.http://tourtasmania.com/content.php?id=molecreek
A railway was opened to Mole Creek on 5 April 1890. Throughout its existence, it carried mostly timber destined for the paper mill at Burnie
and, in later days, woodchips for Bell Bay
. Passenger services were mostly railcars after the 1920s. The line closed in 1992, it having been out of service since 1985.
Trowunna Wildlife Park is a popular tourist attraction in the area and is known for Tasmanian Devil
conservation and a successful breeding programme.
Mole Creek Karst National Park
is also nearby, including the show caves Marakoopa Cave and King Solomons Cave, which have been popular with tourists for 100 years.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Mole Creek had a population of 223. The town primary school also services the surrounding districts including Chudleigh and Caveside
Caveside, Tasmania
Caveside, Tasmania, Australia, is a small rural town situated at the base of the Great Western Tiers, around south of Mole Creek and less than an hour's drive from Launceston....
. The nearest high school and regional centre is Deloraine
Deloraine, Tasmania
Deloraine is a town on the Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 50 km west of Launceston and 52 km south of Devonport along the Bass Highway. It is part of the Meander Valley Council. At the 2006 census, Deloraine had a population of 2,243.The region was...
. Mole Creek is well known for its honey and accounts for about 35 percent of Tasmania's honey production including Leatherwood
Eucryphia lucida
Eucryphia lucida, commonly known as the Leatherwood is a small tree or large shrub found in forest in Tasmania. An attractive plant utilised in both the horticulture and apiculture industries, it was promoted by the Tasmanian Branch of the then SGAP as an alternative to the Tasmanian blue gum for...
Honey (a noted monofloral honey
Monofloral honey
Monofloral honey is a type of honey which has a high value in the marketplace because it has a distinctive flavor or other attribute due to its being predominantly from the nectar of one plant species....
) which is unique to Tasmania and sold internationally.http://tourtasmania.com/content.php?id=molecreek
A railway was opened to Mole Creek on 5 April 1890. Throughout its existence, it carried mostly timber destined for the paper mill at Burnie
Burnie, Tasmania
- Sport :Australian rules football is popular in Burnie. The city's team is the Burnie Dockers Football Club in the Tasmanian State League.Rugby union is also played in Burnie. The local club is the Burnie Rugby Union Club. They are the current Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide Division Two Premiers...
and, in later days, woodchips for Bell Bay
Bell Bay, Tasmania
Bell Bay is an industrial centre and port located on the eastern shore of the Tamar River, in northern Tasmania, Australia. It lies just south of George Town.- Industry :It hosts an aluminium smelter and a power station.- Transport :...
. Passenger services were mostly railcars after the 1920s. The line closed in 1992, it having been out of service since 1985.
Trowunna Wildlife Park is a popular tourist attraction in the area and is known for Tasmanian Devil
Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the Australian island state of Tasmania. The size of a small dog, it became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936...
conservation and a successful breeding programme.
Mole Creek Karst National Park
Mole Creek Karst National Park
Mole Creek Karst is a national park in Tasmania, Australia, 168 km northwest of Hobart. It is the only national park in Tasmania created specifically to protect karst landforms...
is also nearby, including the show caves Marakoopa Cave and King Solomons Cave, which have been popular with tourists for 100 years.