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Geographical location
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Abels Bay in Tasmania, 60 kilometres
south of Hobart at 43 degrees 14 minutes south, 147 degrees 06
minutes east |
| Climate |
Rainfall:
800mm per year, evenly distributed
Summer temperatures:
mean daily maximum of 22 degrees Celsius, mean daily minimum of 10
degrees Celsius in January and February
Winter temperatures:
mean daily maximum of 13 degrees Celsius, mean daily minimum of 2
degrees Celsius in June to August. |
| Size |
2.2 hectares |
| Position |
south-west facing grassy hillside,
timbered at back, flat area at bottom, winter creek |
| Soil |
heavy clay, as is much of Tasmania |
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A block of land on a steep hillside facing away from the
sun! Not really ideal for gardening, but something about the land seemed
to be just right. Thirty metre high native trees in the back, a grassy meadow
with a winter creek running right through the middle, the ocean in front
of us and in the very distance the -sometimes- snow covered peaks of the
Hartz range in the South-West National Park. It felt just right!
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