Plenty, Tasmania
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Plenty is a small locality and the name of a tributary river on the south side of the
Derwent River
in the Derwent Valley in Tasmania
. It is situated on the main road between New Norfolk and Bushy Park
. At the 2006 census
, Plenty had a population of 164.
Formerly the location of hop
growing, and fishing of the local migrating salmon, it is now notable for the salmon ponds and the Museum of Trout Fishing.
Derwent River
Derwent River (Tasmania)
The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. It was named after the River Derwent, Cumbria by British Commodore John Hayes who explored it in 1793. The name is Brythonic Celtic for "valley thick with oaks"....
in the Derwent Valley in Tasmania
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...
. It is situated on the main road between New Norfolk and Bushy Park
Bushy Park
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. 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,...
, Plenty had a population of 164.
Formerly the location of hop
Hops
Hops are the female flower clusters , of a hop species, Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine...
growing, and fishing of the local migrating salmon, it is now notable for the salmon ponds and the Museum of Trout Fishing.