Blue Hills Honey
Highlights
- Savour honey-infused dishes at the Colony Café, crafted by the in-house chef for a unique culinary delight.
- Explore exclusive honey varieties and artisan goods in the gift shop, enhancing your appreciation for Tasmanian craftsmanship.
- Engage with Shirty Bee, the cheeky AI assistant, for an informative twist on your honey journey.
- Discover the stunning Dip Falls nearby, where cascading waters create a breathtaking natural spectacle.
The Blue Hills Honey Experience in Mawbanna, Tasmania, offers an immersive journey into the world of honey. The site provides visitors with a unique insight into beekeeping, honey production, and the pristine environment that shapes its award-winning honey.
Guests begin their visit at the Colony Café, where the in-house chef creates honey-infused dishes as well as other food for those that don’t like the taste of honey. The experience continues in the honey gift shop, offering exclusive honey varieties, beeswax products, and artisan goods. Visitors can also engage with Shirty Bee, the resident AI assistant known for its informative yet cheeky personality. In the giftshop there is the opportunity to have a free guided tasting of premium Tasmanian honeys.
Just a short drive away, Dip Falls provides a stunning natural attraction, showcasing cascading waters over cubic basalt columns, a perfect addition to the experience. Whilst at Dip Falls there is a short walk to the viewing deck or for anyone looking to stretch their legs, a walk to the bottom where the viewing deck goes over the river for a priceless view.
The Blue Hills Honey Experience blends nature, tradition, and award-winning craftsmanship, offering a taste of Tasmania’s wilderness for food lovers, nature enthusiasts, and travellers a like.
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Accreditations
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HACCP Food Safety Certification
Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
- An appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog is available.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Caption all entertainment (TVs, live shows, performances) is available.
- TVs with captioning option is available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- Wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height).
- A wheelchair/scooter charging station (power point) in an accessible location is available.
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
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